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 HELMUTH

HENROTIN

lege and Hospital, was born in Philadel- phia October 30, 1S33. He was the great-grandson of the Rev. Justus Helmuth who came over from Bruns- wick about 1750 to take charge of the first German Lutheran church in America.

In 1850 William Helmuth began to study medicine with his uncle Dr. W. Helmuth, graduating three years later and beginning practice in Philadelphia. When twenty-two he became professor of anatomy in the college of which he was afterwards dean and in that same year published his "Surgery and its Adapta- tion to Homeopathic Practice." 1858 saw him at St. Louis where he was a founder of the Homeopathic College of Missouri and its professor of anatomy, and in 1869 he organized the St. Louis College of Homeopathic Physicians and Surgeons, being its dean and professor of surgery.

He went from St. Louis to New York to be surgeon of the Hahnemann Hospital and the New York Surgical Hospital, and became one of the most prominent sur- geons of the homeopathic school. In 1877 the regents of the university of the state of New York gave him their M. D., and Yale, in 1888, her LL. D.

His "System of Surgery" went through five editions and his articles included:

"An Essay on Cleft Palate," 1867.

" Nerve Stretching," 1879.

"Suprapubic Lithotomy," 1S82.

"Ovarian Tumors and Ovariotomy," 1885.

" A contribution to the Study of Renal Surgery," 1S92.

As co-editor of the " North American Journal of Homeopathy," " New Eng- land Medical Gazette," "New York Jour- nal of Homeopathy," " New York Homeo- pathic Times," and editor of the " West- ern Homeopathic Observer" he did good journalistic service and his pen was never idle. Ho wrote also a good deal on lay topics.

On May 15, 1902, he died suddenly of angina pectoris after an illness of only

three days. His wife was Miss Pritchard of St. Louis and they had two children.

From data supplied by Dr. T. L. Bradford, who has several portraits in his possession.

Henderson, Andrew Augustus(1816-lS75). Andrew Augustus Henderson, medical director of the United States Navy, re- ceived his education at the Huntingdon Academy, studied medicine under his father, and obtained the degree of M. D. from Jefferson Medical College in 1838. He entered the navy as assistant surgeon in 1841. During the Mexican war he served on the Pacific coast and in 1856 made a cruise to the Orient. During the Civil War he was present in many engage- ments on the lower Mississippi. Hen- derson was commissioned medical director of the navy in 1871. He died in Brook- lyn, New York, in 1875. He was a man of extensive attainments, possessing a wide knowledge of botany, ornithology, and ethnology and was well versed in English, French, German, and Spanish literature. A. A.

Tr. Am. M. Ass., Chicago, 18S2, xxxiii.

Hendricks, George A. (1852-1899).

George A. Hendricks was born on the sixteenth of July, 1852, at Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, his early professional life being spent in Michigan, where he studied and afterwards taught anatomy under Dr. C. P. Ford. While teaching in the University of Michigan Dr. Hendricks edited the "Physician and Surgeon," a well-known and widely read medical jour- nal.

Dr. Hendricks came to Minneapolis in 1898 to accept the position of demonstra- tor of anatomy in the University of Minnesota. He was better known as a teacher than as a practitioner, although an '\pcrt operator and a skillful surgical diagnostician. He was universally be- loved by his students.

Dr. Hendricks died in Minneapolis, September 24, L899. B. 1'.

Henrotin, Fernand (1S47-1906).

Fernand Henrotin, son of Dr Joseph F. Henrotin, was born December, 1847,