Married
Son of Albert S. and Elizabeth Graham Ashmead
Physician
Died Jefferson Hospital
Residence: 17 W. 108th Street, Ney York City
1911-02-22; Paper: Philadelphia Inquirer
DR. ALBERT S. ASHMEAD
Dr Albert Sydney Ashmead, an authority on pellagra, leprosy and Asiatic diseases and a student of literature, theology and kindred subjects, died Monday night in Jefferson Hospital as a result of a complication of diseases. Dr. Ashmead was 61 years old. He was born in this city and was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania medical department in 1869. He then became identified with Jefferson Hospital, and from this city went to Japan, where he became connected with the Tokio [sic] Hospital as medical director. During his stay in Japan, Dr. Ashmead became a personal friends of the Mikado and studied Asiatic diseases. Upon leaving Japan he practiced for a number of years in New York City. He was a member of an old Germantown family, an d was the eighth physician of his name in a direct line. Dr. Ashmead is survived by his widow, three sons and two daughters. The funeral services will be held from the home of his brother, Nathaniel W., Ashmead, 102 Johnson street, Germantown."
Married
Son of Albert S. and Elizabeth Graham Ashmead
Physician
Died Jefferson Hospital
Residence: 17 W. 108th Street, Ney York City
1911-02-22; Paper: Philadelphia Inquirer
DR. ALBERT S. ASHMEAD
Dr Albert Sydney Ashmead, an authority on pellagra, leprosy and Asiatic diseases and a student of literature, theology and kindred subjects, died Monday night in Jefferson Hospital as a result of a complication of diseases. Dr. Ashmead was 61 years old. He was born in this city and was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania medical department in 1869. He then became identified with Jefferson Hospital, and from this city went to Japan, where he became connected with the Tokio [sic] Hospital as medical director. During his stay in Japan, Dr. Ashmead became a personal friends of the Mikado and studied Asiatic diseases. Upon leaving Japan he practiced for a number of years in New York City. He was a member of an old Germantown family, an d was the eighth physician of his name in a direct line. Dr. Ashmead is survived by his widow, three sons and two daughters. The funeral services will be held from the home of his brother, Nathaniel W., Ashmead, 102 Johnson street, Germantown."
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