- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE4791
Smith, Aimee Guy
- Smith, Amy Guy
- Occupation Medical practitioner
Summary
Dr Aimee (Amy) Guy Smith trained in London and in 1902 registered herself as a medical practitioner in Western Australia. She commenced practice in Kalgoorlie in 1903 and proceeded to build up her practice of mainly women and children although she was also a registered doctor for the Friendly Societies Association of Kalgoorlie.
Isabella Cundell, a patient of Dr Guy Smith, remembers her ministrations fondly. In 1908 several patients under Dr Guy Smith’s care died during anaesthesia and she was placed under considerable strain by the following inquests.
Dr Guy Smith became victim to gastric complaint which recurred after the stress of the inquests and she left Kalgoorlie on a trip to regain her health. She died in London in 1913.
Published resources
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Resource
- Trove: Smith, Aimee Guy (-19131231), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1666017
- Book
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Site Exhibition
- Karlkurla Gold: A History of the Women of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Criena Fitzgerald and National Foundation for Australian Women, 2012, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/wikb/wikb-home.html