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Williams (HENRY SMITH an American)

HENRY SMITH, an American physician and author, born in Durand, Ill., in 1863. He graduated from the State University of Iowa in 1887, and from the Chicago Medical School in 1884. From 1898 to 1902, he was engaged in post-graduate work in hospitals in Berlin, Paris, and London, and served as a specialist in mental diseases in several hospitals for the insane. He was medical superintendent of Randall's Island Hospital in 1892. He wrote "The Story of the Nineteenth Century Science" (1900); "The History of Art of Writing" (1902); "The Conquest of Nature" (1911; "The Wonders of Science in Modern Life" (1912); "Miracles of Science" (1913); "Luther Burbank-His Life and Work" (1915). He also edited several sets of volumes, including "The Works of Luther Burbank” (1915).