NEW DOCTOR

Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21033, 8 February 1940, Page 6

NEW DOCTOR

WAIKATO HOSPITAL BRILLIANT MEDIC AL C AREER DR. HENLEY A RHODES SCHOLAR One of the most brilliant medical men in the British Empire at the present time, Dr. Wilton Ernest Henley, M. 8., B.Ch., 8.A., who was a 1929 New Zealand Rhodes Scholar, was appointed to the staff of the Waij kato Hospital Board today at the first meeting of the board tins year, as physician of the Waikato Hospital. Dr. Henley has had extensive training and experience in England and ’ other countries and he has been described by some prominent British , medical men as one of the most outstanding students to have passed through St. Mary's College, London. Last year when in Auckland fol- | lowing his return from England, Dr. ' Henley was engaged in research ; work on infant nutrition under the ; auspices of the Nutrition Committee of the Medical Research Council of j the Plunket Society. In this respect !he did some valuable work. An in- ! dication of his qualifications is the ■ fact that he was selected as Joint Medical Superintendent of Emergency Hospital Organisation in Great Britain during the Munich crisis in September, 1938. Prominent Awards Dr. Henley was educated at the Wanganui Collegiate School and the Otago University before proceeding to New College, Oxford, to further his medical studies. Later he was engaged from 1932 until 1939 at St. Mary's Hospital, London, a teaching hospital of 400 beds at which 35) students are trained. In 1932 Dr. Henley was awarded the Harmsworth Scholarship at St. Mary’s Hospital and in 1936 he won the Cheadle Gold Medal in Clinical Medicine. In 1938 he secured the the Radcliffe Travelling Scholarship of the University of Oxford. Last year he was awarded the Lady King Scholarship at the University of Otago. For a year Dr. Henley was the House physician to the Medical Unit of the St. Mary’s Hospital and from 1936 until his departure from the hospital last year he was assistant to the Medical Unit. On various occasions he was acting medical superintendent at St. Mary’s. Study in Denmark Prior to returning to Auckland last year, Dr. Henley visited Denmark in order to study hospital and medical services in that country. As a sportsman, Dr. Henley is interested in many sports, but he devoted most attention to Rugby football. From 1933 until 1935 he was captain of the St. Mary’s Hospital Rugby team, and at the same period he was captain of the London United Hospital Rugby team. From 1932 until 1935 he was captain of the Dominion Students’ fifteen and during the 1934-35 season in Great Britain he was captain of the Middlesex County team. He is expected to take up his appointment at the Waikato Hospital within a few months. MILITARY SERVICE WAIKATO HOSPITAL DOCTOR Dr. W. M. Porteous, physician of the Waikato Hospital, has volunteered for active military service with the Second New Zealand Expeditionary * Force. He has been appointed to the Second Field Hospital Division, and he will leave the hospital for camp in the second week in May. Dr. W. E. Henley will take over Dr. Porteous’ duties at the hospital. He is expected to arrive in Hamilton at the beginning of May.