. A group of distinguished physicians and surgeons of Chicago; a collection of biographical sketches of many of the eminent representatives, past and present, of the medical profession of Chicago. ver, was for the study of medicine, andthis fact dawned upon him early in life. The task which confronted him wasno easy one, but he was greatly encouraged in perseverance by the kindlyinterest of his first preceptor, Dr. Thomas G. Catlin. For four years hetaught school in winter, for a mere stipend, his summers being spent either assalesman in a general country store, or as an underpaid clerk in a r
. A group of distinguished physicians and surgeons of Chicago; a collection of biographical sketches of many of the eminent representatives, past and present, of the medical profession of Chicago. ver, was for the study of medicine, andthis fact dawned upon him early in life. The task which confronted him wasno easy one, but he was greatly encouraged in perseverance by the kindlyinterest of his first preceptor, Dr. Thomas G. Catlin. For four years hetaught school in winter, for a mere stipend, his summers being spent either assalesman in a general country store, or as an underpaid clerk in a rural postoffice. No doubt the time dragged heavily, and at times his purpose may havefaltered and his resolution flagged, but in iS40--4i he attended lectures atthe Albany Medical College, and in 1842 graduated from the school at Ge-neva. He began practice at Lockport, New York, and removed thence toFlint, Michigan. His success there may be said to have been extraordinary,yet it was certainly attributable to his own professional skill, no less than tohis broad, enlightened public spirit, which brought him to the front rank ofthose who were leaders in all movements tending to the betterment. /chE^L-^: 2t*^u^ PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. 47 community, his sympathetic and active interest in educational matters beingespecially pronounced. In the autumn of 1852 Dr. Miller came from Flint to Chicago, where heat once secured an enviable foothold among the young physicians of the infantWestern Metropolis. Two years after his arrival the city was visited by thescourge of cholera. This was in 1854, and it was in that year that the firstgeneral hospital in Chicago was established, largely—if not chiefly—throughthe personal efforts of Rev. Robert H. Clarkson, rector of the ProtestantEpiscopal Church of St. James, afterward Bishop of Nebraska, Dr. Millerbeing appointed physician and surgeon in charge. Talents such as his could not be long concealed under a bushel, and in1859 the trustees of
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