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Dr. Littlejohn is a member of the Chicago Osteopathic Associa- tion, Illinois Osteopathic Society, the American Osteopathic Associa-
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tion and the Regular Homeopathic Society, and is a life member of the council of the University of Glasgow. Besides being a Fellow and a gold medalist of the Society of Science, London ( 1898), he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature of Great Britain in 1899. He was editor of the Journal of the Science of Osteopathy for 1900-1903, of the Osteopathic World from 1903 to 1905, is now editor of the Bulletin and Journal of Health, Chi- cago, and is a member of the United Editors' Association of the United States. In addition to other articles and lectures, Dr. Little- john is the author of "Christian Sabbatism," "The Political Theory of the Schoolmen and Grotius," "The Evolution of the State," "Lecture Notes on Physiology," "Text-Book on Physiology," "Lec- tures on Psycho-Physiology," "Lectures on Psycho-Pathology," "Journal of the Science of Osteopathy," "Science of Osteopathy and a Treatise on Osteopathy." On August 11, 1900, at Ipswich, Eng- land, Dr. Littlejohn was married to Miss Mabel Alice Thompson. They are the parents of Mary Elizabeth Helen, Mabel Emma, James and Edgar Martin Littlejohn. The family residence is at No. 928 West Adams street.
Dr. Frank H. Montgomery, who was drowned August 14, 1908, while yachting near his summer home at White Lake, Michigan, was
FRANK H. a man whose high worth was by no means limited
to his attainments in his profession. Although still MONTGOMERY. in the most progressive period of early middle life he already ranked with the leading physicians and surgeons of the west; but while his death was widely recognized as a distinct loss to the profession, from a scientific and practical standpoint, the feeling among his associates and friends was profound and keen because of his magnetic, manly and lovable qualities. In the domestic circle, where these traits were seen untrammeled and at their best Dr. Mont- gomery's death was like the partial extinguishment of a great and a warm light.
Dr. Montgomery was a native of Minnesota, born on the 6th of January, 1862, son of Albertus and Mary Louisa Montgomery. He obtained his literary education at the St. Cloud High School and the University of Michigan, after which he commenced his medical studies at Rush Medical College, Chicago, from which he graduated in 1888. Later he was appointed associate professor of skin and genito-urinary
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diseases at that institution and held that chair at the time of his death. For years he was indirectly associated with Dr. James Nevins Hyde, in conjunction with whom he wrote several volumes on his specialties. His investigations and studies were not confined to the locality, but extended to the famous educational centers and clinics of London, Vienna and Paris, and in this city not only Rush Medical College, but the University of Chicago considered him one of its most valued lecturers and authorities. At his decease he was also dermatologist to St. Elizabeth and Presbyterian hospitals and a mem- ber of the following professional organizations: American Derma- tological Association, Congress of American Physicians and Surgeons, American Medical Association, the Illinois State Medical, Chicago Medical and the Chicago Pathological and Medico-Legal societies, and the Physicians' Club. He was also identified with the University, Chicago Literary, Quadrangle and Homewood clubs, and was always a most welcome figure to whatever circle he chose to join.
On January II, 1897, Dr. Montgomery was united in marriage with Miss Carrie L. Williamson, and three children were born to them-Hamilton, Charlotte and Mary Louise Montgomery. At the time of the accident, which resulted in his death, the family were all together at their summer home, having as their guest a stenographer who was assisting the doctor in the preparation of a series of his lec- tures and essays. While the wife and her little daughters remained at home, the other members of the household went for a sail on the lake. A gust of wind capsized the light yacht and when discovered in mid-lake the boy only was found alive. It is significant of Dr. Montgomery's active temperament that even in a season of recreation he found it impossible to entirely forsake his professional work. Both he and his wife were interested in social settlement work and in the various activities about the University of Chicago, and their connec- tion with this phase of the city's development has always been highly appreciated. These words of Professor Shailer Mathews, of the university, are, therefore, of weight: "Dr. Montgomery was of the type of men who make Chicago's best citizens. Through his own books, written in conjunction with Dr. Hyde, he became recognized as an authority in his profession. But it was not only because of his attainments professionally that he was admired. He was a man who was loved by everybody who knew him."
