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souri to southern Illinois, where at that time there were many southern sympa- 

 thizers. We remained in Illinois until the close of the war, when we returned 

 to our farm in Missouri. Before and during the first part of the war my father 

 and some of his neighbors maintained a private school. The school building 

 was a single-roomed house a short distance from my father's home in the 

 woodland pasture. My most impressive teacher at this time was a Scotch- 

 man who taught me to speak Latin, although I never really knew anything of 

 Latin grammar until I went to college." 



In 1867 young Vaughan went to Central College, Fayette, 

 Missouri, where he remained one year. From there he went to 

 Mt. Pleasant College, Huntsville, Mo., and completed his under- 

 graduate course, tutoring and giving instruction in Latin in order 

 to pay his way. In fact, when he graduated he was professor of 

 Latin in this college. He spent one semester teaching Latin in 

 Hardin College, Mexico, Mo., a college for girls, and in 1874 came 

 to the University of Michigan, taking an M.S. degree in 1875, a 

 Ph.D. degree -in 1876, and an M.D. degree in 1878. Dr. Vaughan 

 has received the following honorary degrees : Sc.D. , University of 

 Pittsburgh; M.D., University of Illinois; LL.D., University of 

 Michigan, Central College, Jefferson Medical School. In 1888 he 

 took a course in bacteriology in the University of Berlin in Koch's 

 laboratory. At that time Karl Frankel gave the laboratory course 

 and Professor Koch gave the lectures. 



Dr. Vaughan's professional career has indeed been a remark- 

 able one, full of attainments in the field of physical and medical 

 chemistry, therapeutics, hygiene, and medico-military science. 

 He occupied the position of assistant in the chemical laboratory of 

 the Michigan University from 1875 to 1883; he was lecturer on 

 medical chemistry from 1879 to 1880; assistant professor in med- 

 ical chemistry from 1880 to 1883; professor of physiological and 

 pathological chemistry and associate professor in therapeutics 

 and materia medica from 1883 to 1887; professor of hygiene and 

 physiological chemistry and director of the hygienic laboratory 

 from 1887 to 1909. Besides these many teaching positions, Pro- 

 fessor Vaughan has been dean of the department of medicine and 

 surgery of the University of Michigan since 1890; member of the 

 Michigan State Board of Health from 1883 to 1895, and since 

 1901 president of the Board. 



