WILLIAM TOD HELMUTH.
William Tod Helmuth, the well-known sur-
geon and homeopathist, was born in Philadelphia,
October 30, 1833. He was educated at St.
Timothy's College, Baltimore, and in 1850 began
studying medicine. He graduated in 1853 and
began practice in Philadelphia, leaning towards
surgery more than towards medicine. He removed
to St. Louis in 1858 and was one of the founders
of the Missouri Homeopathic Medical College, in
which college he became professor of anatomy.
He was also surgeon of the Good Samaritan Hos-
pital. In 1859, he married a Miss Pritchard of
St. Louis. Later on, in 1869, he organized the
St. Louis College of Homeopathic Physicians
and Surgeons, of which he became the dean and
professor of surgery, but the following year he
removed to New York where he became professor
of surgery in the Homeopathic Medical College
and surgeon to the Hahnemann and New York
Surgical hospitals.
He published several medical and humorous
books. His first work was, " Surgery, and its
Adaptation to Homeopathic Practice" (1855).
I am informed that this book called the attention
of the homeopathic physicians of St. Louis to
him, and led to his shortly afterwards taking up
his habitation in the Mound City. His other
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