Biography of George A. Ketchum, MD, Mobile, Alabama

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GEORGE A. KETCHUM

     George A. Ketchum, of Mobile, Alabama, was educated in medicine at the University 
     of Pennsylvania, and received the degree of M. D. from that institution in 1846.  
     He is now Professor of Theory and Practice of Medicine in the Medical College of 
     Alabama and Dean of the Faculty.  Dr. Ketchum is ex-president of the Medical Association 
     of the State of Alabama, ex-president of the Mobile County Medical Society, member of 
     the American Medical Association, and member of the International Medical Congress.  
     He is president of the Board of Health of the city and county of Mobile, and also a 
     member of the State Board of Health of Alabama.

Ref:  Stone, R. French, BIOGRAPHY OF EMINENT AMERICAN PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, 1894, 
      Carlon & Hollenbeck, Publishers, Indianapolis, P. 646.