Le Roy Crummer 1872-1934 / [Le Roy Crummer].

  • Le Roy Crummer
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[1934]
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Credit: Le Roy Crummer 1872-1934 / [Le Roy Crummer]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of Illinois and Wisconsin. From this pioneer stock of the best character came the subject of this biography. Le Koy Crnmmer was born in Elizabeth, Illi¬ nois, April 15, 1872. His father, who was also a physician, Benjamin F. Crnmmer (1848- 1907), later moved to Omaha, where he became an important figure in the medical world and one of the most successful practitioners of his time. The son, who was graduated by the Uni¬ versity of Michigan in 1893 with a bachelor degree and M.D. from Northwestern Univer¬ sity in 1896, became associated with his fa¬ ther in Omaha and an instructor in the Uni¬ versity of Nebraska. In 1919, just after the war period, he was made professor of medicine, a position which he held until 1925, when he became emeritus. When his health began to fail from serious heart disease, he moved to Los Angeles, California, and there associated him¬ self with the University of California and the University of Southern California as professor of medical history, a subject which was of the greatest possible interest to him. His death occurred January 2, 1934, after a long illness. Crnmmer was greatly interested in cardiol¬ ogy and he found stimulation in this branch of medicine in his work during the World War. In spite of his well-known disability, he en¬ tered the Army in 1917, but was refused over¬ seas duty. He did, however, go to Fort Ogle¬ thorpe in Georgia, where he became an instruc¬ tor in cardiology for medical officers. He was a popular teacher and much admired by his associates and the students who gathered around him. As the result of this work, he wrote a book on heart disease, published in 1925^ As a basis for this volume he used Circular No. 21 from the Office of the Surgeon General, issued in 1917, a copy of which he published as an appendix to his book. This important Army
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