Prof. Hahmenan Medical
College – Chicago – 1877.

Photo courtesy of Sylvain Cazalet.

Book
: The Ophthalmoscope: Its Theory And Practical Uses (1880)

Photo collection Sylvain Cazalet. 

Dr. Charles H, Vilas, a
younger brother of ex-United States Senator Vilas of Wisconsin,
distinguished in his profession, is of an impressive and attractive
personality, of wide and varied information, a fine conversationalist
and a favorite in the social circles of Chicago. He is now and has been
for some years the dean of Hahnemann College of Chicago.

Source : Recollections of Seventy Years.

Obituary : Nov. 22, 1920.

Dr Charles H. Vilas was
born in Chelsea, Vt., July 22, 1846. He vas the son of Levi B. Vilas and
Esther Smille Vilas. He moved to Madison wxith his parents when he was
five years old. His father was regent of the University of Wisconsin for
12 years.

Dr vilas received his
bachelor of philosophy degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1865
and his master of arts degree in 1868. He attended the Hahnemann Medical
college, graduating in 1873. He was later president of that college,
with which he has been connected since 1876.

Dr. Vilas practiced his
profession in Chicago, where he was a noted eye specialist. He retired
in 1900 and traveled for several years. He visited the main hospitals
and disease centers in Europe and the far east. He was a delegate to
various foreign medical congresses in London, Paris, Moscow and other
cities.