Name/Title
Dr. C. H. (Charles Hinckley) WetmoreDescription
Charles Hinckley Wetmore (1820-1898) arrived in Hawaiʻi on March 11, 1849. Sent by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, he and his wife Lucy Sheldon Taylor Wetmore were stationed in Hilo.
He was assigned to Hilo as a missionary doctor with the ABCFM and were at their post by May 18, 1849. He was the first medical doctor in Hilo. Dr Wetmore traveled by canoe or on foot to his patients who were scattered all over the island. When smallpox broke out in 1853, Dr Wetmore was appointed by the King to serve as a Royal Commissioner of Public Health. Dr Wetmore came down with a mild form of smallpox and when the commissioners decided to build a hospital to deal with the illness, Wetmore was the first to occupy it.Created By
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May 12, 2023Update Date
June 17, 2023
