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NAME TAYLOR 1127 TEBAULT ical and Biological Societies of Washington, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; member of the French Chemical Society, the American So- ciety of Microscopists, the Textile Fiber Association, the American Pomological Asso- ciation ; and honorary member of the Inter- national Medical Society of Hygiene and the Royal Institute of Liverpool. He wrote, among other things, the widely known and much used "Student's Handbook of Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of America" (five parts, 1897-1898); the "Dis- eases of Plants"; "The Differentiation of the Fatty Crystals of Butter and Oleomargarine"; "Tea and Its Adulterations"; "The Common House Fly as a Carrier of Poisons"; "Bac- teria and Their Relations to Plant Culture." Three children were born to Dr. Taylor ; a son dying in infancy, another son. Dr. T. A. Taylor who died in 1901, and Miss A. R. Taylor, who survived him. He died January 22, 1910, at his home, 238 Massachu- setts Avenue. Washington. Howard A. Kelly. Personal information from Miss Taylor. The Sunday Star, Washington, Jan. 23, 1910. Taylor, William Henry (1836-1910). In the life of Dr. William H. Taylor, it is hard to separate the physician from the phil- anthropist, so cotnpletely was his professional life permeated with his social Christianity. For 200 years his ancestors were ministers of the Friends Church, and his father lost his life in aiding his fellows while serving as a Volunteer fireman. Born in Cincinnati Decem- ber 25, 1836, he died there, February 6, 1910. Dr. Taylor began the study of medicine in the office of Dr. William Wood, an associate of Dr. Daniel Drake, and co-editor with him, of The Western Journa] of Medical and Physical Sciences. Dr. Taylor graduated from the Medical College of Ohio in 1858 and was resi- dent physician of the Cincinnati Hospital and its first pathologist. In 1868-70 he studied in Berlin under Virchow, and in Vienna under Rokitansky and Scheuthauer. He was, for forty-six years, a member of the staff of the Cincinnati Hospital; for forty years. professor and dean of the Miami Medical College: for thirty years physician to the House of Refuge, and he was president of the staff of the Pres- byterian Hospital. He was the first president of the .American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and was a large contributor to current medical literature. Throughout a busy career he found time for extensive philanthropic work. Thus he was a founder of the Society of Natural His- tory, an incorporator of the Union Bethel, a Christian settlement, and for some years he maintained the Grellet Bible Mission, and was always a friend of the city firemen. Dur- ing the Civil War he was a member of the Sanitary Commission, and in the Middle West, Dr. Taylor was popular as a lecturer on the Bible and was secretary of the Friends Mis- sion in Mexico, maintaining membership in the Y. M. C. A., he was its vice-president for ten years, and a trustee of the Y. W. C. A., and physician to the Home for the Friendless. Dr. Taylor's chief interest was in dependent children, and for thirty-eight years he was physician to The Children's Home, which had been founded by his mother, being one of its trustees for twenty-five years and its presi- dent from 1904 until his death. All who knew him respected his unblem- ished character, his unselfish helpfulness to the younger members of the profession, his high ideals, his remarkable qualities as an instructor, and his large ability as a practi- tioner. One of his students said of him, "In- stead of preaching high ethics to his students and holding thein severely to account. Dr. Taylor lived up to the highest standard him- self, and thus became an inspiration to his students." . ^ -r^ A. G. Drury. Tebault, Alfred George (1811-1895). Evidently of Huguenot origin, this physician was born in Charleston, South Carolina, on February 23, 1811, and educated in the best schools in his native city. Then, having de- cided to devote his life-work to medicine, he studied with Thomas Y. Simons, after which he matriculated in the South Carolina Medical College, from which he graduated in 1831. In company with his friend, Dr. H. B. Phillips, he settled in Macon, North Carolina. He went to Norfolk, Virginia, in 1832, when that city was visited by Asiatic cholera. In that, or the following year, he settled in Princess Anne County, Virginia, where he spent the greater part of his life. He was a member of the Medical Society of Virginia, and was, in 1873, elected president, and was made an honorary member the next year. He was also honorary member of the Norfolk Medical Society. He was offered a professorship in two medical colleges, but de- clined both. He married, in 1833, Mary H., daughter of Major C. Cornick, of Princess Anne County, Virginia, who died about 1840. By this mar- riage he had three children, who survived him; Dr. A. George Tebault, of Louisiana, and two daughters. After the death of his