Henry Smith Williams

Henry Smith Williams
Born	1863
Died	1943
Occupation	Author, Doctor, Lawyer
Nationality	American
Genre	Science, History, Medicine

Henry Smith Williams was a medical doctor, lawyer, and author of a number of books on medicine, history, and science. He was born in 1863 and died in 1943.^[1]

“	Dr. Henry Smith Williams is one of our very few physicians and scientists of national reputation, combining as he does an expert knowledge of medical facts, a position of authority in his profession, and a remarkable gilt for straightforward, untechnical writing that all can understand and enjoy. Beginning his practice of medicine in 1884, he has held many positions of honor and trust, such as Medical Superintendent of the New York Infant Asylum, and the Randall's Island Hospitals, New York; Assistant Physician to Bloomingdale Asylum; and has written many authoritative books on medical and related subjects, notably: "A History of Science" , "The Wonder of Science in Modern Life", "Miracles of Science", "Adding Years to Your Life", etc., etc., also editor of "The Historians' History of the World." He has also contributed many notable articles to McClure's Magazine and to medical journals.	”
	—  , advertisement for the book Painless Childbirth[2]

In the introductory the Author of his book Drug Addicts are Human Beings published in 1938, it is stated that this is the author's 119th published book. In addition to his work as a writer, it is claimed that Willliams had treated some 10,000 patients in his medical practice. It also announces that he was an expert on the "chemistry and biology of the blood cells" and had spent ten years intensively studying cancer. His brother was the doctor Edward Huntington Williams, with whom he wrote his "History of Science (31 volumes)".^[3]

Select works

• The Historians' History of the World (editor)
• The Story of Modern Science
• Luther Burbank: His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application
• Modern Warfare
• Drugs against men, ISBN 0405136234
• The private lives of birds R.M. McBride & Co. (1939)
• Your glands and you R.M. McBride & Co. (1936)
• Alcohol : how it affects the individual, the community, and the race
• "Civilization," in Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th ed. (1910), vol. 6.

• Manuscripts, inscriptions and muniments, oriental, classical, medieval and modern, described, classified and arranged, comprehending the history of the art of writing. Merrill & Baker (1902)
• Drugs Against Men. R.M. McBride & Co. (1935)
• Modern Warfare. Hearst's International Library Co. (1915)
• Witness of the Sun Doubleday, Page & Co. (1920)
• The Proteomorphic Theory and the New Medicine. Goodhue Co. (1918)

References

1. "Harper's Magazine author page for Henry Smith Williams". Harper's Magazine. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
2. Passenger Dept, Southern Pacific Company (August 1914). "advertisement". Sunset (Southern Pacific Company, Passenger Dept.). August 1914: 401.
3. Williams, Henry Smith (1938). Drug Addicts are Human Beings: The Story of Our billion-Dollar Drug Racket: How We Created It and How We Can Wipe It Out. p. iii.

External links

• Harper's Magazine author page
• Works by Henry Smith Williams at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Henry Smith Williams at Internet Archive
• List of books at WorldCat