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<abstract>William (Bill) Hamilton Smith was a consulting physician and diabetes specialist at several Victorian hospitals. He worked at Victoria's St Vincent's Hospital for more than 30 years retiring in 1982. Hamilton Smith was one of the first physicians at the hospital to specialize, when he went to the United Kingdom to study endocrinology. He established the first endocrine clinic at St Vincent's and trained students and other doctors in the field.</abstract>
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