The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-08
YOUNG
SCIENTIST COMING
UNIVERSITY SECURES DIR. H. w.
HILL OF BOSTON.
He Will Be Assistant to DR.. Wesbrook
in the Department Of Bacteriology-
Has Attracted Considerable Notice
by His Practical Achievements at
Boston and Other Eastern Cities.

The state university will receive an
important accession to its faculty this
fall. Announcement is made that DR..
HILBERT w. Hill Of Boston, who for the
past seven years has been director Of
the meteorological laboratory of the
Boston, board of health, has accepted
the chair of assistant professor of bacter-
iology at the University Of Minnesota
and assistant director of the bacteri-
illogical laboratory Of the state board of
health. He succeeds DR.. L. P. Wilson,
who resigned last year and since Jan.
has been in charge Of the laboratory Of
the Mayo hospital at Rochester.
DR.. Hill s work has already. made
| name for him in the scientific world,
man for the university. DR.. +. +.
| Wesbrook, head Of the department and
| of the state board Of health laboratory,
1T consider that we are peculiarly
fortunate in securing man OF Or.
Hills ability and attainments at the
university. The Boston Transcript
in commenting on the change, gives an
interesting account Of the man. 1t
says:
DR.. Hill Is recognized as one of the
foremost psychologists in the country.
His promotion has been rapid and his &C
complishm ents numerous. + At the age OF
&c he was director Of a meteorological
laboratory, and now, at the age Of a. he
| is the organizer of several laboratories,
an instructor and lecturer of distinction
and professor of bacteriology. He came
to Boston seven years ago, thru the ef-
forts of DR.. Samuel H. Durgin of the
board of health, and has done his best
work in this city. Here he was given
full charge of the bacterial examinations
for the board of health previously done by
DR.. Ernst at the Harvard medical school,
and organized the archaeological labora-
tory as a new adjunct to the board or
health. Under his management it has be-
come recognized by the medical profess
sion both in this country and abroad as
one of the best institutions of the Kind
in existence. It's equipment includes
many valuable articles of his own design
which have come into general use IN
other laboratories.
One of the first problems he took up
here in the way of researches was the
testing Of disinfectants, which was widely
discussed at the time. In connection with
this he saved the city from investment ~
. a disinfectant which it was proposed tc
adopt as a municipal product. He has
also made some valuable discoveries con-
, corning diphtheria, investigated various
sources of infection, as, for example, tel
ephone transmitters, 1aundries and the
public ice supplies and the mosquito null
) sance; but perhaps the most far-reachins
results will come from his study OF tbs
consumption question.
Dr. Hill was born at st. John, N. B.
in 1871. He was graduated at Toronto II
1903 with the degree Of NIB, and In lS9'
won the MD, degree. He was Georg'
Brown postgraduate scholar in 1888 94
demonstration of pathology and bacterial
ogy at the Toronto university in 1895; wa
given the Starr gold medal at Toronto II
1899 for thesis on bacteriology: was In
! structor in bacterology at Harvard from
! 1903 to the time of his resignation and h
. has also been actively connected with tn
! Louisville water filtration experiments
! the Philadelphia and Brooklyn boards 0
health, and was at one time inspector o
the state board of health of New York
Dr. Hill has set up the bacteriologica
laboratories at Toronto, at York, Pa
London, Ont, Brooklyn and in Boston
besides a number of smaller places wher
he has been called in consultation.