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Dr Samuel Matthias Curl alias Dr Alan Carroll
The New Zealand Medical Journal
|April 25, 1997
Summary
Samuel Matthias Curl was a pioneering medical practitioner in New Zealand, noted for his agricultural research and later work in anthropology and child health. His legacy includes establishing scientific bequests from his estate.
Area of Science:
- Medical History
- Anthropology
- Agricultural Science
Background:
- Samuel Matthias Curl was the first medical practitioner in Tawa, New Zealand, starting in 1855.
- He later practiced in the Rangitikei district from 1862 to 1887.
- Curl was also involved in farming and agricultural research.