56 Cincitmati Society of Natural History. 



He entered the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College (now 

 Ohio State University) at Columbus, February 14, 1874, and 

 graduated from this institution in June, 1878, receiving the degree 

 of Bachelor of Science. His class, consisting of six members, was 

 the first graduated from the university. 



In his college life he was a faithful successful student, and won 

 the highest regards of his professors and associates ; he was one of 

 the organizers of Alcyone Literary Society in the college, and was 

 a member of the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. During the vaca- 

 tions of these various years he worked in the summer on the farm 

 at his home, and .went on brief visits to the neighboring cities, es- 

 pecially Cincinnati. 



In 1878, through the influence of Dr. Wm. Carson, he came to 

 this city to begin the study of medicine under the preceptorship of 

 the doctor. He attended Miami Medical College, and passed final 

 examinations in all departments of that institution, winning the 

 faculty prize of $100 in gold. In February, 1881, he was elected 

 a resident of the Cincinnati Hospital, where he continued until 

 after his graduation from the medical college. 



During these years of study in Cincinnati, he suffered two 

 severe attacks of sickness; in the summer of 1880, he had typhoid 

 fever, and of this time he says, ''I was tenderly cared for by Dr. 

 Carson and his family at his house." The second attack was a 

 light case of smallpox, and during his convalescence from this 

 disease, while still confined in the hospital, he prepared for his 

 final examinations. In March, 1882, he took the degree of M. D. 



Not satisfied with the knowledge already gained, he at once 

 made preparations for spending a year of travel and study in Eu- 

 rope, sailing from New York on April 5. 1882. 



On his arrival in London he entered application for admission 

 to examination to the Royal Colleges, (Physicians and Surgeons). 

 He then entered Univeisity College Hospital, also the Physiologi- 

 cal Laboratory, here he took a course of study in bacteria and his- 

 tology, which he completed in July; he then went to Paris thence 

 to Strasburg, and the Teutonic portion of Switzerland, returning to 

 London by way of Basle, Heidelberg, and down the Rhine to 

 Cologne ; thence to Brussels and Antwerp, to Harwick and Lon- 

 don. His application to the Royal Colleges being granted, he 

 passed the required examinations, and received the degree L. R. 

 C. P. (Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians) in October, 

 and M. R. C. S. (Member of the Royal College of Surgeons) in 



