HULME, EDWARD (1812-76) was born at Hythe, Kent, and at the age of 16 was apprenticed to the Royal College of Surgeons in London. He studied also at the Middlesex Hospital and, having received his diploma, practised in Exeter, and was appointed a physician at the infirmary. He subsequently pursued his studies on the Continent, notably at the School of Medicine in Paris and at the Salpetriere asylum. In 1848 he was awarded the Jacksonian prize of the Royal College of Surgeons for his essay on asphyxia. Hulme resigned from the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin in 1856 and came to New Zealand in the Strathmore, intending to go on the land. He was, however, persuaded to practise his profession, and in 1857 was appointed provincial surgeon in Dunedin. He was afterwards coroner and for many years port health officer. Hulme was for a short time a member of the Dunedin town board, but took no other part in public life. He died on 27 Dec 1876.

Fulton (p); Otago Daily Times, 28 Dec 1876.

Reference: Volume 1, page 226

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