CHAPTER LXX 

 W. JARVIS BARLOW, M.D. 



VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION FROM 1914 TO 



1915 



WALTER JARVIS BARLOW was born in Ossining, N. Y., 

 January 22, 1868. He was the son of William Henry and 

 Catherine Lent Barlow, and received his preliminary edu- 

 cation at the Mount Pleasant Military Academy at Ossining, N. 

 Y., and his classical education at the Columbia University School 

 of Arts, from which he was graduated with the degree of A.B. in 

 1889. He entered the medical department of Columbia Uni- 

 versity, and was graduated with the degree of M.D. in 1892. The 

 same university conferred upon him the honorary degree of A.M. 

 in 1919 for his valuable professional work on the Pacific Coast. 

 Dr. Barlow served for two and a half years as intern in the 

 Mount Sinai Hospital, also one year in the Sloan Maternity Hos- 

 pital. Breaking down in health, he was sent by his teacher and 

 friend, Dr. Janeway, to Los Angeles, where he completely recov- 

 ered and established himself in practice in 1897. He soon became 

 one of the prominent practitioners of that city, and was honored 

 by the presidency of the Los Angeles County Medical Associa- 

 tion. Subsequently he was made professor of medicine and dean 

 of the Los Angeles Medical Department of the University of 

 California. 



From the very beginning of his career in Los Angeles Dr. Bar- 

 low took the deepest interest in the tuberculosis problem. He 

 became president of the California Tuberculosis Association, and 

 on his retirement from the presidency became secretary-treasurer 

 of the Association, which position he still holds. Besides being a 

 member of the Los Angeles County Medical Society, he is a mem- 

 ber of the American Medical Association and the American 

 Climatological and Clinical Association. 



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