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George H. (George Howitt) Weaver
1866–1947
A physician, pathologist, and medical writer, this Chicago-based author helped document the history of medicine as well as explain medical practice for a wider readership. His work reflects both hands-on experience in pathology and a lasting interest in medical education.
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Measles, diphtheria, scarlet fever, chicken pox, and whooping cough
by George H. (George Howitt) Weaver
About the author
Born in 1866, George Howitt Weaver was an American physician and pathologist whose career was closely tied to Chicago medicine. Records from Vanderbilt University note that he was born in Sussex, Wisconsin, studied at Carroll College, and earned his medical degree from Rush Medical College in 1889.
He went on to teach pathology at Rush Medical College and at the Woman’s Medical School of Northwestern University, while also building a reputation as a medical author and editor. Catalog and library records connect him with works including Beginnings of Medical Education in and near Chicago; the Institutions and the Men and General Medicine, showing the range of his writing from medical history to practical reference.
Weaver died in 1947. Today, he is remembered less as a literary figure in the usual sense than as a doctor-writer whose books preserve the story of medical training and professional life in early Chicago.