Jefferson Medical College - Clinic Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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DI-ZDICATICN George P. Muller, M.D., A.B., M.S., was born in Philadelphia on lune 29, 1877, the son of Philip R. and Frances CHughesD Muller. He received his early education in the public schools, finishing in the Central High School with the degree of A.B. in 1895. He immediately entered the Medical School of thei University of Pennsylvania, graduating there in l899. Prom 1899 to l9U2 he was an interne in the Lankenau Hospital. He then became a member of the department of Surgery in the University of Pennsyl- vania and a member of the surgical staff at the University Hospital. He ad- vanced to a Professorship in Clinical Surgery in the School of Medicine and to a Professorship in Surgery in the Graduate School. Prom both of these positions he resigned in l933 devoting his time to the Lankenau and the Misericordia Hospitals in both of which he holds a major position. George Muller is one of the leading surgeons of the United States. With natural ability he has had the best of training. As an interne at the Lankenau Hospital, he served under the late Dr. lohn B. Deaver and at the University Hospital he stood next in rank to the late lohn Rhea Barton Professor of Sur- gery, Dr. Charles H. Frazier. With the experience thus gained in his associa- tion with these two gifted exponents of Surgery, he made rapid progress in his surgical practice. He combines the highly developed manipulative skill of the first with the scientific methods and precision of the second. He has contributed many important articles to surgical literature and is much sought after by surgical groups, who are looking for an instructive and entertaining lecturer. ln a problem of any sort his mind quickly assembles items of information, digests them, puts them in order and then promptly draws a conclusion. Dr. Muller is a human dynamo, constantly active and alert, this enables him to accomplish a prodigious amount in every twenty-four hours. He is widely read, well informed and has excellent judg- ment. To show the estimation in which he is held by his fellows, one ned only mention that he has been President of the Philadelphia County Medical Society, President of the Colleg of Physicians' of Philadelphia and is now President of the American College of Surgeons. Continued on Page 256