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Dr. Truman William Brophy, M. D., D. D. S., LL. D., is widely known as the founder of the Chicago College of Dental Surgery and
TRUMAN W. one of the most eminent dental surgeons in the BROPHY. world. Of Irish-English descent, his parents, Wil- liam and Amelia (Cleveland) Brophy, being natives of Hemmingford, Quebec, a small town not far from Lake Champ- lain and the international boundary. When the two were children their families moved together to the rich agricultural and fruit coun- try near Newcastle, on the northern shore of Lake Ontario, near To- ronto. From this locality they migrated to Aurora, Illinois, and thence to Will county, southwest of Chicago. William Brophy, the youth, visited Chicago and in those days was chiefly impressed with its dirt and rawness. As a young man he returned to Canada, where he was married in June, 1843, and in September, 1844, settled in Will county, Illinois, with his young bride. The city was now grow- ing, however, and the senior Brophy secured profitable contracts as a builder and contractor. Preferring, however, a country life, he bought a farm at Gooding's Grove, near Lockport, and here, on the 12th of April, 1848, was born his son, Truman W.
It was some years before the family located permanently in Chi- cago. After a residence of two years at Gooding's Grove, a removal was made to Elgin, where the father was engaged in the construc- tion of a section of what is now the Chicago & Northwestern Rail- road. The increasing family was next moved to St. Charles, Illinois, and after providing a comfortable home, Mr. Brophy, in 1852, start- ed across the plains for California. Two years afterward he was fortunate enough to return in such sound financial condition that he purchased a good farm a few miles west of St. Charles, which was the family homestead until the final removal to Chicago in the fall of 1866.
At this time Truman was in his nineteenth year. He had re- ceived a good common school and academic education in the insti- tutions of St. Charles and Elgin, and after his coming to Chicago pursued courses both at Dyrenfurth's Business College and the Athen- eum. In early boyhood he had decided to study dentistry, and in the spring of 1867, through the influence of his uncle, Reuben Cleve- land, he entered the office of Dr. J. O. Farnsworth. In accord with the custom of those times, after obtaining practical knowledge of the
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profession in office work, he entered into practice himself, and upon the death of his preceptor, a few years after he had commenced his apprenticeship, succeeded to the business. The fire of 1871 found Dr. Brophy in quite prosperous circumstances for one of his years, and left him nearly bankrupt. Before resuming practice, however, he wisely decided to obtain a systematic education and training along the lines of his professional work, and in the fall, not long after the fire, started for Philadelphia, where, until the spring of 1872, he pursued a regular course in the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surg- ery and obtained his degree of D. D. S. Upon his return to Chi- cago he renewed his practice with redoubled confidence, but meeting cases which required a more extended knowledge than he had ac- quired, in 1878 he pursued a regular medical and surgical course at Rush College, from which he was graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1880. Dr. Brophy had been elected president of his class, and his career had been marked by such distinguishing features that almost immediately upon graduating he was chosen by the faculty to the professorship of dental pathology and surgery, which position . he still holds.
In the summer of 1882 Dr. Brophy took the initiative steps to- ward the founding of the Chicago College of Dental Surgery. He was solely instrumental in raising the money for the erection of the building and persistently urged the selection of the present site. Its first regular course began in March, 1883, and, with Dr. Brophy at its head, has since developed into the largest institution of the kind in the world. Besides being president, he is also professor of oral surgery at the Chicago College of Dental Surgery. He has also been connected with the Central Free Dispensary of Rush Medical College for many years and is still associate professor of surgery; also den- tal and oral surgeon to the Presbyterian Hospital; consulting oral surgeon to Provident Hospital. Dr. Brophy is ex-president of Odon- tological and Dental Societies of Chicago and is a member of the American Medical, Chicago Medical, Pathological, Medico-Legal, National Dental, Odontographic and many other medical and dental societies, state and national, in their scope. Furthermore, he is ex- president of the section of dental and oral surgery, now the section of stomatology, American Medical Association, which was suggested by him and organized chiefly through his efforts. He is also con-
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nected with a number of organizations not allied to either dentistry or medicine, such as the Union League, the Illinois Club, and the Chi- cago Athletic Association.
