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Wirt, William Edgar

surgeon, was born Dec. 19, 1862, in Mendota, Ill.

He received the rudiments of his education in the high school of Wadsworth, Ohio; attended the United States Naval academy of Annapolis, Md.; the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York city; and the medical department of the university of Wooster. During 1880-86 he was a midshipman in the United States navy; and in 1889- 90 was house surgeon in the hospital for ruptured and crippled in New York city.

Since 1891 he has been professor of orthopedic surgery in the Cleveland College of Physicians and Surgeons; and since 1894 has been orthopedic surgeon in the Cleveland general hospital.