DR. J. B. HERRICK DIES; EXPERT ON HEART DISEASE
Pioneer in Coronary Thrombosis Fight
Private funeral services for Dr. James B. Herrick, 92, noted Chicago heart specialist and pioneer in the fight against coronary thrombosis, will be held this afternoon in the Fourth Presbyterian church. He died Sunday night in Presbyterian hospital.
He was founder and first president of the Chicago Heart association in 1923 and lived at 70 E. Cedar st. Herrick House, a rehabilitation retreat near Elgin for children crippled by rheumatic fever, was named in his honor.
Born in Oak Park Aug. 11, 1861, Dr. Herrick was graduated from Rush Medical college in 1888 and interned in County hospital in 1889.
He was the first physician to describe and diagnose coronary thrombosis in a living victim. He first described the symptoms and manifestations in 1912. In 1918, with the assistance of another doctor and the first electrocardograf machine in Presbyterian hospital, he was able to confirm the diagnosis.
Dr. Herrick was appointed a staff physician at Presbyterian hospital in 1890 and remained active until his death.
In 1939 he was voted the distinguished service medal of the American Medical association and in 1940 was awarded the highest honor of the American College of Physicians, the title of master.
Surviving are his widow, Zellah; a daughter, Mrs. Helen H. Gilbert of Bryn Mawr, Pa., and a son, John, former Tribune reporter and editorial writer who is editor of the Farmington [N. M.] Times. Burial will be in Dorset, Vt.
--Chicago Tribune, 9 March 1954, pg. B10
Pioneer in Coronary Thrombosis Fight
Private funeral services for Dr. James B. Herrick, 92, noted Chicago heart specialist and pioneer in the fight against coronary thrombosis, will be held this afternoon in the Fourth Presbyterian church. He died Sunday night in Presbyterian hospital.
He was founder and first president of the Chicago Heart association in 1923 and lived at 70 E. Cedar st. Herrick House, a rehabilitation retreat near Elgin for children crippled by rheumatic fever, was named in his honor.
Born in Oak Park Aug. 11, 1861, Dr. Herrick was graduated from Rush Medical college in 1888 and interned in County hospital in 1889.
He was the first physician to describe and diagnose coronary thrombosis in a living victim. He first described the symptoms and manifestations in 1912. In 1918, with the assistance of another doctor and the first electrocardograf machine in Presbyterian hospital, he was able to confirm the diagnosis.
Dr. Herrick was appointed a staff physician at Presbyterian hospital in 1890 and remained active until his death.
In 1939 he was voted the distinguished service medal of the American Medical association and in 1940 was awarded the highest honor of the American College of Physicians, the title of master.
Surviving are his widow, Zellah; a daughter, Mrs. Helen H. Gilbert of Bryn Mawr, Pa., and a son, John, former Tribune reporter and editorial writer who is editor of the Farmington [N. M.] Times. Burial will be in Dorset, Vt.
--Chicago Tribune, 9 March 1954, pg. B10
DR. J. B. HERRICK DIES; EXPERT ON HEART DISEASE
Pioneer in Coronary Thrombosis Fight
Private funeral services for Dr. James B. Herrick, 92, noted Chicago heart specialist and pioneer in the fight against coronary thrombosis, will be held this afternoon in the Fourth Presbyterian church. He died Sunday night in Presbyterian hospital.
He was founder and first president of the Chicago Heart association in 1923 and lived at 70 E. Cedar st. Herrick House, a rehabilitation retreat near Elgin for children crippled by rheumatic fever, was named in his honor.
Born in Oak Park Aug. 11, 1861, Dr. Herrick was graduated from Rush Medical college in 1888 and interned in County hospital in 1889.
He was the first physician to describe and diagnose coronary thrombosis in a living victim. He first described the symptoms and manifestations in 1912. In 1918, with the assistance of another doctor and the first electrocardograf machine in Presbyterian hospital, he was able to confirm the diagnosis.
Dr. Herrick was appointed a staff physician at Presbyterian hospital in 1890 and remained active until his death.
In 1939 he was voted the distinguished service medal of the American Medical association and in 1940 was awarded the highest honor of the American College of Physicians, the title of master.
Surviving are his widow, Zellah; a daughter, Mrs. Helen H. Gilbert of Bryn Mawr, Pa., and a son, John, former Tribune reporter and editorial writer who is editor of the Farmington [N. M.] Times. Burial will be in Dorset, Vt.
--Chicago Tribune, 9 March 1954, pg. B10
Pioneer in Coronary Thrombosis Fight
Private funeral services for Dr. James B. Herrick, 92, noted Chicago heart specialist and pioneer in the fight against coronary thrombosis, will be held this afternoon in the Fourth Presbyterian church. He died Sunday night in Presbyterian hospital.
He was founder and first president of the Chicago Heart association in 1923 and lived at 70 E. Cedar st. Herrick House, a rehabilitation retreat near Elgin for children crippled by rheumatic fever, was named in his honor.
Born in Oak Park Aug. 11, 1861, Dr. Herrick was graduated from Rush Medical college in 1888 and interned in County hospital in 1889.
He was the first physician to describe and diagnose coronary thrombosis in a living victim. He first described the symptoms and manifestations in 1912. In 1918, with the assistance of another doctor and the first electrocardograf machine in Presbyterian hospital, he was able to confirm the diagnosis.
Dr. Herrick was appointed a staff physician at Presbyterian hospital in 1890 and remained active until his death.
In 1939 he was voted the distinguished service medal of the American Medical association and in 1940 was awarded the highest honor of the American College of Physicians, the title of master.
Surviving are his widow, Zellah; a daughter, Mrs. Helen H. Gilbert of Bryn Mawr, Pa., and a son, John, former Tribune reporter and editorial writer who is editor of the Farmington [N. M.] Times. Burial will be in Dorset, Vt.
--Chicago Tribune, 9 March 1954, pg. B10
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