To examine the contribution of HK Fry to early Australian psychiatry.
Method:
A brief biographical review and an examination of Fry’s published work.
Results:
Fry provided not only insightful research in to what he described as ‘Aboriginal mentality’, but he also promoted a consideration of psychological factors in general medical therapeutics.
Conclusion:
HK Fry warrants recognition as a significant contributor in the history of Australian psychiatry.
RubinsteinWDRubinsteinHL. Menders of the Mind: A History of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, 1946–1996. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996.
2.
DukeM. The dawn of Aboriginal psychiatry. Australasian Psychiatry2007; 15: 305–309.
3.
SymonsMJ. Testimonial in supports of Mr H.K. Fry for the Rhodes Scholarship, 7December, 1908. University of Adelaide Archives.
4.
SimpsonDA. The Adelaide medical School, 1885–1914: a study of Anglo-Australian Synergies in Medical Education. MD thesis, University of Adelaide, 2001.
5.
FryHK. Physiological and psychological observations. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia1930; 54: 87–89.
6.
FryHKPulleineRH. The mentality of the Australian aborigine. Australian Journal of Experimental Biology and Medical Science1931; 8: 166.
7.
FryHK. Aboriginal mentality. Medical Journal of Australia1935; 1: 353–359.
8.
FryHK. Body and Soul: a study from Western Central Australia. Oceania1932/1933; 3: 247–256.
9.
FryHK. Anthropology and psychology. Medical Journal of Australia1953; 1: 543–549.
10.
FryHK. An introduction to general therapeutics. London: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1935.
