History of medical practice in Illinois - Bushnell Historical Society

Pediatrics 249was appointed attending physician to the Presbyterian Hospital which wasthen closely associatedwith Rush and supplied much of the material forclinical teaching. He contributed to the literature on the care ol infantsand also wrote on the child's developmental period. Because of his ratherfarge head and heavy growth of long bushy white hair, his name seemedappropriate!Marcus Patton Hatfield(1849—1900) graduated from the Chicago MedicalSchool (Northwestern University) in 1872 and spent the followingyear studying in Europe. From 1881 to 1896 he was Professor of Diseasesof Children at his alma mater. Dr. Isaac Abt stated (The Growth of Pediatricsin the Chicago Area, Medical Clinics of North America, January1946) that Hatfield was the first Professor of Pediatrics in any of the Chicagomedical schools. He was also one of the founders of Wesley Hospital, amember of the American Pediatric Society and the author of several books,including one on "Acute Contagious Diseases of Childhood."Frank E. Waxham (1853-191 1) came from Indiana and graduated fromthe Chicago Medical School in 1878. He was the first Professor of Diseasesof Children at the College of Physicians and Surgeons(University of Illinois)when that school was established in 1882. Later, about 1888, hechanged to the Department of Otoloty, Laryngology and Rhinology. Waxham,in 1885, is said to have been the first in Chicago to perform the operationof intubation which had shortly before been devised by O'Dwyer inNew York. A mouth gag commonly used during the operation bore Waxham'sname in later years. Eventually he moved to Denver and becameassociated with Gross Medical College.Walter Shield Christopher (1850-1905) was a Kentuckian who graduatedfrom the Medical College of Ohio in 1883. He came to Chicago in 1891and a year later was made Professor of Pediatrics at the College of Physiciansand Surgeons (University of Illinois). While a member of the ChicagoBoard of Education, he was instrumental in bringing about medical inspectionin the public schools. Dr. Christopher was an attending physicianat Children's Memorial Hospital and contributed many papers to pediatricliterature, in 1894, while Chairman of the Section on Diseases of Childrenof the American Medical Association, his address was entitled "Pediatricsas a Specialty." He was a member of the American Pediatric Society and itsPresident in 1902. There probably was no one in his day who was moreactive in the advancement of pediatrics in Illinois.Frank Spooner Churchill (1864-1946) was born in Milton, Massachusetts.He graduated from the Medical School of Harvard University in1890. Following his internship at the Massachusetts General Hospital, hecame to Chicago in 1892 and was made Associate Professor of Pediatricsat Rush Medical College where he continued to teach until1906. He wasvisiting physician to Cook County Hospital and attending physician to