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NAME FORCHHEIMER ■400 FORCHHEIMER Forchheimer, Frederick (1853-1913). Frederick Forchheimer was born in Cincin- nati, Ohio, September 25, 1853. He was the son of Meyer S. and Fanny Veith Forch- heimer, both of whom came from Bavaria to Cincinnati, where they married. The son was educated in the public schools of Cincin- nati, studied medicine in the Medical College of Ohio, and in the College of Physicians and Surgeons (New York), where he took his de- gree in 1873. He then spent two years in the universities of Vienna, Wiirzburg and Strassburg, before settling in Cincinnati, where he rapidly got into the full swing of prac- tice which soon became enormous. For many years before his death he was a leading prac- titioner and consultant in that region. Hospital and teaching positions came promptly. In 1876-1877 he was lecturer on pathological anatomy in the Medical College of Ohio; in 1877-1879 he succeeded to the chair of medical chemistry and two years later became professor of physiology and clinical diseases of children. From 1894-1897 he was professor of diseases of children ; from 1897- 1901 he held the chairs of practice of medi- cine and diseases of children ; froin 1901 to 1909 he was professor of theory and practice of medicine, and from 1909 until his death he was professor of internal medicine. He was dean of the college from 1905 to 1909 and it was during his term of office that the Miami Medical College united with it and the name was changed to "The Ohio-Miami Medical College of the University of Cincinnati" (1909), the Ohio Medical College having be- come the medical department of the University in 1896. He filled various positions on the staff of the Good Samaritan Hospital from 1880-1912, when he resigned. He served on the staff of the City Hospital from 1887-1894 and was pediatrician there until 1897, when he re- signed ; being reappointed in 1908, he served luitil his death as staff physician for internal medicine. From its opening in October, 1883, during the five years of its existence, he was physician in chief to the Home for Sick Chil- dren, which was the first children's hospital in the West. From 1887 until the close of his life he was consulting physician to the Jewish Hospital. Dr. Forchheimer contributed widely to the medical journals of this coimtry. He was the translator and editor of "Hoffman and Ultzmann's Urinalyses," 1879-1886; the author of "Diseases of the Mouth in Children (Non- Surgical)," 1886-1892; "Prophylaxis and Treat- ment of Internal Diseases," 1906-1910, and he edited "Therapcusis of Internal Diseases." in four volumes, which was published in 1913. During the last decade of his life his writings on diseases of children and internal medicine were quoted in every text book that was published. He was president of the American Pedia- tric Association in 1895, and of the Associa- tion of American Physicians in 1910, being an original member of both. He was a member also of the America! Medical Association, of the American Therapeutic Association, and Washington Academy of Sciences. In 1912 he received the honorar}' degree of Doctor of Science from Harvard University. Dr. Forchheimer was a virtuoso in music. From early childhood he displayed talent and zeal in it. At fourteen years of age Theodore Thomas was his adviser in his musical studies and in later years, when studying medi- cine in Germany, he met such artists in music as Joachim and Brahms. He was a member of the University, Queen City, Country and Riding Clubs. In 1885 he married Edith Strong Perry, daughter of Aaron Fyfe and Elizabeth Wil- liams Perry, and he was survived by her and by a daughter, Frances Elizabeth, and by two sons, Frederick, a business man, and Landon L., a lawyer. Dr. Forchheimer died in Cincinnati June 1, 1913. A. G. Drukv. Ford, Corydon La (1813-1894). Corydon La Ford's father was Lieut. Abncr Ford, lineal descendant of William Ford who emigrated from England on the ship Fortune, landing at Plymouth, Massachusetts, Novem- ber, 1621. Corydon La Ford, physician and anatomist, was born August 29, 1813. near Lexington, Greene County, New York, and an attack of infantile paralysis in early life left him crippled for severe labor. He taught in the common schools for eight years, the intervals of teaching being spent in studying medicine with the doctors around. He com- pleted his general education at Canandaigua Academy where he formed a deep friendship with Dr. Edson Carr, the physician of Canan- daigua, who not only befriended him while at school but introduced him to Geneva Medical College where he supported himself by serv- ing as librarian and curator of the museum. In 1842 he received his M, D. from Geneva Medical College and on the same day was appointed demonstrator of anatomy. In 1847 Dr. Ford was appointed demonstrator of anat-