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SMALL, Alvin Edmond, physician, born in Maine, 4 March, 1811 ; died in Chicago, Illinois, 29 December, 1866. He began the study of medicine at Bath in 1831, and subsequently continued it in the University of Pennsylvania. He settled in Delaware county, Pennsylvania, but in 1845 returned to Philadelphia and took high rank in his profession. While here he became converted to the homceopathic school of medicine. In 1849 Dr. Small was appointed professor of physiology and pathology in the Homoeopathic medical college of Pennsylvania, where he remained for seven years, during which time he wrote several medical works and was editor of the " Philadelphia Journal." In 1856 he removed to Chicago and entered at once into an extensive practice, which he continued till his death. Soon after his arrival in that city he was called to the chair of theory and practice in [Iahnemann college, which he held for life.
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