wanderings he settled in Ann Arbor, Mich.,' in 1856, 

 where, to his intense delight, he was enabled vigorously 

 to prosecute his studies in what was to be his future 

 life-work. 



He attended lectures in the medical department of 

 the State University during 1857 and 1858, and graduated 

 from the Eclectic Institute of Cincinnati, Ohio, in the 

 meantime. Prior to 1869 he traveled over a large part 

 of the United States, acquiring valuable knowledge, only 

 gained by practical experience, which proved a good 

 foundation for the wonderful book which afterward 

 gained such great celebrity. The first edition of the work, 

 like all subsequent ones, proved a great success, and 

 soon placed the author on the high road to fortune. 

 In 1864 he built the first part of that magnificent struct- 

 ure that still bears his name. It stands on the corner of 

 Main Street and Miller Avenue, and is an ornament 

 to our city. The building was completed in 1868. 

 The business had so increased that at this time fifty 

 persons found constant and remunerative employment 

 within the walls of the building; and the hospitality 

 and liberality of the Doctor to the employes of the 

 institution, as well as to the needy ones of the city, 

 were always subjects of admiring comment. 



In 1873 he published his second book, of which many 

 thousand copies were sold, and it is safe to say that fully 

 one million and a half have found their way into the 

 homes of this and foreign countries. 



A few years only have elapsed since Dr. Chase was 



considered one of the most prosperous and well-to-do 

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