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HARRY W. WOODRUFF, M. D. There is no branch of the medical science requiring 
greater skill or more thorough knowledge of its intricacies than that which 
relates to diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. In an intimate knowledge 
of these specialties Dr. Woodruff has few equals among physicians of his own 
age and few superiors even among those of greater experience than his own. He 
has confined his practice exclusively to the treatment of these diseases, 
believing that in the present development of therapeutics he is most 
successful who devotes himself exclusively to one of its departments. Since 
1893 he has engaged in practice in Joliet, where he has his office in the 
Auditorium. During all of this time he has also acted as surgeon to the 
Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary in Chicago. In 1897 he was appointed a 
professor in the Chicago Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat College, and has since 
filled one of the important chairs in that institution, for this purpose 
making bi-weekly trips to Chicago.

In Joliet, where he was born February 18, 1868, Dr. Woodruff grew to manhood, 
attending the public schools and graduating from the high school in 1886. His 
home was one of culture, and from his earliest recollections he had the 
advantage of refined surroundings, his father, George H. Woodruff, being a man 
of literary tastes, while his mother was also well educated and cultured. At 
an early age he began to assist his father in the drug business and in this 
way first became interested in the medical profession. Desiring to gain a 
complete knowledge both of pharmacy and medicine, he studied both under 
competent instructors, graduating from the Chicago College of Pharmacy in 
1889, with the degree of Ph. G., and from the Chicago College of Physicians 
and Surgeons in 1892, with the degree of M. D. In a competitive examination he 
was appointed resident surgeon to the Illinois Charitable Eye and Ear 
Infirmary, where he remained for one year, but has continued to be connected 
with the institution as a surgeon up to the present time. Every matter of 
vital interest to his profession receives his consideration. He has been a 
contributor to medical journals, his articles usually bearing upon some theme 
that is connected with his specialties. He is a member of the Chicago 
Ophthalmological Association, and is also connected with the American, 
Illinois State and Will County Medical Societies, the last-named of which has 
honored him by election to its presidency.

The marriage of Dr. Woodruff, in Deerfield, N. Y., united him with Miss Jennie 
Coventry, who was born in La Salle County, Ill., and received her education in 
Utica, N. Y., and the Houghton Seminary at Clinton, N. Y. The two sons born of 
their marriage are George H. and Robert C., who are namesakes of their 
grandfathers. The family attend the First Presbyterian Church, with which the 
doctor has been identified from boyhood.

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Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County Illinois Containing 
Biographies of Well Known Citizens of the Past and Present

Biographical Publishing Company; Chicago 1900

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