Dr. Brophy is quite a constant contributor to professional litera- ture, but the active duties of his calling consume so much of his time and strength that he has assayed nothing in book form. Mention should here be made of the honor conferred upon him by Lake For- est University, in 1855, by which he received the degree of LL.D. He served as president of the United States Fourteenth International Medical Congress, held at Madrid, Spain, 1903, and was president of the International Commission of Education and chairman of section on education, nomenclature, literature and history at the Fourth In- ternational Dental Congress, a member of the Association of Military Surgeons, and assistant surgeon of the First Regiment, Illinois Na- tional Guard.
On May 8, 1873, Dr. Brophy was united in marriage to Emma J. Mason, daughter of Carlile Mason, of the Excelsior Iron Works. They have had a family of three daughters and one son, namely : Jean Mason Brophy Barnes, Florence Amelia Brophy Logan, Truman William Brophy, Jr., and Alberta Louise Brophy.
Julius Henry Hoelscher, M. D., who is a well-known specialist on internal medicine, and has been engaged in original research along
JULIUS H. HOELSCHER. this line for a number of years, is a native of Elm- hurst, Illinois, born March 13, 1864. He is a son of Moritz and Sophia (Duensing) Hoelscher, and comes of good German stock, his mother being born in the Father- land. His initial education was obtained in public and private schools of New York state and Chicago, and his professional training, prior to actual practice, at the Chicago Medical College, which afterward became the medical department of the Northwestern University.
In 1885 Dr. Hoelscher graduated from the Northwestern Uni- versity Medical School, and for two years thereafter he served as house physician to the Alexian Brothers Hospital, and, until re- cently, as attending physician, thereby obtaining a wider experience than would naturally fall to the young physician in years of private practice. Since 1887, however, he has been building up a fine indi- vidual practice and establishing a high reputation as an original in- vestigator. He is the author of "Original Research," regarding per-
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spiration, cholelithiasis, cryptogenetic infection, and the surgery and medicine of three gastro-intestinal cases, while he is now engaged in research work regarding the intestinal juices.
In addition to the official positions already named, Dr. Hoelscher is attending physician to the Columbus Hospital and consulting phy- sician to the German and North Chicago Hospitals, and was assistant to the resident physician at Mercy Hospital as early as 1883. He is assistant professor of clinical medicine in the extra-mural depart- ment of Rush Medical College and professor of internal medicine at the Chicago Clinical School, as well as examining physician to the Providence Savings Life Assurance Society of New York. As to his professional membership, he is identified with the American Med- ical Association, the Illinois State Medical Society, Chicago Med- ical Society, German-American Medical Society and the Physicians' Club. He also belongs to the Public Health Defense League and the Chicago Athletic Association, and is a Mason of high 'rank, being a member of Lincoln Park Lodge, A. F. and A. M., Chapter and Commandery, and connected with the Phi Rho Sigma fraternity.
Married in Chicago, September 20, 1887, to Miss Anna Wolff, the doctor has become the father of one child, Francis Fred. He resides at 1669 Sheridan Road, and has an office in the business dis- trict at 34 Washington street.
Albrecht Heym, physician and surgeon, has enjoyed merited prominence and honors in his profession, and since coming to Chi-
cago in 1898, has been the recipient of numerous
ALBRECHT HEYM. proofs of professional distinction. He is at the pres- ent time professor and head of the department of neurology and psychiatry in the Chicago College of Medicine and Surgery; holds the same chair in the Illinois Medical College; is professor of nervous and mental diseases in the Illinois Post-Gradu- ate Medical School; is neurologist to St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital, to the Alexian Brothers Hospital, to the Home for Orthodox Aged Jews; medical superintendent of the sanatorium of the Alexian Brothers Hospital; physician to the Imperial German Consulate, and until two years ago held his commission as staff surgeon in the German army. These official positions demand of their incumbent highest skill and ability, and in regular practice and in the service
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performed officially, Dr. Heym has won a reputation for these quali- ties in Chicago.
