The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-12
DR.. Il. N. WEEKS CHOSEN
Elected Superintendent Of
the Vipeland Home For
Epileptics.
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Icprtidt u II JcfSty lily NEWS.
TRENTON, May II, 1s9s.-The Board of
Managers of the New Jersey State Village
for Epileptics held a meeting at vineland
on Wednesday for the purpose of select
ing a superintendent for the village lat
Blawenburg and transacting other bust
ness. The board consists of the Rev.
James NJ. Buckley, LID, President.
Morristown; Professor s. Olin Garrison,
NJ. A., Secretary, Vineland; Thomas J.
Smith, NJ. d., Treasurer. Bridgeton; John
III. Ewing. NJ. D.. Pennington John w.
Ward, M. D., Trenton; William s. Combs,
M. D., Freehold. Henry M. Weeks. M. D.,
was elected as superintendent of the viii
lage. He Is the present pathologist and
bacteriologist at the State Hospital for
the Insane above this city. DR.. Weeks
rendered his resignation to the board of
managers of the asylum and it was ac-
cepted at "a meeting held yesterday. 1t
goes into effect on Tune Is and his success
sor will be chosen by a competitive ex-
animation. the same as he was chosen to
the place in 1897.
The new superintendent was born in
I%rvington, October 20, 1850 He attended
the public schools at Newark, and at
the age of II took up the study of medi-
Lcine, holding a clerical position as a
means of support. In 1872 he was grad
uated from the medical department of
the University of New York, having TAX
en-, in addition to the regular course, a
Special course in surgery. After his grad
uation he engaged in the practice of med
icine with DIR. William A. Smith, then
a well known physician of Newark. He
was elected one of the attending physi-
clans at the Old Ladies' Home and also
attending physician of the Newark City
Hospital. DR.. Weeks intended to devote
his entire time to surgery, but in 1875
his health broke down and he removed
to California, where he .'roughed it" for
a lumber of years.
With a view of building up a county
practice. and thus spending much of his
time in the open air, he settled in Falls
ington, Pa, in 1887. His health being
greatly improved, DR.. Weeks, in 1891,
came to this city and earned a most ex-
cellent reputation, securing for himself a
munificent practice. His ability as a
physician and surgeon was highly appre-
ciated by the medical fraternity. He
served as President of the Trenton Medi-
cal Society and Mercer County District
A1CdiSdl NoOClCty. Will lie ldle LIZ. W.
W. L. Phillips he was instrumental in
the establishment of the Trenton City
Dispensary and later in the founding
of Mercer Hospital. He served on the
staff of this latter hospital as long as he
was in practice. Prior to the founding
of Mercer Hospital, DR.. Weeks opened a
private hospital for women. He is a
member of the Philadelphia Obstretrical
Society and the Philadelphia Neurologi-
cal Society and is chairman of the board
of medical examiners of the Prudential
Life Insurance Company for the Trenton
| district.
Some years ago DR.. Weeks went to Eu-
leading universities, pursuing the study
of the special branches of surgery in
which he was most interested. On No
vember /, 1897, he was appointed bacteri-
ologist and pathologist after a COMPETE
tive examination to the Trenton State
Hospital for the Insane. 1t is noteworthy
that on the Board of Managers of the
State Village for Epileptics, which select
ed DIR. Weeks for the SUPPLEMENTARY,
is DR.. John w. Ward, superintendent of
the asylum, and with whom DR.. Weeks
has been so closely associated during the
past two years.
In May, 1873, DR.. Weeks was married to
| Mary NJ, daughter of David D. Fairchild,
| of Newark. He has six children living,
David F., the eldest, having recently
| graduated from the medical department
Of the University of Pennsylvania.