Hobdy served in Honolulu until being transferred to head the quarantine station of San Francisco in February 1906 , where he worked to prevent bubonic plague and other diseases from leaving the waterfront port , following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake . In May 1909 , he returned to Honolulu and left the service of the US Public Health Service and entered into private practice in November 1909 . He remained in Hawaii for the next eleven years working for the governmental health board , Queen 's Hospital , Hawaii Territorial Medical Society , and participating in many civic and social clubs
1906 San Francisco earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
William Cotton Hobdy