Hilda Estelle Kincaid (15 December 1886 – 31 March 1967) was an Australian medical practitioner and served as child welfare officer with the

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from 1927 to 1952.

Early life and education

Kincaid was born in

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, Victoria on 15 December 1886. She completed her secondary schooling at Methodist Ladies' College in Kew as dux in 1902. Three years later she enrolled at the

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, graduating in 1908 with a B.Sc., and in 1910 an M.Sc. She was awarded a Government scholarship. Her thesis, "Biochemical significance of phosphorus," won for her a D.Sc. in 1912. She was employed by the University of Melbourne as a demonstrator and lectured in domestic science. She resigned to study medicine, graduating with an MB BS in 1920.

Medical career

On graduation her first role was resident medical officer at

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in 1920. From 1921 to 1926 she lived in Sydney as senior resident medical officer at the Renwick Hospital for Infants and also as medical officer for the Scarba Children's Home. In about 1922 she also worked as physiology demonstrator at the

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. In 1927 she served as assistant outpatient physician at the Rachel Foster Hospital for Women and Children in Sydney. Kincaid returned to Melbourne in 1927 as medical officer responsible for children's welfare at

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kincaid, Hilda 1886 births 1967 deaths Australian general practitioners People educated at Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne University of Melbourne alumni Academic staff of the University of Melbourne Academic staff of the University of Sydney 20th-century Australian medical doctors 20th-century Australian women 20th-century women physicians People from Fitzroy, Victoria Medical doctors from Melbourne