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in the honor class. He then acted as interne in the Belle- 

 vue Hospital until autumn when he sailed for Germany 

 and entered the University of Munich in the winter of 

 1886-7, and was assistant physician in the Royal Wo- 

 men's hospital durin"^ the following summer. It was at 

 Munich, celebrated in song, that Dr. Krauss' parents 

 visited him and together they traveled about Germany, 

 visiting all the important cities of the "Fatherland." In 

 the fall of '87, he entered the noted University at Berlin, 

 where he devoted himself particularly to the study of the 

 nervous diseases, and while here contributed several ar- 

 ticles on his " specialty," to the leading medical journals 

 of Germany and acted as special correspondent to the 

 Buffalo Medical and Surgical Journal. Dr. Krauss grad- 

 uated from the University of Berlin in the summer of 

 1888, with the degree Doctor of Medicine, receiving the 

 standing " Magna Cum Laude, " at the head of his class. 

 He then entered the University of Paris in the autumn of 

 '88, and visited London Medical Schools in the spring of 

 '89. Having thus acquired a medical knowledge in its 

 various relations which but few have attained at his age, 

 he sailed from Hamburg the latter part of May, 1889, to 

 meet again, after a few eventful years, his friends at the 

 home of his earlier years. He soon located at 382 Vir- 

 ginia street, Buffalo, N. Y., where he has established a 

 good practice — popular in his profession, yet not forget- 

 ting his parents in Attica, to whom he devotes his Sab- 

 baths, and enjoys social relations under the parental 

 roof. In Buffalo Dr. Krauss is associated with the Nia- 

 gara University Medical College, lecturer on Pathology, 

 and was recently appointed non resident lecturer at Cor- 

 nell University, his special field being the nervous system. 

 Dr. K. enjoys the distinction of being the second Cornell 

 graduate in the department of Natural History who has 

 acted in this capacity. As a journalist he is associate 



