American Medical Biographies/Andrews, George Pierce
Andrews, George Pierce (1838–1903).
George Pierce Andrews was born in Kailua, Hawaii, April 9, 1838, his father Dr. Seth L. Andrews, of Romeo, Michigan, being there as a medical missionary. Ill health prevented George completing his course at Andover, Massachusetts, but on recovery he studied medicine with his uncle, Dr. Edmund Andrews, professor of surgery in Chicago Medical College, but took his last course of lectures at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, receiving his M. D. in 1861. Settling in Detroit shortly after graduation he was appointed assistant surgeon at the Government Hospital, on Woodward Avenue. In 1866 he aided in founding the Detroit Review of Medicine and Pharmacy, and continued an editor till 1871. Dr. Andrews was a great lover of plants, keeping a greenhouse for the study of rare species, under native conditions. He was an expert microscopist for his time; in chemical studies he delighted. He was an expert in fine China, etchings, paintings, and oriental curios. As a teacher of medicine he was clear, concise, forceful, exerting a profound influence upon his students. In 1862 he married Sarah Dyar, of Romeo, Michigan, and had three children, only one—Winnifred—surviving. In 1890 failing health induced him to return to the Sandwich Islands, where he practised till his death from heart failure in May, 1903.
He was a founder of the Michigan State Medical Society in 1866; of the Wayne County (Michigan) Medical Society in 1866; of the Detroit Academy of Medicine, 1868; of the Detroit Obstetrical and Gynecological Society. He was active in founding the Detroit Medical College in 1868, and its professor of principles and practice of medicine till 1881. From 1886 till 1890 he was on the staff of several hospitals: the Children's Free,
Harper's, St. Mary's and the Woman's Hospital. In 1876 he was president of the Detroit Academy of Medicine.