Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-02
DR.. W. }. Mallory Dies,
Former D. c. Physicion

DR.. William J. Mallory, 81.
prominent Washington physi-
clan and educator who was past
president of the District Medi-
cal Society, died yesterday in
Lovettsville, Loudoun County,
Va. He had lived there since
he retired in 1916.
DR.. Mallory was professor
emeritus of medicine at George
Washington University. He
taught thousands of physicians
who have entered practice here
and throughout the Nation.
He specialized in internal
medicine and formerly lived and
had Offices at 1720 Connecticut
avenue NV.
DR.. Mallory took whimsical
pride in two distinctions he had
he was once made witch doc
tor of Philippine headhunter
tribe and a member of a Chinese
tong.
To Philippines in 1903
! He went to the Philippines in
1903, the same year he was
graduated from George Wash
Iington University Medical School.
The civil government had taken
over in the Philippines and he
was house surgeon of the Civil
Hospital in Manila. Later he
was attending physician and
surgeon at the Government
Sanitarium. Baguio, Benquet,
Philippines. From 1906 to 1907
he was health officer of the
Province Of Banquet.
In Baguio DR.. Mallory saw pa
ltients of every social scale, from
members of the Governors FAM
lily to native head hunters. IF
progress toward recovery did not
seem to them satisfactory" DR..
Mallory once wrote, the patient
would solemnly request permis-
sion to hold a Canao, or cere-
monial feast, in aid Of treat
ment."
There DR.. Mallory gained his
familiarity with tropical dis
eases. including cholera, leprosy,
Iyaws and the bubonic and pneu-
monte plaques.
Saved in Ship Fire
DR.. Mallory left the Philip
pines to study further at st.
Georges Hospital Medical School
in London, England. En- route
from the islands he was rescued
from a burning liner.
Between Penang and Colombo
Ihe was transferred from the
burning ship. Seydlitz. to the
ibattleship H. M. S. Diadem, on
which he completed his journey
to Colombo.
He also studied two years in
Berlin and did research at Cam
bridge University.
In London. DR.. Mallory walked
the wards of st. Georges Hos
pital with DR.. Humphrey ROLES
ton. who later became Sir Hum
Iphrey Rolleston, physician to the
King. DR.. Rolleston sent DR..
Mallory to the Scotch border
ito observe a typhoid fever
'epedimic. Later, Sir Humphrey
sent DR.. Mallory an autographed
book of medical essays which is
now in the library of the Sur
Igeon General of the Army.
DR.. Mallory began his long as
ISOLATION with George Washing
ton University in 1911. He was
then instructor in medicine and
attending physician at the hos
Ipital. In 1924 he became pro-
Ifessor of medicine and in 1929
chief of medical service. He be-
came professor emeritus in 1888. |
Named VA COnsultant
In 1925 he was named con-
Isultant of the Veterans Bureau
diagnostic clinic.
During World War l.. DR.. NAL I
Tory was captain in the Army
Medical Corps and served as COM
manding officer of the 18th Gen.
leral Hospital. the George Wash
Iington Unit.
DR.. Mallory was president of
the District Medical Society from
1888 to 1899. He was a member
of numerous medical societies and
clubs, including the Cosmos and
Metropolitan Clubs.
DR.. Mallory was the author of
numerous medical articles on
gastro-intestinal disease. dia-
betes and medical history. Re-
Gently he published a book of