The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-03
Or. Henry E. Radasch of the Jeffer-
son Medical College is An
other of Keokuk's Brainy
Citizens.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Graduated From the High School
Here in 1892 and is Now One
of the Leading Professors
in Philadelphia.

nave gone out from this CITY anu ale
becoming renowned, DR.. Henry u. IA
daisch occupies high place ana Is
now one of the leading lights in the
great Jefferson Medical College OF
Philadelphia.
The October issue of the jefferson
ian, contained as the first article, the
following biographical sketch OF thls
Keokuk man, together with an insert
bearing his photograph:
Henry Erdmann Radasch was born
at Keokuk, Iowa, on May the 18th, 1914.
He was one of ten children of Marie
Herrforth. of Aschersleben, Saxony'
and Ephriam Erdmann Radasch OF
Berlin, Prussia. His parents came TO
America and 1869 and settled at Keo-
kuk
He received his preliminary educa-
ton in the public schools OF keokuk,
graduating in 1892. In the fall OF that
year he entered the Collegiate Depart
ment of the State University of Iowa
in which institution he completed the
The regular four year course in
three years, receiving his degree OF
B. Sc. in 1895. He devoted special at
tention to chemistry.
In the fall of 1895 he received the
appointment to the first Fellowship in
| Chemistry and was assistant in the
! Collegiate Chemical Laboratory, at
t.ae same time carrying on special
work in chemistry that would lead to
| an advanced degree. Finding that
teaching seriously interfered with the
research work, at the end of the year
/ the former was given up and his en-
tire time devoted to research. In June
1897, the degree of NJ Sc. was con
ferred upon him.
In the summer of 1897 he was elect
ed lecturer on chemistry and director
of the chemical laboratory in the Col
lege of Physicians and Surgeons Of
first years work in medicine was com
/ pleted This position, however, wa!
A given UP at the end of the year in or
der to enter the sophomore class a
Jefferson. Here he served as fassistan
in the laboratory of histology for two
years and during his senior year as
sisted in the laboratory of bacterial
ogy. Upon graduation he was tender
ed the position of demonstration of ais
tology and embryology in his Aim;
Mater, which position was subsequent
i! ly accepted.
During his undergraduate work h,
was one of the charter members of TIL
Chapman Physiological Society ant
secretary of the Davis Obstetrical Sc
ciety.
On August 9Oth, 1901 Miss Luc,
B. Turner of Philadelphia and he wer
united in marriage at Keokuk, Iowa
In the spring and summer of 100
ne attended the lectures on embryol
ogy and anatomy given by the lat
Prof His at the University of Lier
sic, at the same time devoting espec
ial attention to the subject of Karyod
inesis in the Geological Laboratory un
49,
der Profs. Chun and zur Strassen. Ii
1903 he was made associate in histol
ogy and embryology
In the fall OF 1906 he was asked f.
fill the position of istructor in his
tology at the Pennsylvania College O
Dental Surgery. which position he ae
cepted In May, 1908, he was electe,
Adjunct Professor of physiology, ger
eral pathology and bacteriology in tn
same institution.
The following articles have beee,
written by him:
A Compend of HISTOLOGY.
Ectopia of the Adrenal. Amer
| Jour, Med. Sci. Aug. o.
An Interesting Tumor and It's Rela
ton to Heredity. Amer Med, Apri
'O5
Observation of the Red Bloodcell