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Otago Medical School staff, 1940

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Otago Medical School staff, 1940

Medical student Pat Moore produced these caricatures of Otago Medical School staff in 1940. In the drawing are (left to right) Professors Bernard Dawson, Eric D'Ath, Gordon Bell, Charles Hercus, John Malcolm, Percy Gowland and Horace Smirk. Hercus, dean of the medical school, was instrumental in promoting research. Smirk was an internationally renowned researcher on hypertension.

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University of Otago, Embellishment Collection

by P. W. Eisdell Moore

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Derek Dow, Medical research – Early days, 1890s to 1930s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/cartoon/45804/otago-medical-school-staff-1940 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Derek Dow, published 23 June 2014.