Biographical Sketch of William Clarence HOLLOPETER, M.D.; Philadelphia Co., PA

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"Philadelphia, a history of the city and its people: a record of 225 years"
Philadelphia: S.H. Clark, 1912, Vol 3, Page 344
Author, Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer

 
WILLIAM CLARENCE HOLLOPETER, M.D.
 
     Dr. William Clarence Hollopeter, a prominent and successful representative 
of the medical fraternity in Philadelphia, who while engaging in general 
practice has yet specialized in diseases of children both in practice and as an 
instructor, in which department of professional service his skill has gained him 
much more than local recognition, is a native of Muncy, Pennsylvania, born May 
5, 1856.  He acquired his early education in public and private schools of that 
place and subsequently entered Bucknell University, of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, 
from which institution he was graduated in 1874.
     Completing a course in medicine in the University of Pennsylvania, that 
institution conferred upon him the degree of M. D. in 1877, and in the usual 
competitions for the various hospital positions he won that of interne at the 
Presbyterian Hospital, where he remained for a year and a half.  During the 
succeeding three years he was associated as a student and assistant with Dr. 
George Strawbridge, making a special study of diseases of the throat, ear and 
eye.  In 1888, upon the organization of the Methodist Episcopal Hospital of 
Philadelphia, he was selected as one of the attending physicians, while in 1890 
he was elected lecturer of diseases of children in the Medico-Chirurgical 
College, subsequently being advanced to professorship of pediatrics with a full 
seat in the faculty.  In 1895 he was elected pediatrician to St. Joseph's 
Hospital and the following year was appointed attending physician to the same 
institution.
     In 1900 he was chosen by the board of charities and corrections as 
attending physician in children's diseases at the Philadelphia General Hospital.  
In the practice of his profession he has shown that mature judgment and rare 
discrimination as to correct methods which constitute the basis of all success 
for the physician and has continually promoted his skill and efficiency by 
research and investigation.  He is a member of the American Medical Association, 
the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia County Medical Societies, the Philadelphia 
Pediatric and the Philadelphia Medical Clubs.  He takes an active part in the 
transactions of various professional bodies and is a valued contributor to 
medical journals.  "A Text-book on Hay Fever," which passed through two large 
editions, is the work of his pen, and he is likewise the author of a text-book 
on The Diseases of Children.
     He holds membership in the local and leading organizations of the 
profession for the dissemination of knowledge, and was formerly chairman of the 
section on diseases of children of the American Medical Association, and at the 
present writing is president of the Association of American Teachers of Diseases 
of Children.  His wide study, large practice and comprehensive research have 
especially qualified him for the duties of the profession in which he 
specializes.  He has been instructor of diseases of children in various 
institutions for many years and few men are more thoroughly qualified along this 
line.  Dr. Hollopeter is today the respected and loved family physician in many 
households, being held in particularly high regard by the first families of 
Philadelphia.  His prominence is indeed well merited, for it has come through 
the development of native powers and ability and the acquirement of skill that 
is only obtained from genuine, self-denying effort.  His sterling manhood as 
well as his professional attainments command for him the respect and honor of 
those with whom he has been associated.