William Cotton Hobdy

William Cotton Hobdy (20 ga Disamba, 1870 - 26 ga Disamba), likita ne na Amurka kuma jami'in keɓewa. Daga shekara ta 1914 zuwa 1917, ya yi aiki a matsayin likitan karshe na Sarauniya Liliuokalani, sarki na karshe na Masarautar Hawaii.

 Rayuwa da aiki 
An haifi Hobdy a Franklin, Kentucky a ranar 20 ga Disamba, 1870, ga William Rabey da Amanda Bell (Horn) Hobdy . Ya kammala karatu daga Jami'ar Jihar Kentucky a shekara ta 1893, ya sami MD a Kwalejin Likitoci da Likitoci ta Jami'ar Columbia a shekara ta 1866. A ranar 18 ga Oktoba, 1897, Hobdy ya auri Harriet Hocker Warner a LaFollette, Tennessee. Ma'auratan suna da 'yar, Elizabeth, wacce ta auri Robert W. Hobart, da ɗa, William Warner . 

Hobdy ya fara aiki a asibiti a Paterson, New Jersey na tsawon shekaru biyu sannan aka nada shi a Sashin Asibitin Marine inda ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin jami'in keɓewa a Virginia, Delaware da Philadelphia. Bayan ya yi aiki a asibitin Marine na Amurka a Stapleton, Staten Island, likitan likitan janar Walter Wyman da Shugaba William McKinley ne suka zaba shi don nazarin shige da fice a kasashen waje a Southampton, Ingila. Daga can, ya yi tafiya sosai a duk faɗin Turai daga Disamba 1899 zuwa Yuli 1900 . 

Lokacin da ya dawo daga Turai, Hobdy ya yi aiki a matsayin jami'in keɓewa a Savannah, Jojiya, daga 1900 zuwa 1902. Daga baya aka nada shi a matsayin shugaban Cibiyar Keɓewa ta Amurka a Honolulu a cikin Yankin Hawaii wanda ya gaji L. E. Cofer .  Lokacin da ya isa tsibirin a ranar 29 ga watan Agusta, 1902, jaridar yankin The Pacific Commercial Advertiser ta bayyana Hobdy:

Ya kasance, a zahiri, ɗan wasa ne wanda ya shiga harbi, motsa jiki, ƙwallon ƙafa da dambe. Wannan shine ikon ƙarshe wanda ya zama labarin jarida a Honolulu bayan Hobdy ya buge kyaftin din American Maru saboda jinkiri da ɗan rashin kunya wajen amsa umarnin binciken kiwon lafiya.

Hobdy ya yi aiki a Honolulu har sai an canja shi ya zama shugaban tashar keɓewa ta San Francisco a watan Fabrairun 1906, inda ya yi aiki don hana annoba da sauran cututtuka daga barin tashar jiragen ruwa, bayan girgizar kasa ta San Francisco ta 1906. A watan Mayu na shekara ta 1909, ya koma Honolulu kuma ya bar aikin Hukumar Lafiya ta Jama'a ta Amurka kuma ya shiga aikin kansa a watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 1909 .  Ya kasance a Hawaii na shekaru goma sha ɗaya masu zuwa yana aiki ga kwamitin kiwon lafiya na gwamnati,  Asibitin Sarauniya, Ƙungiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Yankin Hawaii, kuma yana shiga cikin kungiyoyi da yawa na jama'a da zamantakewa.

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