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Henry M. (Henry Munson) Lyman
1835–1904
Raised in the Hawaiian Islands and later known as a Chicago physician and medical writer, he brought both lived memory and scientific curiosity to his books. His work ranges from practical medicine to a warm firsthand memoir of early Hawaii.
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Insomnia; and Other Disorders of Sleep
by Henry M. (Henry Munson) Lyman
About the author
Born in Hilo, Hawaii, in 1835, he was the son of missionary parents and spent his early years in the islands. That childhood later became the basis for Hawaiian Yesterdays, a memoir that looks back on life in Hawaii in the early nineteenth century.
He went on to study medicine, graduating from Williams College and then from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1861. During the Civil War he served as a physician, and afterward he built his career in Chicago, where he joined the faculty of Rush Medical College and became known for teaching and writing about medicine, especially neurology, sleep, and anesthesia.
His published works include Insomnia; and Other Disorders of Sleep, Artificial Anaesthesia and Anaesthetics, and The Practical Home Physician. He died in 1904, leaving behind a body of writing that connects two very different worlds: the missionary-era Hawaiian childhood he remembered and the fast-developing medical science of his own time.