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Mitchell (SILAS WEIR a distinguished)

SILAS WEIR, a distinguished American physician, poet, and novelist; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 15, 1829; studied at the University of Pennsylvania; was graduated at Jefferson Medical College (1850); practiced in Philadelphia and became prominent as a physiologist, especially as a neurologist and toxicologist; was member of National Academy of Sciences (1865), British Medical Association, etc.; LL.D. (Harv. and Univ. of Edinburgh). He wrote treatises on "Neurology," "Serpent Poisons," "Comparative Physiology." He published several volumes of poems and essays, and among his best novels are: "Hugh Wynne" (1897); "Adventures of François" (1900). Died 1918.