Who's Who in the Far East/WHITNEY, Dr. Willis Norton
WHITNEY, Dr. Willis Norton (TOKYO), M.D., M.R.C.S., Eng., L.R.C.P., Lond.; Doctor of Medicine and Ophthalmic Surgeon; b. Oct. 18, 1855, at Newark, N.J., U.S.A.; s. of William C. Whitney M.A.; m. Dec. 29, 1885, Man-C. d. of J. Bevan Braithwaite, Barrister, of Lond. Educ.: University. Tokyo; University, Penna; Lond. Hosp. Accompanied parents to Japan in 1875; studied medicine at Tokyo University; teacher of Eng. Physiology and Chemistry, Middle Normal School, Kanagawa; founder and Foreign Director, Akasaka Eye and General Hosp., Tokyo, 1886 to date; United States Interpreter of Legation, Tokyo, 1883-95; Vice-Pres., Soc. for Advancement of Med. Science in Japan, 1898 to 1906. Publications: Thesis: Blood Changes in Erysipelas, 1881; Dictionary, roads, chief towns, etc. of Japan, with statistical appendix, 1885; Notes on the Medical History of Japan, Asiatic Soc. Trans., 1885; Index of Chinese Characters in Hepbin n's Diet, of Japanese, 1888; Editorials in English part of Sei I Kwai Med. Jour.; correspondence and contributions from Japan to Phila. 'Med. Times"; New York "Med. Record, " 1 etc. Address; Akasaka Eye and Gen. Hosp., 17, Hikawa -cho, Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan.