William H. Witt

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Title

William H. Witt

Subject

Anatomy, Vanderbilt Alumni, Military Medicine

Description

Photographic portrait of William H. Witt. William H. Witt (1866-1954) was a physician, teacher, and writer. He received his M.D. from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 1894. He then was an Intern at the Poly Clinic in New York City in 1895. He then returned to Vanderbilt, first as an Assistant Demonstrator of Anatomy then as a Lecturer in Anatomy from 1895 -1903. He then was a Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics (1903-1911), a Professor of Medicine and Clinical Medicine (1911-1925), and a Clinical Professor of Medicine (1925-1938) Dr. Witt also served as a Major in the U.S. Army Medical Corps from 1917-1918, and he served as Chief Medical Officer for the Vanderbilt Hospital Unit in Nevers, France.

Creator

A.J. Thuss

Source

Vanderbilt University History of Medicine Collections Photographic Archive

Date

1918 (circa)

Rights

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Type

Still Image

Identifier

88

Item Type Metadata

People Depicted

Ordered left to right as they appear in the image, starting from the top left.

Original Format

Photographic print

Physical Dimensions

8 in. x 10 in.

Contribution Form

Online Submission

No

Collection

VUMC People

Tags

Citation

A.J. Thuss, “William H. Witt,” VUMC Through Time: A Photographic Archive, accessed August 4, 2026, https://eblthroughtime.library.vanderbilt.edu/items/show/1922.

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