Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-07
DR.. A. |. MILLER
TAKEN BY DEATH.
Dental Surgeon. Famed for
War Work. Was III Short
Time.

Dr. Archibald Louis Miller. noted
dental surgeon of this city and nation
ally known for his work In plastic
surgery, died in Emergency Hospital
yesterday after short illness. Death
was due to cerebro spinal meningitis
He was 48 years old.
DR. Miller had been suffering from a
cold and a pain in the side of his head
for several days. his friends and ply
sicians stated. but had continued at
work through FRIDAY morning. making
his rounds 81 Emergency Hospital. He
became suddenly III FRIDAY afternoon
and his attending physician. g T.,
Hardin, Wa5 caned. Later, C-. John j
SEug-Ue was Summoned and performed
spiral rU.cture.
Ks 1a:....e fer work - r.2St!c surgery
IVES first gained SuE-.E the Wor.s W2r.
wseS May veterans U:o ESS sustained
Ugly wounds to TIE face has the.-
faces restored nearly TO normal 81 his
SKI.
EaSe...-.g TIE ceasa. co:?s Of TIE
kS-.c..y IS ecst 1-s.-.te..a:.S, =. M..!e.-'
hSc The e:stioct.cn 81 passing :hcoLgn
+he Ysrio.s grs oes - ne ans o. TEL
tenant ccAoa"i. ootn cue - MS sSin n
plastic sua cen'si SIi seCv ano MS ao.-
!yy - oisani.s a aps cIsi mn foi 70 <lng
care Of cases resulting fron WoLI4os u
the face.
Early in the war Col Robert r.
Oliver, chief Of the dental service for
the American Expeditionary Forces,
sought dentists skilled in plastic sur :
gerry. DR.. Miller, having gained reco7-
milton among his fellow dentists as
well as his immediate superiOrs in mill
tary rank for his service, was recon-
mended He was sent TO Bordeaux,
France, where he organized his own
hospital
Invented Special Headgear.
After the operations were performed
on the soldiers there came the pr,b
lem of getting the men back TO the
United States while their faces were
healing. due 10 sea sickness causing The
wounds to pull open. This problem
with many others, was met by Dr.
Miller through the invention by him
of a special headgear, which permit
ted the Jaws to move and at the same
time held the wounds and bone Ssruc-
ture in place.
He is survived by his widow. Mrs.
Elsie Miller; o daughter, Miss Evelyn
Miller. and two brothers, one of whom
is George Miller of this city. DR.. Miller
resided at 14OO Madison street.
Funeral services will be held Wednes-
day. DR.. Thomas C. Clark. pastor OF
the Takoma Park Presbyterian Church
will of1iciate Other details reea riding
the funeral are 10 be announced later.
DR. Miller was member of the Dis
trict of Columbia Dental Society and
due to his fame in connection vii his
work was made a fellow OF the A.meri-
can Medical Association.
He was a tfirty-Second- degree Scot
fish Rite Mason. a member Of the Ia .
koma Lodge, F. A. A. M, and Of the
Mystic Shrine
DR.. Miller. with other prominent dem
fists and physicians of the city, h3came
interested in the building of suitable
structures in the District 10 hoEie the
Offices of dentists and surgeons He
was a member of the board of din ectors
and a vice president of both the Wash
ington Medical Building Corpdrstion
and the Columbia Building Corpor alton
responsible for erecting structuI es at
Eighteenth and ! and Nineteentl1 and i
streets.
George Washington u. Graduate.
Following the war DR.. Miller carried
on work in plastic surgery at Walter
Reed Hospital ana since had done much
work of that order at Emergency
Hospital.
DR.. Miller was native OF E:lmira
NJ Y. the son OF the late Charas anC
Louise C. Miller He was graz uatec
from George Washington Univers ity in
1904 and had practiced here since, ex.
cept for the period he was in the Army
during the World War