Cleave’s
Biographical Cyclopædia of
Homœopathic Physicians and Surgeons
By Egbert Cleave
Presented by Sylvain Cazalet
MITH,
DAVID S., M. D., of Chicago, Ills., is a native of Camden, N. J.,
and was born on April 28th, 1816. His father, Isaac Smith, Esq., was one
of the earliest settlers of that city, where he was held in high esteem.
After obtaining the ordinary school advantages, the subject of this
notice commenced the study of medicine in 1832, under the direction of
Dr. Isaac S. Mulford, an eminent physician in Camden. Having attended
three courses of medical lectures in the Jefferson Medical College of
Philadelphia, he graduated with honor in 1836, and went to Chicago. In
the spring of 1843, upon a careful examination, he adopted the homœopathic
system of medicine. A few years later he observed a thorough
demonstration of its efficiency in the cure of scarlatina and cholera.
In 1855, he was instrumental in procuring from the legislature a charter
for the Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of Chicago, and was
elected its first President ; a position he worthily filled for ten
successive years. He aided in the inauguration of the State Society, and
served as its President during several sessions. Of the American
Institute of Homœopathy he has been President, Secretary, and
Treasurer. During one session before leaving for Europe, he filled with
acceptance the chair of Materia Medica and Therapeutics, and is now
Emeritus Professor in that department in the College in Chicago.In every position he
has filled, Dr. Smith has evinced strict integrity and a highly
practical mind, and has won respect and confidence. He has retired from
the more active duties of his profession, and is now called upon to
figure in financial circles and to serve as one of the directors of a
leading banking institution. He is highly esteemed in social life, and
particularly with his numerous friends and acquaintances most familiar
with his activity and usefulness in his long professional career.Source
: Cleave’s Biographical Cyclopædia of Homœopathic Physicians and
Surgeons By Egbert Cleave