Geoffrey Rice

• Acland: More Than A Surgeon: the Life of Sir Hugh Acland (1874–1956). (Christchurch, Hawthorne Press with The Cotter Medical History Trust, 2026).189pp. • ''All Fall Down: Christchurch's Lost Chimneys'', (Christchurch:Canterbury University Press, 2011), • Ambulances and First Aid: St John in Christchurch 1885–1987, (The Order of St John Christchurch, 1994) • Black November: The 1918 influenza pandemic in New Zealand, (with assistance from Linda Bryder), (Canterbury University Press, 2005, 2nd edition), • Christchurch Changing: An illustrated history, (Canterbury University Press, 1st Ed. 1999, 2nd Ed. 2008) • Christchurch Crimes 1850 – 75: Scandal and skullduggery in port and town , (Canterbury University Press, 2012) • Christchurch Crimes and Scandals 1876 – 99, (Canterbury University Press, 2013) • Christchurch in the Nineties: A Chronology, (Canterbury University Press, 2002) • Coward: Christchurch’s Controversial Coroner: the Life of John William Smith Coward (1815-–88). (Christchurch: Hawthorne Press with The Cotter Medical History Trust, 2023). 337 pp. • Cricketing Colonists: The Brittan Brothers in Early Canterbury, (with assistance from Frances Ryman), (Christchurch: Canterbury University Press, 2015) • Doctors Divided: Medical Societies in Christchurch, 1865–97 (Christchurch: Hawthorne Press with The Cotter Medical History Trust, 2021), viii + 174 pp. • Frankish: the Rise and Fall of a Prominent Christchurch Physician: the Life of John David Frankish MD (1842–1913) (Christchurch: Hawthorne Press with the Cotter Medical History Trust, 2022). 232 pp. • From Sherry to Ginger Kisses and Zoom: The Centennial History of the Canterbury Historical Association, 1922–2022 .(Christchurch: Hawthorne Press, 2022). 154 pp. • Gifting History: a narrative account of the Canterbury History Foundation’s first 25 years, with introduction by John Cookson (Christchurch, Hawthorne Press, 2024). 68 pp. • Heaton Rhodes of Otahuna , (Canterbury University Press, 2nd Ed. 2008) • The Life of the Fourth Earl of Rochford: Eighteenth-century Anglo-Dutch Courtier, Diplomat and Statesman, (Edwin Mellen Press, 2010) • The Life of Leslie Averill MD: First into Le Quesnoy: Battles, Babies and Boardrooms with Colin Averill (Christchurch: Dorincourt Press, 2018) • Lyttelton: Port and Town: an illustrated history, (Canterbury University Press, 2004) • ''Nedwill: That 'Peppery' Irish Surgeon: New Zealand’s Outstanding Public Health Pioneer'' (Christchurch: Hawthorne Press with The Cotter Medical History Trust, 2022), 356 pp. • Quackery in Christchurch, 1850–1900: Alternative Remedies and Marginal Practices. (Christchurch: Hawthorne Press with The Cotter Medical History Trust, 2023), 139 pp. • Rhodes on Cashmere: a history of the Rhodes Memorial Convalescent Home, (Hawthorne Press, 2005) • A Scientific Welsh Eye Surgeon: the short life of Llewellyn Powell MD (1843–79), Christchurch’s First Public Health Medical Officer (Christchurch: Hawthorne Press and Cotter Medical History Trust, 2020) • That Terrible Time: Eye-witness accounts of the 1918 influenza pandemic in New Zealand , (Hawthorne Press, 2018) • Turnbull: Christchurch’s Radical Doctor: the Life of James Somerville Turnbull MD (1829–1900) (Christchurch: Hawthorne Press with The Cotter Medical History Trust, 2024). 363 pp. • Victoria Square: Cradle of Christchurch. (Canterbury University Press, 2014). ==Booklets==

• Why did Wellington suffer nearly double the death-rate of Christchurch in the 1918 influenza pandemic? The 2018 Jim Gardner Memorial Lecture; (Christchurch, Canterbury History Foundation, 2018), 32 pp. . • Christchurch’s Sensational Styche Case of 1900: a notable New Zealand Appeals precedent (Christchurch, Hawthorne Press, 2020), 31 pp. • Wellington’s Mysterious ‘Baron’ Mollwo: the Thalio-Histrionic Elocutionary Lecturer (Christchurch, Hawthorne Press, 2020), 33 pp. • Surgery in Nineteenth Century Christchurch, New Zealand, 1850–1900 (Christchurch, Hawthorne Press & Cotter Medical History Trust, 2020), 38 pp. • Chemists and Druggists in Early Christchurch and Lyttelton, 1850s to 1880s (Christchurch, Hawthorne Press & Cotter Medical History Trust, 2020), 22 pp. • The Christchurch Trials and Tribulations of Dr Adam Mickle, 1890–91 (Christchurch, Hawthorne Press, 2020), 15 pp. • Christchurch’s Curious Coccyx Case of 1899: Dr Arthur De Renzi’s surgery on Mrs Sarah Walmsley (Christchurch, Hawthorne Press, 2020), 25 pp. • The Notorious Dr Russell of Tristram House: an American Creole abortionist in Christchurch, New Zealand, 1880–1915 (Christchurch, Hawthorne Press, 2020), 67 pp. • Gastro-enteritis or Typhoid? The Christchurch Hospital Inquiry of 1880 (Christchurch, Hawthorne Press & The Cotter Medical History Trust, 2021), 31 pp. • The Unfortunate Dr Campbell of Lyttelton and Christchurch: the Life of Donald Campbell, LM, LRCS, LRCP (1844–81) and his Tragic End (Christchurch: Hawthorne Press & The Cotter Medical History Trust, 2021), 63 pp. • Clean and Decent in Christchurch, New Zealand: Personal and Public Hygiene, 1850–1900 (Christchurch: Hawthorne Press & The Cotter Medical History Trust, 2021), 77 pp. • Breweries in Early Christchurch, New Zealand, 1853–1923 (Christchurch, Hawthorne Press, 2021).16 pp. • A Fatal Herniotomy and the Medical Libel Case of 1886: Dr Nedwill’s pursuit of Dr McBean Stewart (Christchurch: Hawthorne Press & The Cotter Medical History Trust, 2021), 62 pp. • When Doctors Differ: The 1895 Christchurch Hospital Inquiry and the 1896 ousting of Dr John Murray-Aynsley (Christchurch, Hawthorne Press & The Cotter Medical History Trust, 2022). 81 pp. • The Lost Angel of Canterbury College: A Personal Reminiscence (Christchurch, Hawthorne Press, 2023), 55 pp. • Illness and Loss: the Sad History of Christchurch General Practitioner Samuel Alexander Patrick MD (1836–1894). (Christchurch, Hawthorne Press with The Cotter Medical History Trust, 2025). 71pp. • Bold and Offensive: the Repeated Misdeeds of an Alcoholic Prostitute in Nineteenth-Century Christchurch, New Zealand: Mary Ann Robinson (Christchurch, Hawthorne Press, 2025). 21pp. ==References==