The times., 1893-08-25
DIR. HOLMAN S. HUMPHREY.

DIR. HOLMAN S. HUMPHREY,
day in the state of Indiana S. A. in the year His peo
pie English his grandfather migrating in
Humphrey the doctors father born A. D. 1881 At
and e 9s
in S29 they finally settling in Indiana where large family
Humphrey born and in 1s46 family, in common
with hundreds OF Others caught the fever and moved
to illinois, where Dr. Humphreys boyhood principally
Early life young evnced pecuartes so unlike
other children to attract universal attention He cared little
sober thoughtful Of mind At school he consd.
cred bright scholar although passonacy fond of books
he ready interpret nature in all her moods.
building their nests the fight Of swallows the distant COW bell
the bark OF the lonely watch dog sufficient to give
the habits Of insect from the doodebug An Lon in its
little cup OF sand to the great beetle whose droning sym
All natures seemed to unfold themselves at
to his investigations With his small rife he he ranged the
and expert marksman he that at ordinary range he
regain consciousness be open
ed the heart lungs and digestive organs exposed and this
terious operations Of the vital organs Thus early
of fourteen he had determined for himself the mechanism and
operations OF the more OF the body and that
these received their action from the brain and spinal
of which he did that time know for
he had scarcely heard of such studies anatomy phyo
ogy The following young Holman sent the field
pow. About middle of afternoon father
walked out to look at his growing and found the young
RUTHLESS pow-share" had fragments,
old horse grazing in the fence half dozen rods away
the fence carefully studying the habits of family of
minute insects with small magnying glass His father
in of disappointment at what he considered downright
laziness" decided to send him away college, This
Praons realized With slight preparation
flor farmers those days needed less than now he
sister work for his board and go school," Here
maned for three years. always close and attentive student
earned the ppeaton of from his being ever ready
to for playfelow injured the
During the first in school incident occurred which
brought him prominently professors
in hs ha Of e in @
seconds prostrated him with paroxysms of coughing and
with fear young Docto taking his handkerchief
his fingers caught the tongue drew out of his mouth
obstruction and the boy quickly relieved His teachers
often allowed him darken the school at study
he action of light the of the students, and
here that he first learned the pupil of the eye named
in G school '''N l' ''' ' ''N' ''' pNp' ''''S
three years. term his father decided that he had ex
pended enough money boys education So young Hol
returned to the farm and tried hard by labor and
sedenal to save sufficient means to continue his collegiate
course.
During the his year circumstance occurred
which wholly outside of the domain of acquired knowledge
and which ndebly stamped its influence upon life Dr.
Humphrey 1t was in the month Of July the weather being
ing with her little 6year-old daughter to whom the doctor
ts mGnmS ms me
from the doctors home the little girl with an elder brother
powing in the field peculiar feeling his
for moment and he then plainly life his sisters lit
tie girl at the bottom of deep hole of The impression
powerful that he Immediately obeyed the impulse
htched the horse and rode with full speed for the
miles Dashng he threw himself from the horse and
plunged headong with unerrng precision
brought the child land Tearing its clothing off he rolled
upon its until all out stretching
the body full length he covered with the hot sand almost
hot enough to blister holding the chlds placed
his lips her mouth and blew her lungs full of the
time pressing the ynx backward close the passage
TO stomach then pressing the chest to force the air
and kept this in operation his efforts finally
rewarded with success.
Here very remarkable facts: first the impression re-
ceved while the pow secondly his pressing the vocal
arynx firmly backward the passage the close
that and thus the air going into the stomach
instead Of the lungs and that too without acquired know
edge of these having heard practical illustration
of their mechanism.
1t will be observed this boy Doctor" Is it the
y life under such the above which
constitutes the DOCTOR diploma which bought in
en- different places the United States a dollars?
age of 81 Dr. Humphrey began the study of medicine
proper with regular preceptor of high standing and in due
time he found himself pupil of popular medical college,
kernels of wheat and fastened upon excellent principles
in practice Here aso he witnessed difficult surgical
operations IN !he various hospts OF tne cl secono year
he also spent like in the institutions gradual
ing with high honor Yet satisfied with the facilities for
obtaining medical education in the United States he de-
trmined visit to Europe where three years spent
in the centers Of medical learning His time spent
largely in visiting the best medical colleges hospitals dspen
saries eye lung surgical institutions
voted exclusively to specialized practice not only England
but in France and Germany. Returning America he
began his fe work in Observing everywhere
multudes Of brokendow and suffering humanity he de-
cided all his time splendid aanments to the
management and of such the ordinary family
Dr. Holman Humphrey performs every operation known to
surgical science and is the gnaor many of
gca improvements and the inventor of many of the best
0ical appliances known.