ABSTRACT

GEORGE HENRY FOX was born at Ballston Spa, New York, October 8, 1846. The son of a clergyman, he was educated in private schools, was graduated from the Rochester University in 1867, and took his M.D. at the University of Pennsylvania in 1869. He served his internship at Blockley Hospital, Philadelphia, following Duhring. As was customary in his day, he traveled to Europe for further training, and studied with Virchow in Berlin, Bazin, Hardy and Vidal in Paris, Tilbury Fox and Jonathan Hutchinson in London, and notably with Hebra in Vienna.