The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-09-01
DIR. HOLMAN S. HUMPHREY,

OfC. HUFFMAN =. II u MPHREY,
The subject of this SKETCH opened his eyes light of
day in the state of Indiana u S. A. in the year 1S3 His peo
pie English his grandfather migrating to
Humphrey the doctors father was born D. 1851 At later
and afterwards Mary Heron of Lexington Ky
in 1928 they finally settling in Indiana where large family
tor Humphrey born, and in 1916 the family in
with hundreds of Others caught the fever and moved
to Illinois, where Dr. Humphreys boyhood principally
spent 49,
other children attract versa attention He cared little
for the sports and pasin other boys but of
SOBER thoughtful of mind At school he consd-
cred bright scholar although passonae fond of books but
he at was . nature in all her moods An
building their nests the flight Of swallows the distant be
PARKWAY dreamy look his large eyes, learned
the habits insect from the doodebug An Lon in its
phony solemn music in the dusk of evening his childish
ears All natures secrets seemed to unfold themselves at
forest shooting and birds of every kind for dissection
could shoot to stun the NAL and by the time the luckess
would regain consciousness its chest would be open
young student of nature scrunzng the wonderful and
ferrous operations of the vital Thus at the early age
operations of the important of the body and that
these e oil and
of which he did not at that time know, for yet
he had scarcely heard of such studies anatomy and pho
ogy following young Holman the field
to plow About the middle of certain afternoon his father
walked look his growing and found the young
emb doctor bandagng the leg of wounded whose
nest the ruthless plowshare had torn fragments and the
On another OCCASION nearly similar he found cued in
minute insects with small magnifyng glass His father,
in of disappointment at what he considered downright
1os the hs and a
piraons last to be realized With slight preparation
bundled off neighboring town live with widowed half
sister ITO work for his board and to school, Here he
winning the respect Of both teachers and pupils He soon
payfelOw ground
During the first school incident occurred which
little fellow had while eating parched corn lodged whole
in the m t air which Ii 1
anglng and while teachers and pupils alike parayzed
his fingers caSsSt the tongue drew it out of his mouth
and with spoon handle hed about until he dsodged the
often allowed him darken the school study
the action of light the of the Students and
from the image the observer appearing eye
small individual looking like little pupil sitting
After three years decided
to the farm and tried hard by labor and
sedenia sufficient means to continue his collegiate
course:
which wholly outside of the domain of acquired knowledge,
Humphrey 1t was in the month of july the weather being
hot sister a Of the WAS visiting at the old hav
was warmly attached Upon this particular morning
from the home the girl with elder brother &C
companyng them. About o'clock while the
and he then saw plainly his sniss
tie girl the bottom of deep hole of water The impression
powerful that he Immediately obeyed the impulse
hitched the horse and rode with full speed for stream
miles Dashng he threw himself from the horse and
plunged headlong into the and with unerng precision
brought the child land Tearing its clothing off he rolled
upon its stomach until the all then stretching
the body full length he covered with the hot and almost
hot enough blister and holding the chds he placed
his lips her mouth and blew her lungs full of air. at the
time pressing the aynx backward to close the passage
to the stomach then pressing the chest force the air
out and so kept this in operation until his efforts finally
rewarded with
Here very remarkable facts first impression
ceived while the pow secondly his pressing
arynx firmly backward the passage the stomach close
instead of the lungs and that without acquired know
edge of these parts having heard practical illustration
of their mechanism.
will call boy doctor" Is it the
ability life under such circumstances above which
constitutes the DOCTOR diploma which bought in
different places in the United States for dollars?
of 81 Dr. Humphrey began the
proper with regular precepor of high standing and in
time he found himself pupil of popular medical college
kernels of fastened excellent principles
in practice Here ALSO he witnessed many difficult surgical
operations in the various hospitals of the city second year
he also in like in the institutions gradual
with high satisfied with facilities
obtaining medical education in the United States he
emined upon visit Europe where three spent
in the of medical learning. His time spent
largely in visiting the best medical colleges, hospitals dispen
sares lung and medical and surgical institutions de-
but also in France and Germany Returning to America he
began his es work in Observing everywhere
mutude of broken down and suffering humanity he de
cided devote all his time splendid attanments to the
management and of such the ordinary family
doctor not be prepared to treat successfully
Dr. Holman Humphrey performs every operation known TO
surgical science and Is the originator of of the latest
gca Improvements and the inventor of many of the best
gical appliances known.