B. L. (Benjamin L.) Hill

B. L. Hill, identified in library records as Benjamin L. Hill, was a 19th-century American physician and medical writer. The clearest surviving evidence about him comes from his books rather than from a modern biography, and those books place him in Cleveland, Ohio.

His best-known surviving title is An Epitome of the Homoeopathic Healing Art (1859), a handbook intended for families, travelers, and physicians. On its title page, he is described as an M.D., a professor of general, special, and surgical anatomy, and a former professor of surgery, obstetrics, and diseases of women and children at "W. H. College." Another recorded work, The Homeopathic Practice of Surgery, was published in 1855 and credits him alongside James G. Hunt.

Because reliable biographical material appears to be scarce, much of his life remains unclear. Still, the record that does survive shows him as a working doctor and educator who wrote concise, practical books in the mid-1800s, with a focus on homeopathic medicine and surgery.