from the British Medical Journal 24 July 1909
DEATH OF DR. WILLIAM HUNTER, GOVERNMENT
BACTERIOLOGIST
DR. WILLIAM HUNTER, who since 1901 has held the position of Government bacteriologist in Hong Kong, died suddenly on June 9th at the early age of 34. As a student he had a distinguished career at Aberdeen University, graduating in 1893 M.B., C.M., the most distinguished graduate of his year. After graduation, Dr. Hunter devoted himself to pathology and bacteriology, holding appointments in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and the London Hospital, and also studied at Berlin.
On his appointment to Hong Kong, he entered with great enthusiasm into the investigation of many diseases found amongst the Chinese, and his annual and special reports contained much valuable information on bubonic plague, beri-beri, the causes of the infantile mortality amongst Chinese, on typhoid fever amongst Chinese, on malignant tumours, and on malaria; he was also a frequent contributor to the medical journals. Dr. Hunter was lecturer on pathology and bacteriology in the Hong Kong College of Medicine, and the following resolution well expresses the esteem in which he was held by his fellow lecturers:
The members of the Senate of the Hong Kong College of Medicine desire to convey to the widow of the late Dr. William Hunter their most sincere sympathy with her in her bereavement. Dr. Hunter, since his first arrival in the colony in 1901 has been a most keen and sympathetic supporter of the college, and has given much good work to the furtherance of its objects. Through his death the college has lost one of its most able, enthusiastic, and successful teachers. In addition to many members of the general community, the Court and Senate of the college and a large number of students attended the funeral at the Happy Valley.
