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Hale, William Henry

physician, author, was born Sept. 5, 1852, in Belfast, Ireland. He has been president of the American Popular Health association; president of the Polytechnic society of Chicago; president of the Health and Home Publishing company of Chicago; and is now general manager and chief consulting physician of the British Medical institute of Detroit, Mich. He is now an honorary member of the British Medical and Surgical society; fellow of the American Association of Physicians and Surgeons; treasurer of the Michigan State Association of Physicians and Surgeons; treasurer of the Michigan Medical alliance; and prominently identified with all the leading medical bodies in America. He is the author of Hale's Eclectic Treatment, a work of seven hundred pages; Rheumatism and Skin Diseases; Respiration; Diseases of the Eye; and various other works.

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