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ment of the Western Suburbs Cottage Hospital, and was 
one of the founders of the Western Suburbs Medical Society. 
In 1909 he was elected President of the New South Wales 
Branch of the British Medical Association, and was Vice- 
President in the section of surgery at the Australasian 
Medical Congresses at Adelaide and Melbourne. In many 
other directions he took an active part in the progress and 
welfare of the people, and was a citizen worthy to be 
remembered. His death on the 14th September—brought 
about through an accidental wound obtained in the course 
of his professional duties—removed from among us one of — 
our most brilliant members, and from scientific surgery one 
of its best exponents. Dr. Hinder wrote numerous articles, 
and was the author of a copiously illustrated work “‘ Lec- 
tures on Clinical Surgery,’’ published in 1904. 
Mr. J. H. Goodlet, better known perhaps as Colonel 
Goodlet, was elected a member of this Society as far back 
as 1859, and was, at the time of his death, the second oldest 
member. When quite a young man he took an active 
interest in the work of this Society, and although not a 
contributor to the proceedings, yet, he continued to show 
his appreciation of its efforts untilthe last. It is, however, 
as a philanthropist that he will be chiefly remembered, and 
from his large hearted benefactions many institutions in 
New South Wales have greatly benefitted. His practical 
Sympathy with the sick was always in evidence, and his 
action in the establishment of the first home for consump- 
tives in New South Wales, was only one exampie of his 
continuous efforts to benefit the afflicted. He was treasurer 
to the Sydney Female Refuge for forty years, a director of 
the Sydney Hospital for many years, and he also took an 
active part in the affairs of the Benevolent Society, as well 
as many others. JBorn in Leith, Scotland, he came to 
Australia when but seventeen years old, and was seventy- 
eight years of age at the time of his death. 
