Solon Marx White

Solon Marx White (1883-1966) , M.D. Northwestern, 1897, was born in Hokah, Minnesota, the son and grandson of physicians. After an internship at Cook County Hospital he became a demonstrator in Pathology at the University of Minnesota in 1900. He spent six months in Vienna and returned to Minnesota to start the autopsy service in Minneapolis General Hospital. He returned to Vienna in 1914 and spent time in London with Sir Thomas Lewis. He installed the second electrocardiographic apparatus in Minnesota, the first was instituted at the Mayo by Frederick Willins. After serving as Acting Chief of Medicine in 1915 he became Chief of the Department of Medicine in 1921 and the same year founded the Nicollet Clinic. He retired from the University in 1925 but continued to practice Medicine in Minneapolis. During World War I he served with Base Hospital No. 26 in Allerey, France as Chief physician with the rank of (Marine Corps) Major, M. C.

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