BIO: Edwin A. HERING, M.D., Waynesboro, Franklin County, PA

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Medical Men of Franklin County, 1750-1925 by Ambrose Watts Thrush, M.D.;
Chambersburg, Pa.; Medical Society of Franklin County, Page 169-170
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EDWIN A. HERING, M. D.
1826-1905

  Edwin A. Hering was born February 24, 1826, at Double Pipe Creek, Frederick 
County, Md.  He was a son of Daniel Saylor and Margaret (Orr) Hering.  He 
received his education at Mountain View Academy and in 1853 entered the office 
of Dr. Sidewell in Johnsville, Md., and in 1854 became an office student of 
Professor Miltenberger of Baltimore and was graduated M. D., 1855, from the 
University of Maryland.

  Dr. Hering located at once at Sabillasville, Md.  Two years later, 1857, he 
removed to Waynesboro, Pa., where he remained in active, successful practice 
until 1879.  In April of this year he removed to Virginia locating near Cross 
Keys on "Madison View" farms which he had previously purchased.  Here he lived 
and farmed with considerable zest until 1892 when he removed to Harrisonburg, 
Va., where he resided until his death, February 5, 1905.

  Dr. Hering was a charter member of the Medical Society in 1869 and was a 
member of the Waynesboro Medical Society.  On April 9, 1872, Dr. Hering 
performed a Tracheotomy on a fourteen month old child for the removal of a grain 
of corn.  This patient is now (1925) living in Waynesboro.  It is believed that 
this was the first operation of this nature to be performed in the Waynesboro 
section.

  Dr. Hering married April, 1864, Miss Francis M. Hamilton of Waynesboro, Pa.  
He was a member of the Methodist Church and belonged to the Masonic fraternity.