Nina Muir (née Howard) was born in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1900.[1] Her father was Dr Ernest Henry Howard (d. 1954) who practised in Murchison and Taumarunui where he was superintendent of the hospital. Muir went to school at Auckland Girls' Grammar School and graduated from the University of Otago medical school in 1926.
Careeredit
In 1927 Muir became the first woman house surgeon at Wellington Hospital.[2] On moving to Gisborne she worked at Cook Hospital and Te Puia Hospital, attending births and treating patients in remote areas. After her marriage she became the first general practitioner to practise in the maternity unit of Cook Hospital. In 1949–1950 she did a postgraduate diploma in obstetrics and gynaecology at the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin.[1]
During the 1940s Muir was the president of the East Coast branch of the British Medical Association.[3]
Personal lifeedit
In 1929 she married Percy Rutherford Muir, a Gisborne journalist and printer, whose family owned the Poverty Bay Herald. They had two daughters.[1][4]
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^Wright-St Clair, Rex Earl (2003). Historia nunc vivat : medical practitioners in New Zealand, 1840 to 1930(PDF). Christchurch: Cotter Medical History Trust. p. 193. ISBN978-0-473-24073-8. OCLC 1017488201.
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nina, catherine, muir, october, 1900, june, 1981, zealand, medical, doctor, contents, early, life, career, personal, life, referencesearly, life, editnina, muir, née, howard, born, dunedin, zealand, 1900, father, ernest, henry, howard, 1954, practised, murchis. Nina Catherine Muir 20 October 1900 9 June 1981 was a New Zealand medical doctor Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 ReferencesEarly life editNina Muir nee Howard was born in Dunedin New Zealand in 1900 1 Her father was Dr Ernest Henry Howard d 1954 who practised in Murchison and Taumarunui where he was superintendent of the hospital Muir went to school at Auckland Girls Grammar School and graduated from the University of Otago medical school in 1926 Career editIn 1927 Muir became the first woman house surgeon at Wellington Hospital 2 On moving to Gisborne she worked at Cook Hospital and Te Puia Hospital attending births and treating patients in remote areas After her marriage she became the first general practitioner to practise in the maternity unit of Cook Hospital In 1949 1950 she did a postgraduate diploma in obstetrics and gynaecology at the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin 1 During the 1940s Muir was the president of the East Coast branch of the British Medical Association 3 Personal life editIn 1929 she married Percy Rutherford Muir a Gisborne journalist and printer whose family owned the Poverty Bay Herald They had two daughters 1 4 Muir died in Gisborne in 1981 1 References edit a b c d Dowding Shirley Nina Catherine Muir Dictionary of New Zealand Biography Ministry for Culture and Heritage Retrieved 23 April 2017 Mateparae Jerry 19 September 2013 Suffrage dinner speech gg govt nz Retrieved 9 June 2020 One bed rooms paperspast natlib govt nz 23 January 1945 p 2 Retrieved 19 June 2020 Wright St Clair Rex Earl 2003 Historia nunc vivat medical practitioners in New Zealand 1840 to 1930 PDF Christchurch Cotter Medical History Trust p 193 ISBN 978 0 473 24073 8 OCLC 1017488201 nbsp nbsp nbsp This biography related to medicine in New Zealand is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nina Catherine Muir amp oldid 1209286042, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
