Archie Kalokerinos

Archivides "Archie" Kalokerinos (28 September 1927 – 1 March 2012) was an Australian physician. In 2000 he was awarded the title Greek Australian of the Century by the Melbourne-based Greek newspaper Neos Kosmos. He held controversial opinions on a number of medical issues. He was a supporter of Linus Pauling's controversial theory that many diseases result from overproduction of free radicals and can accordingly be prevented or cured by Vitamin C; this led him to treat many conditions with high intravenous doses of vitamin C. He also believed that vaccination schemes have been used for deliberate genocide (among indigenous Australians, and in spreading HIV in Africa); and that the US government systematically planned to get rid of undesirables such as criminals by encouraging people with known heart problems to be vaccinated.

Life

Archivides Kalokerinos was born in Glen Innes, Australia, on 28 September 1927 (he was named after the Greek hero Alcibiades, but during translation the spelling was mistaken). Kalokerinos took his MD degree from Sydney University in 1951 and then spent six years in England. On his return to Australia he was appointed Medical Superintendent of the hospital at Collarenebri, a town 500 miles (800 km) north-west of Sydney. He died in 2012.[1]

Vitamin C work

Kalokerinos became very concerned about the high death rate of Aboriginal children in that part of New South Wales. He came to the conclusion that the infants had symptoms of scurvy, a deficiency of vitamin C, and he treated them accordingly. The double Nobel prize winner Linus Pauling in the foreword to Kalokerinos' book Every Second Child endorsed his views. By his own admission Kalokerinos experimented on aboriginal prisoners in the town lockup, injecting near fatal doses of ascorbic acid.

"I had, however, noticed that many sick and irritable infants rapidly became calm after I administered injections of Vitamin C. Adult patients too became drowsy and wanted to sleep. Maybe, I thought, this may happen after the administration of intravenous vitamin C to inebriated Aborigines. I mixed up 240 grams of sodium ascorbate powder in 500 mls [grams] of water and began to quickly inject it intravenously. I had used doses like this many times in patients suffering from a variety of conditions, without observable side effects. Almost immediately, the patient became unconscious, resembling exactly an overdose of morphine. I stopped the infusion and within a few seconds the patient woke up. I quickly learned to administer the infusion at a moderate rate. This resulted in rapid detoxification without the excessive response. The mechanisms involved are not fully understood so I will not attempt to explain them. "[2]

Further reading

Publications by Archie Kalokerinos

Books

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Notes

  1. ↑ 7 March 2012 (7 March 2012). "Greek-Australian Archie Kalokerinos, Doctor to Aboriginal Children in Australia, Passes Away | Greek Reporter Australia | Greek News from Australia". Au.greekreporter.com. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  2. ↑ Kalokerinos, "Every Second Child"
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  4. ↑ Contemporary North American film directors: a Wallflower critical guide - Yoram Allon, Del Cullen, Hannah Patterson - Google Boeken. Books.google.com. Retrieved 14 March 2012.