Edward Hulme
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Edward Hulme (18 May 1812 – 27 December 1876) was a New Zealand surgeon and the administrator of Dunedin Hospital, one of New Zealand's oldest and largest hospitals, during a period of rapid growth.[1]
Born in Hythe, Kent, in England on 18 May 1812, Hulme was the son of a captain in the Royal Staff Corps. At age 16, Hulme became an apprentice to Sir Charles Bell at Middlesex Hospital. By 1839, he had received his degree in medicine from the University of St. Andrews and was a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Hulme established a practice in Exeter. He later traveled to Paris to study mental health at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital and to Dublin to study midwifery at the Rotunda Hospital.[1][2]