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Excerpt from Proceedings and Addresses at the Reception and Banquet in Honor of Dr. Lewis Stephen Pilcher: In Celebration of the Completion of His Services of Fifty Years as a Doctor of Medicine
Lewis stephen pilcher was born in Adrian, Michigan, July 28, 1845, son of Elijah Holmes Pilcher and Phoebe Maria (fisk) Pilcher. He entered the University of Michigan in 1858, at the age of thirteen, and was graduated as Bachelor of Arts in June, 1862, in his seventeenth year. He is the youngest graduate on the records of the institution. He pursued post-graduate studies at his Alma Mater and received his degree as Master of Arts in June, ' 1863, at the age of seventeen. He then took up medical studies at the University of Michigan. These were interrupted by his enlistment as a hospital steward in the U. S. 'army in February, 1864. He served in that capacity in Virginia and in Missouri until September, 1865, when he was mustered out Of service by reason of the close of the war. He then resumed his medical studies at the University of Michigan and received the degree of Doctor of Medicine on the 28th of March, 1866. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