Dr. Heym, whose full name is Bernhard Theodore Albrecht, was born in Leipsic, Germany, February 4th, 1862, son of Professor Dr. Carl F. and Elvira (Herzberg) Heym. Dr. Carl F. Heym was one of the most eminent mathematicians of his time; in recognition of the value of his mathematical researches a monument to his memory was erected in Leipsic by the life insurance companies of Germany and Austria.
Some of the most famous schools of the old world supplied Dr. Heym with his education. He attended the Thomas Gymnasium at Leipsic, the Royal University of Leipsic and the University of Hei- delberg. He received his diploma as Doctor of Medicine April 25, 1887. During the next two years he traveled extensively in all parts of the world.
From 1891 to 1898 he was connected as resident physician with the state insane asylums at Sonnenstein, Hubertsburg and Kaisers- wert; at the latter place he was medical superintendent of the Insane Hospital of Kaiserswert. He was next connected for two years with the Neurological Clinic of Professor Dr. Erb, and with the Psychi- atric Clinic of Professor Dr. Kraepelin, both connected with the University of Heidelberg.
In 1898 he came to America, settling in Chicago. His office is in the Venetian building. He is a member of the Evangelical Luth- eran church, also of the Germania Maennerchor, and of various med- ical societies.
August 15th, 1891, he married Johanna Hartman. His son, Ger- hard, was born August 21, 1892, and his daughter, Erna, was born October 29, 1899. The family residence is on Cleveland avenue.
WV. E. Potter, M. D., active and prominent in both private prac- tice and the sanitary affairs of Oak Park, Illinois, is a native of Peo-
W. E. ria county, this state, where he was born on the
16th of December, 1875. His parents are D. E.
POTTER. and Rosetta (Simpson) Potter, the boy being reared and receiving a common school education in the place of his birth.
The doctor's professional education commenced in the School of
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Pharmacy of the Northwestern University, Chicago, from which he was graduated in 1897. Three years afterward he obtained his degree of M. D., from the medical school of the University of Illi- nois, and this training of unusual breadth in the schools was supple- mented by an invaluable experience of two years on the resident staff of the West Side Hospital, connected with the College of Phy- sicians and Surgeons of the University of Illinois.
In 1902 Dr. Potter located at Oak Park, Illinois, for the practice of his profession, and at once became instrumental in organizing its board of health, of which he was the first president. He held the office for two years and was instrumental in bringing it to a high state of efficiency. He has also been prominent in the good work of the Oak Park Hospital, on whose surgical staff he has served since its founding.
In 1902 Dr. Potter married Miss Ida B. Bradley, daughter of Mrs. Harriet Bradley, well known and highly honored in Oak Park. They are both active in the charitable and religious work of the Grace Episcopal church. In politics, the doctor is a Republican, and, as to his fraternal relations, is identified with Masonry, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Royal Arcanum. He is a member of the Oak Park Club, Colonial Club of Oak Park, and the Oak Park Military Club.
C. Wallace Poorman, M. D., a progressive member of the pro- fession numbered among the younger generation of practitioners, has
C. WALLACE achieved prominence solely through his own efforts
POORMAN. and his marked abilities, both natural and trained. Not only has he acquired a high and substantial standing in his profession, without the aid of fortuitous circumstances, but obtained his education through hard and unremitting labors. Such difficulties, bravely overcome, not only test character, but de- velop it in breadth and ruggedness.
Dr. Poorman is a native of Coles county, Illinois, born on the 7th of January, 1873, son of Noah and Lucinda (Mull) Poorman. His father, who was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, is of German descent, while his mother, a native of Illinois, comes of English and Scotch ancestry. The doctor is the third of six children born to this honor- able couple, and when an infant of one year was taken by his par-
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ents to Junction City, Illinois, where he obtained his first schooling. At the age of about nine years he left home, and at that tender age became virtual master of his destiny. Never daunted, he worked hard both for a livelihood and an education, and finally became a student in the Kansas State University, located at Lawrence. For three years he pursued the higher courses of literature and science at this institution, eagerly taking advantage of any employment which offered in the very commendable but decidedly disagreeable process which so many sturdy, ambitious youths of America recog- nize by the phrase of "working through college." In 1895 he lo- cated at Gallup, New Mexico, and entered into business relations with the Navajo Indians, whose language he learned to speak like a native. After spending about three years and a half in that local- ity, he removed to Morenci, Arizona, where, for some months he continued to engage in various mercantile lines. In 1899 he became identified with the Detroit Copper Mining Company, and soon aft- erward came to Chicago.
