Rush Medical College - Pulse Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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1benrp lpapeon flberriman. Henry Payson Merriman. son of Henry and Sarah lBodurthal Merriman, both of Massachusetts, was born in Hins- dale. of that State. and there spent his boyhood. Later, the family having removed to Illinois, he graduated from Be- loit College. Wisconsin. receiving' the degree of A. B. in D463 and of A. M. three years later. In M63 he entered the regular course in the Chicago Medical College, from which he graduated with honor in 1865, and innnediatf-ly connncnc-ed the practice of his profession in this city, where he has since reinained. He has been Adjunct-Professor of Gyna-cology in Rush Medical College since IHHHQ was on the staff of the Mercy and of the County llospital for several years. and is now Llynaxcologist on the staff of the Presbyterian Hospital and of tht- Womans' Hospital, ot Chicago. llc was a inetnber ol' the International Medical Congress which inet in .Philadelphia in IHTH. Is now a inelnber of the Ainvrican Medical Association: the Chit-ago Medical Society: the Chicago Gyiizecologicwil Society. of which he has boen President: and a Fellow of the British Gynaet.-ological Society. As a writer Dr. Merriman has liinited himself ahnost wholly to lectures and to reports of cases: and though popular as a Professor and successful in soine of the inost difficult operations of the day. contines his work chiefly to a large and successful private practice. He is genial and coinpanionable. is a nian of Christian principle. and has been for years an active worker in the Second Presbyterian Church. 3311166 IIBYQHI1 'lb6l'lZiCl2. .Iaines Bryan Herrick was born at Oak Park. Illinois, 1961. He obtained his early education at Oak Park High School and Rock River Sen1inary.and obtained his degree of A. B. from the University of Michigan with the class of '32, He taught in the higheschools of Peoria and Oak Park. Illinois, four years. and during the last year attended a par- tial course at Rush Medic-al College. from which he received the degree of M. D. in IHHH. He was class valedictorian. He took the H1-St place in Cook County Hospital examination for internes. where he served eighteen months. He then became associated with Dr. Charles VVarrington Earle. His first connection with Rush in the capacity of a teacher was in 1889, as Assistant Deinonstrator of Anatomy. He has since been Lecturer on Materia Medica and Therapeutics: Lecturer on Practice of Medicine. and Adjunct Professor of Practice of Medicine. which last position he has held since 19913 is also Lecturer on Medicine to Illinois Training' School for Nurses. He is Attending Physician to Cook County Hospital. and Assistant. Attending Physician to Presby- terian Hospital. 6 9

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ibatolb M. IIDOQQIX Harold N. Moyer was born in Panajoharie. Montgomery county. New York. August. 1358. His early education was begun in the district school. and continued by preparation for college. which was conducted partly under a private tutor. He early entered upon the study of medicine and received his degree from Rush Medical College in M79. at the age of 21 years. His first appointment was as Assistant Superintendent of the Eastern Insane Hospital at Kankakee. which position he held until October. NNY. at which time he resigned to continue his studies in Europe. He spent two years on the Continent in the schools and hospitals of Vienna. Heidelberg and Berlin. On his return to this country he entered private practice in Chicago. He was soon appointed Lecturer of Physiology in Rush Medical College. In 1991 he was Professor of Physiology. and two years afterwards was made Adjunct Professor of Medicine. D1'. Moyer has been an active contributor to medical literature. having published numerous monographs especially relating to neurology. psychiatry, and medical jurisprudence. In addition he has made some original investigations on the use of arsenic and its eifects when injected beneath the skin. Ellfreb Qllevelanb Gorton. Alfred Cleveland Cotton was born in the village of Griggsville. Pike county. Illinois. May IH. 1H4T. He attended the Grammar and High School of his native village and took a preparatory course for college under a private tutor. At the age of sixteen he enlisted in the Union Army as a drummer boy. was wounded. captured. and held eight months as a Confederate prisoner. At the close of the war he entered Illinois Normal University. from which he gradu- ated in 1869. Received his M. D. degree at Rush. Where he was both the President and Valedictorian of the class of TH. and later took special courses in New York and Philadelphia In 1986 the degree of M. A. was conferred upon him. Among the positions of honor which he has occupied may be mentioned the Deputy Superintendency of the public schools of Iroquois county. Coroner of Du Page county, Examining Surgeon of United States Pension Board. and the City Physician of Chicago. He is a member of Cook County Staff: Accoucheur and Physician of Diseases of Children. Presbyterian Hospital: and Attending Physician at Central and Bethesda Free Dispensaries. Has been lectui ing on Materia Medica at Rush Medical College since 1990, and is now Clinical Professor of Diseases of Children and Adjunct Professor of Materia Medica at this institution. He is a member of the Illinois State Medical Society and Chicago Medical Society. His clinical reports of childrens diseases are widely published and quoted. 68

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N Nu- HENRY P. MERRIMAN. ALFRED C. CUTTON