Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Plexus, 1909, Vol. 15
The new institution was founded by a number of Chicago's most distinguished physicians, whose prominence in the profession was sufficient to assure success. He' was elected to the professorship of orthopedic surgery, which he held until 1886 when he took the chair of principles and practice of surgery and clinical surgery, succeeding Dr. Nicholas Senn who had resigned. In 1893 Dr. Steele was unanimously erected to the presi deney of the college, made vacant by the death of Dr. Charles Warrington Earle. He still holds the presidency of the corporation, and is also the actuary of the institution. 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.