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W. D. Crum, M.D.
Marcus F. Wheatland
Ife""port. R.. I.
DR. WHEATLAND is president of the National Medical As ociation,
a member of the Newport Medical Society, the Rhode
Island Medjcal As ociation, the American Medjcal Association,
the American " Electro-Therapeutic" Association, the American
Association for the Advancement of
Science, and the American Anthropological
Association.
He was born in Bridgeton, Barbadoes,
British West Indies, February
18, 1868. He was educated in the
private school at Barbadoes until
twelve years of age, when he left school
and selected the trade of a shoemaker.
During his apprenticeship he won
first prize for shoes at the Barbadoes
Annual Exhibition. He soon after
went to work as a journeyman, but on
M. F. Wheatland account of hi age and size wa not
given ,york similar to the others.
He became dissatisfied with this and then followed the eaf or
three years. In 1887 he came to America, and conducted a
hoemaker's business on a small scale in Boston. Attendance
at Sunday-afternoon meetings gave him a desire for knowledge,
and he decided to study medicine. He prepared himself
by studying, frequently during. the day while at work at
the bench. He graduated from Howard University Medical
School in 1895, and began the practice of medicine in Tewport,
R. I., among strangers. Mter fifteen years he has built up a
large practice among all classes of people, having among hi
patients some of the most distinguished American. His friend
say that about ninety per cent of his patients are white people.
Dr. Wheatland received an honorary degree from Howard
University in 1900. He is one of the examiners for the Rhode
Island Sanatorium, a member of the Newport As ociation for
the Relief and Prevention of Tuberculosis, and of the ewport
Charity Organization.
Dr. Wheatland avs that he has not accumulated much
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money because he has put back into his busines all hi available
finances in an effort to build up a practice and a reputation for
efficiency in hi profes ion.
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w. D. CruDl, M.D.
Charleston. 5. C.
DR. R I\f is a well-known physician. He wa born in
Charle ton, S. Coo February 9, 1859. He first attended the
axon chool, tablishe(in 1869, a school founded by the military
government for colored children. He then attended Averv•
Institute, e tabljshed by the American
Mi ionary As ociation, graduating in
1875 as valedictorian.
'" hen the South Carolina niver ity
was opened to all the youths of the
tate, he won a . cholarsllip, entered
the university and remained through
his junior year. 'Vhen the state government
changed hands, a reorganization
took place, and colored students
were excluded. Tothing daunted, he
at once entered Howard niver it)',
"'ashington, D. ~., and graduated in
medicine in 1880.
He has been engaged in the practice of his profe sion since
1881. He has taken lligh rank, and is noted as a killed diagnostician.
He has devoted much time and study to tuberculo is,
and has deljvered many lecture in various citie , by invitation,
on the prevention and cure of this plague. He i deeply interested
in the piritual, moral, and intellectual uplift of bis people
and is a tru tee of Avery Institute and of everal other educational
institutions.
Dr. Crum is a Republican in polities. He ha been delegateat-
large to four national convention. He was appointed by
Pre ident Roo evelt collector of the port of Charleston. Thi
appointment m t a storm of prote. t throughout the outh. His
friends ay that" no charge was brought against hini other than
that of being a colored man, and that he discharged the duties
of the office acceptably to the patron and to the entire sati faction
of the government," earning a reappointment, as the Pre ident
declared, " on his merit." On March 4, 1900. Dr. Crum
resigned the collector llip to gi\'e his entire time to the practic
of hi profession.
One of tlle tlling most highly cheri hed by him is the letter of
Pre ident Roo evelt acceptLng his resignation, in which he said,
"You have justified every confidence I repo'cd in you."
