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Wessinger, John Augustus

physician, surgeon, lecturer, was born Aug. 6, 1860, in Howell, Mich. He received a thorough education; received the degree of A. B. from the university of Bloomington; the degree of M. D. from the Detroit college of Medicine, and took a course in sanitary science under the Michigan state board of health. In 1892 he was lecturer on hygiene and sanitary science in the Michigan college of Medicine and Surgery of Detroit; and is now a prominent physician and surgeon of Ann Arbor, Mich. He is the author of a number of important medical papers, published in pamphlet form, and in medical journals; and is a prominent member of the leading medical bodies of America and Europe.

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