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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

Goldie, William Herbert

Goldie, William Herbert, M.D., C.M. (Edin.), Physician and Surgeon, Auckland. Dr. Goldie was born in Auckland in 1872, and is the son of Mr. David Goldie, at present (March, 1901), mayor of that city. He was educated at the Auckland College and Grammar School, and at Prince Albert page 284 College, passed his matriculation, junior civil service, and medical preliminary examinations at Auckland, and studied science for two years at the Auckland University College. Thence he proceeded to Sydney, where he studied for and passed the first professional examination for the degree of the Sydney University. In the early part of 1892 he went to Edinburgh, and recommenced his studies. During his career at the University there, he obtained medals for physiology, midwifery, and diseases of women and children. He gained the Buchanan Scholarship, awarded annually to the graduate passing highest in diseases of women; was first Senior Prizeman in Surgery at the New School of Medicine, and also won first-class honours in medicine, surgery, midwifery, pathology, and physiology. Dr. Goldie then gained his degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Master of Surgery, and two years later passed his examination for M.D., after a most distinguished career. His thesis entitled, “The Medical Customs and Diseases of the Polynesian, Maori, and Australian Races,” was awarded honours. Immediately on graduating, Dr. Goldie commenced general practice at Granton-on-Spey, where he took charge of the Countess of Seafield's hospital. Shortly afterwards he entered on duty as house surgeon in charge of the University ward for the diseases of women at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. After being about twelve months in that infirmary, Dr. Goldie proceeded to London, and worked in the London hospitals, and, later on, held, for a time, the position of house physician and pathologist to the Wolverhampton and Staffordshire General Infirmary. Some time afterwards he acted as house physician to the Eastern Fever Hospital, London, and had charge of the scarlet fever, measles, and acute diphtheria wards, in succession. While performing the difficult operation of tracheotomy he contracted diptheria, and after his recovery was elected to the honorary staff in the Chelsea Hospital for Women, where he was Medical Registrar and assistant to the physicians and surgeons of the out-patient department. Whilst on the staff in this hospital he necessarily saw a great deal of work, and personally assisted at a number of operations of the famous London surgeon and pathologist, Mr. Bland Sutton. At the same time, he was in consulting practice as a specialist on diseases of women and children at Wimpole Street, Cavendish Square, London—a specialty which he intends to practise in Auckland. The study of the mythology, religion, science, and withcraft of the Polynesian, Melanesian, and Australian races has been always a great hobby with Dr. Goldie, who devoted much research and time in the British Museum to these interesting but somewhat neglected subjects, and he intends to publish an account of his researches for the benefit of the public. In 1900 Dr. Goldie resigned his post from the staff of the Chelsea Hospital, and, after visiting the Paris Exhibition, and touring through Switzerland and Italy, returned to Auckland, where he immediately commenced practice. In his earlier years Dr. Goldie was a wellknown footballer and runner, and won numerous trophies at the Auckland and Sydney University sports. He was secretary of the Edinburgh Australasian Cricket Club, which could hold its own with any club in Scotland. Dr. Goldie has been elected Surgeon-Captain of the Auckland Engineers Volunteer Corps.