Hinsdale, Guy, 1858-1948

Guy Hinsdale was born on 26 Oct. 1858 in Brooklyn, N.Y., to Theodore and Grace (Webster) Hinsdale. He married Mary P. Graham on 11 March 1890; they had one daughter. Hinsdale died in Charlottesville, Va., on 27 April 1948. Hinsdale attended Amherst College where he received an A.B. (1878) and an A.M. (1881). He received his M.D. from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1881. After graduation, Hinsdale set up private practice in Philadelphia where he became Assistant Physician at the Orthopedic Hospital and Infirmary for Nervous Diseases and Presbyterian Hospital. He was appointed Associate Professor of Climatology at the Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia (1905-1917) and Professor of Climatology at the University of Pennsylvania (1917-1919). He also served as Medical Director of the Homestead at Hot Springs, Va. (1904-1929) and Medical Director of Greenbrier at White Sulphur Springs, Va. (1929-1942). Hinsdale was a very active member of the American Academy of Medicine (Vice-President, 1906-1907), the American Climatological and Clinical Association (Secretary, 1894-1918; President, 1919), and the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis (President, 1900-1902). Dr. Hinsdale was elected to the Fellowship of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia on 6 Jan. 1892.