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Davis, William Hope

physician, author, was born Sept. 1, 1837, in Attica, N. Y. He attended the public schools of Cincinnati, Ohio, and subsequently graduated in medicine. He has attained prominence as one of the leading physicians of the west, and now has a lucrative practice in Springfield, Ill. In 1858 he was in the government employ as mail agent, and took the first mail that was ever taken across the continent. He has been a member of the board of health, and organized and was secretary of the Eclectic Medical association of Illinois. He was appointed secretary of the National Medical association for ten years, and read papers before that body on various topics. In 1892 he was appointed a member of the advisory council of the world's congress of eclectic physicians, and has filled numerous other positions of honor in medical bodies, and has contributed extensively to medical literature.