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Ko te Pakanga o Dettingen. I muri mai ka noho ia hei taote i Dunfermline i mua i tana hokinga ki Edinburgh ki te mahi i te Edinburgh Royal Infirmary i Drummond. I mahi hoki ia hei tohunga taatai ki te Whare Hauora o Merchant Maiden. He kaiwhakaako honore hoki ia i te Whare Wananga o Edinburgh, e korero ana i te rongoa.