Ngā Rauropi Whakaoranga

Covers ancient Māori medicine, effect of European culture, contemporary physical condition of Māori. Information drawn from term of work as Māori Officer of Health "obtained at the bedside, in the meeting house and from conversation with men of various tribes". Written references include Elsdon Best, Lieut-Colonel Gudgeon and others whose writings appear in the Transactions of the New Zealand Institute and the Journal of the Polynesian Society.