The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-12-15
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
LIFE AND CAREER
Greatest Living Exponent of Ma
lures Secrets.
Worthy Example of What May be Accomplished by
Persistent Effort and Tireess Energy.
DIR. HOLMAN S. HUMPHREY,

The subject Of this SKETCH opened his eyes light of
pie English his grandfather migrating to America in
ns bs AosSI v phs al
date he removed with his parents to Garoton KY where he
= 1929 they finally settling in Indiana where large family
blessed their union the 1913 Master Holman Doc
with Others caught the western fever moved
70 Illinois, where Dr.. Humphreys boyhood principally
Early in life young Holman evnced pecuares unlike
FOR the sports and pasmes Of other boys but was of
sober thoughtful cast Of mind At school he was not consid
he was ever ready to interpret nature moods An
ants nest with its busy bee gathering honey birds
NE bark Of the lonely watch dog was sufficient TO give
M sVe ct from the doodeSus n its
Atte cup OF sand to the great beetle whose droning sym
ears All natures secrets seemed to unfold themselves at
his Investigations With his small rifle he ranged the
and expert marksman he that at ordinary he
could shoot the animal and BY the time the uckess
would regain consciousness its chest would be
cd the heart lungs and digestive organs exposed and this
young student of nature scrutnnng the wonderful and
FERROUS operations organs Thus early age
of fourteen he had determined for himself the mechanism and
operations of the important of the body and that
these received their power action from the brain spinal
chord by of small white chords distributed to Them the
OF which he did not at that time know for as yet
he had heard of such studies anatomy and pyso
ogy The following young Holman the field
TO pillow About the middle of certain afternoon his father
walked look his growing and found the young
the RUTHLESS pillow share" had fragments and the
old horse grazing in the fence half dozen rods
the fence carefully studying the habits of family of
minute insects with small magnfying glass His father now
a rage disappointment he considered downright
lazness decided to send him away to college, This was
Pratons realized With slight preparation
flor farmers boys in those days needed less than now he was
bundled off neghborng town to live with widowed half
work his board go school," Here he
manned for three years. always close and attentive student
earned the appeaon of doctor from his being ready
to for any payfelow injured upon the playground
During the first year in school incident occurred which
brought him prominently before the notice of the professors
kernel in the upper part of the passages which few
Frustrated him with paroxysms of coughing and
R
his caught the BOYS s m out o. hS
obstruction and the boy quickly relieved His teachers
action of light upon the eyes of the students, and
here that he first learned the pupil of the was so named
from the small image Of the observer appearing in the eye
seen very small individual looking like little pupil sitting
in school,
pended enough money boys education So Ho
returned to the farm and tried hard by labor and
sedenia to sufficient to continue his collegiate
course.
During the Of his 10th year occurred
which wholly outside of the domain of acquired knowledge
and which indeby stamped its influence upon of Dr.
hot sister Of the visiting at the old home hav
Ing with her little 6yearod daughter whom the doctor
neshbOr boys going fishing nearly two mes
from the doctors home the little girl with elder brother
Flowing in the sS peculiar feeling ere his
lie girl the deep hole me T ns srs
was 80 powerful that he Immediately obeyed the impulse
htched the horse and rode with full speed
miles Dashng he threw himself from the
plunged headlong into the water and with unerng precision
brought the child to land Tearing its clothing off he
Its stomach until the water all out stretching
the body at full length he covered it with the sand
his lips her mouth and blew lungs full of the
time pressing the larynx backward passage
to the stomach then pressing upon the chest air
cut and so kept this in operation until his efforts finally
Here very remarkable facts first the impression re-
eeived while at the pillow; secondly his pressing
arynx firmly backward the passage the
that passage and thus the air going into the
instead OF the lungs and that without acquired know
edge OF these parts having heard practical illustration
Of their mechanism
ability life under such above
constitutes the diploma bought
different places In the United States for few dollars?
At the Of 81 Dr. Humphrey began the study of medicine
with regular of high standing and
Nme he found himself pupil of popular medical college
Here among much chat rubbish found precious
kernels Of wheat and fastened excellent principles
b practice. Here, also, he witnessed many difficult surgical
operations In the various hospitals of the city, year
he spent in like In the institutions gradual
ing with high honors Yet satisfied the facilities
>rmined upon visit Europe years spent
n the veryceners OF medical learning His time spent
hrgey In visiting the best medical colleges hospitals dspen
ries eye lung and medical and surgical institutions
exclusively specialized practice only England
but also In France and Germany Returning America
began his LIES work In Observing everywhere
nulttudes Of broken down and suffering humanity he
olded devote all his time and splendid
management and Of such the ordinary family
doctor and prepared
Dr. Holman 8. Humphrey performs every operation known
deal Improvements and the many
61cal appliances known 4