Cleave’s
Biographical Cyclopædia of
Homœopathic Physicians and Surgeons
By Egbert Cleave
Presented by Sylvain Cazalet
ITCHELL,
JOSEPH SIDNEY, M. D., of Chicago, Ills., son of the Hon. Joseph
Mitchell, of Nantucket, Mass., was born in that town December 9th, 1839.
He graduated at Williams College, Mass., in 1863, and at Bellevue
Hospital Medical College in 1865, in which year he commenced the
practice of medicine in Chicago before the year ended he was appointed
Lecturer on Surgical and Pathological Anatomy, in Hahnemann Medical
College in that city. In the same institution he became Professor of
Physiology in 1867, and in 1870, Professor of the Theory and Practice of
Medicine, which chair he now fills. Probably, at the time of his
appointment, he was the youngest man ever called to the important
position of Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine. For seven
years he was Secretary of the Illinois State Homœopathic Medical
Association, during which time its active membership doubled in numbers.
He is also Physician, in Charge of the Medical Department of the
Homœopathic Hospital in Chicago. He has a large practice continually
increasing, no small share of which is consultation business. As a
medical lecturer he is clear, concise, ready and practical, giving his
hearers a plain view of his subject, and impressing on each mind its
importance. Yet a young man, with his usual health and perseverance, his
self-control and reliance, his correct habits, principles and character,
united with kindness of heart and earnest love of his profession, he
will, as years roll on, acquire a wide reputation as an able
practitioner, and grow steadily in public esteem.He was married in
Philadelphia, in 1867, to Miss Helen S. Leeds, daughter of Joseph and
Arethusa Leeds of that city, and niece of Rev. Dr. George Leeds, Rector
of Grace Church, Baltimore.Source
: Cleave’s Biographical Cyclopædia of Homœopathic Physicians and
Surgeons By Egbert Cleave