Archie Kalokerinos

Archie Kalokerinos
Born
Archivides Kalokerinos

(1927-09-28)28 September 1927
Glen Innes, New South Wales
Died1 March 2012(2012-03-01) (aged 84)
Sydney, Australia
OccupationPhysician
Known forMegavitamin therapy
Anti-vaccination activism

Archivides "Archie" Kalokerinos (28 September 1927 – 1 March 2012) was an Australian physician and anti-vaccination advocate. He advocated alternative medicine, including orthomolecular medicine[1] and a form of megavitamin therapy in which high doses of vitamin C are used.[2][3] He became notable for treating indigenous Australians with a ”counter intuitive” therapy: high intravenous doses of vitamin C, a treatment generally used for patients with severe or subclinical scurvy (not treatable with daily oral intake), but criticized for not being supported by evidence-based medicine, although it brought the infant mortality rate there down to zero.[4]

  1. ^ "Archie Kalokerinos". International Society for Orthomolecular Medicine. Archived from the original on 4 February 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  2. ^ Bowditch, Peter (Summer 2002). "Dante & Virgil Go Down to Hurstville" (PDF). The Skeptic. 22 (4): 8–10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Vitamin C – Effective Treatment of SARS: Australian Doctors". china.org.cn. Xinhua News Agency. 13 May 2003. Archived from the original on 12 May 2006. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Doctor prevented infant mortality". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 March 2012.