Dr. Poorman obtained his professional education in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, from which he was graduated in 1903, having spent four years therein, faithfully prosecuting his studies. He was then appointed to the staff of the West Side Hospital as house physician and surgeon, and he is now serving as assistant sur- geon to Dr. Thomas A. Davis, the head surgeon of that institution, so important an adjunct to the College of Physicians and Surgeons. In 1905 Dr. Poorman located for practice at Oak Park, Illinois, and is a valued member of the Oak Park Hospital and the Oak Park board of health, as well as of the staff of Illinois Post-Graduate Med- ical School, located at 819 West Harrison street.
In 1906 Dr. Poorman was united in marriage with Mrs. J. K. Dunlap, of Oak Park, a most estimable lady, who has added to the high social standing which he already enjoyed. The doctor's prac- tice is now recognized as among the most substantial and select en- joyed by his professional brethren in the western suburbs. He is a leading member of the Chicago Medical Society, and among the fraternities is identified with the Oak Park lodge of Masons, and the Oak Park Club.
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Albert French Storke, M. D., president of the Oak Park board of health, and an active physician and citizen of that place, is a na-
ALBERT F. tive of Wisconsin, born in Dodge county, on the STORKE. 12th of November, 1866. His parents are Dr. Eu- gene F. and Mary (French) Storke, the family, on the paternal side being of Dutch origin, various members of which emigrated from The Hague to the Mohawk valley, New York, which remained the ancestral home for four generations. On the mother's side the ancestry was English. The father came to Wisconsin when he was a boy of ten years, and was reared and married in the Badger state. By force of circumstances he was his own master at an early age, educated himself, became a successful physician and a useful citizen.
Albert F. is the only child of the family, and was about four years of age when his parents located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He re- ceived his schooling chiefly in what was first known as Markham's Academy, now the Milwaukee Academy, from which he was gradu- ated in 1884. He then took a literary course of two years at the University of Michigan, and in 1887 came to Chicago to perfect his medical education. He first matriculated at Rush Medical College, but after completing two years of its curriculum, decided to adopt homeopathy, receiving his degree from Hahnemann College in 1890.
Dr. Storke chose Golden, Colorado, as his first professional lo- cation, and practiced there until October, 1892, when he became a resident of Oak Park, where he has since remained. He was one of the founders of the local board of health, of which he is now president, and has been active in matters of public moment not iden- tified with his professional work. He is one of the directors of the Parents' and Teachers' Association, and both as a citizen and a Republican can be relied upon to do his share of active and neces- sary work. The doctor is a member of the Chicago, Wisconsin and Illinois Medical societies; is a Mason in good standing, and belongs to the Chi Psi fraternity. His wife, to whom he was married in 1891, was Laura Butler Rogers, daughter of Major Henry G. Rog- ers, of Milwaukee, and the two children born to their union are But- ler and Eugenia.
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C. Pruyn Stringfield, M. D., with offices in the Western Union Telegraph building, is one of the leading physicians and surgeons
C. PRUYN in Chicago, having of recent years specialized to a STRINGFIELD. large extent in diseases of the kidney. He is also widely known as a military and examining surgeon. He has served as president of the Chicago Medical Examiners' As- sociation and is a leading member of the American Association of Life Examining Surgeons, being medical examiner of the Phoenix Mutual Life, of Hartford, Connecticut, and well known profes- sionally in the insurance field. Dr. Stringfield has been identified with the National Guard of Illinois since 1882; has served on the staff of Governor Yates, with the rank of colonel, and is now on the retired list. He is also a familiar figure as resident physician of the Grand Pacific hotel, having held that position since the reopen- ing of the popular hostelry in 1898.
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