Who's Who in the Far East/HUNTER, Dr. William

3630305Who's Who in the Far East — HUNTER, Dr. William

HUNTER, Dr. William (HONGKONG), M.B., C.M., Aberdeen (Honours), F.R.I.P.H., London; Government Bacteriologist, Director of Bacteriological Institute, and Medical Officer in charge of the Govt. Public Mortuary; Lecturer in Pathology and Bacteriology, School of Medicine for Chinese, Hongkong; b. May 25, 1875 at Macduff, Banffshire, Scotland, s. of late Rev. W. Hunter, Macduff, Scotland; in. 1902, Marie Alice, d. of James Rae, of Culter, Aberdeenshire. Educ.: Milne's Institution, Foehabers; Robert Gordon's College; King's College; Marischal College, Aberdeen; University of Leipzig, University of Berlin, Germany; King's College; West London Hospital; most distinguished Medical Graduate, Aberdeen University, 1896; James Anderson Medallist and Scholar, Aberdeen, 1896; John Murray Medallist and Scholar, Aberdeen and Middlesex Hospital, Lond., 1896; George Thompson Travelling Fellowship, 1897-99; Acting Medical and Surgical Officer, Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, 1896; Laboratory Assistant, Pathological Department, Aberdeen University, 1897; Clinical Assistant National Hospital for Paralysed and Epileptic, London, 1899-1900; Laboratory Assistant, Neuropathslogical Laboratory, King's College, London, 1900; Assistant Bacteriologist, London Hospital, 1900-01; Director of Pathological Institute, Lond. Hospital, 1901; Member of British Medical Association, Member of Neurological and Physiological Societies of Great Britain; Fellow of the Royal Institute of Public Health, London; Member of Commission appointed by Government of Hongkong, to enquire into Excessive.Infantile Mortality amongst Chinese, 1903. Pttblications: "Epidemic and Epizootic Plague," Hongkong, 1904; "A Research into the Etiology of Beriberi "(jointly) 1906;"Reports of the Government Bacteriologist for the year 1932 to 19C6 inclusive; numerous contributions to Medical literature from year 1897, chiefly contained in "Journal of Anatomy," 1897;"Brain," 1899;" Journal of Pathology," 1900;" Journal of State Medicine," 1900; "Centralblatt der Bakteriologie," 1901-05; "Lancet," 1901 -05. "British Medical Journal," 1902-06;" Journal of Preventive Medicine," 1905, "Journal of Tropical Medicine," 1905. Club: Hongkong. Address: Mountain View, The Peak, Hongkong.