Who's Who in Dallas County, Iowa, 1940

1940 Who's Who

SCOTT, WALTER E

Physician & Surgeon; b Fayette Co, Penn May 24, 1864; s of James Hughs Scott-Mary E Hare; ed Eddyville HS 1885; Drake U PhG 1890; Iowa Coll of Phys & Surgs, MD 1891; m Sophia Hinze; m Elma Harrington; s Waldo E, Harrington H (dec), Charles R, Mayo Wilson, James Hughs; m Mable Conliff; 10 years instr in chemistry, urology, Iowa Coll of Phys & Surgs; 1891- pract med, Adel; opr priv hosp, Adel 12 years; owner real est ints, Adel; Jun 25, 1901 invented Scotts Non-Roaring Stethoscope; author of papers; Oxidations & Putrefaction in Relation to the Public Health; Sounds of the Body, How Observed & Their Importance in Diagnosis; The Sound of Muscular Contraction & the Stethoscope a Non-Roaring Instrument & Observation on Sound Conduction Through the Body; The Treatment of Non-Suppurative Middle Ear Deafness by Physical Means; mbr Adel bd of edn, 10 years; mbr Dallas Co bd of commission of insanity, 15 years; Dallas Co Med Soc, secy 10 years, pres 1 year; life mbr Iowa St Med Soc; past mbr AMA; AAAS; OES; KP; life mbr AF & AM; Meth Ch; off & res Adel.

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From Who's Who in Iowa, by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 345.

Transcribed by Conni McDaniel Hall, July 2014.