. One hundred years of medicine and surgery in Missouri; historical and biographical review of the careers of the physicians and surgeons of the state of Missouri, and sketches of some of its notable medical institutions . ocation in St. Louis and com-menced practice. As a physician he grew rapidly inpublic favor and became well 1896 he was chosen Professor ofMateria Medica and Therapeuticsof Beaumont Hospital Medical Col-lege and later held the Chair ofDiseases of Children in the samecollege. Dr. Stoffel is a member of thenational, State and local medical so-cieties and is prominent
. One hundred years of medicine and surgery in Missouri; historical and biographical review of the careers of the physicians and surgeons of the state of Missouri, and sketches of some of its notable medical institutions . ocation in St. Louis and com-menced practice. As a physician he grew rapidly inpublic favor and became well 1896 he was chosen Professor ofMateria Medica and Therapeuticsof Beaumont Hospital Medical Col-lege and later held the Chair ofDiseases of Children in the samecollege. Dr. Stoffel is a member of thenational, State and local medical so-cieties and is prominent in benevo-lent circles. He bears the reputation of a suc-cessful educator and conscientiousand skillful physician. LEON STRAUS. Dr. Leon Straus, one of the lead-ing physicians and surgeons of , was born and raised in theState of Kentucky. He received hisearly education there, and is a grad-uate of the Kentucky State Univer-sity of Lexington. After his graduation there hewent to Louisville, Ky., where hewas educated in medicine in themedical department of the Univer-sity of Louisville. Dr. Straus immediately enteredupon an active general practice ofmedicine, which, after a few years, 542 ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF. he gave up in order that he mightbegin the study of diseases of therectum under Dr. Joseph Mathewsof Louisville, whose assistant was for a number of years. The subject of this sketch thenwent abroad, where he studied un-der the masters of Europe, such menas AHingham and Billroth being hispreceptors. He returned to this country afterthat course of study abroad, and in1893 located in St. Louis, where hehas been ever since. All of Dr. Straus attention as apractitioner is devoted to his spe-cialty, but he finds time to activelyidentify himself with various medi-cal societies. His work along thelines of his specialty has made hima member of the British Gynecolog-ical Society and the American Proc-tologic Association. He is also amember of the St. Louis Medical
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