Background
Grover William Wende was born in Millgrove, Erie County, N. Y. , the son of Bernard Philip and Susan (Kirk) Wende, and a younger brother of Ernest Wende.
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Grover William Wende
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After receiving his preliminary education in public schools, he entered the University of Buffalo, where he was graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1889. The next few years he spent in graduate study, first at the University of Pennsylvania, and later in Prague, Vienna, and Paris. His training included a thorough grounding in the sciences of bacteriology and pathology in their relation to diseases of the skin.
Career
Returning to Buffalo in 1898, he began the practice of dermatology with his brother Ernest. He was soon appointed to the staff of the University of Buffalo and was professor of dermatology there for twenty-seven years. He found time to write a number of scientific articles in a terse, characteristic style. In 1909 he was elected chairman of the section of dermatology and syphilology of the American Medical Association. He was secretary of the American Dermatological Association from 1905 to 1909 and was elected president of that society in 1911. During the World War he was a member of the surgeon general's committee for supervising the treatment of venereal diseases in the army. His activities were not confined to dermatology. He served as president of the Medical Society of the State of New York, and was a member of the American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists, the American Association for Cancer Research, the American Society for the Control of Syphilis, and numerous local medical societies. His private practice grew to large proportions, necessitating the employment of assistants. He was appointed to the staffs of many hospitals, among which were the Erie County, the Buffalo Sisters of Charity, the German, the Buffalo General, the Children's Municipal, and the United States Marine Hospital, all in Buffalo. On his way to attend a dinner of physicians he was struck by a street car and died while being conveyed to the hospital.
Achievements
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He described many of the rarer skin diseases and became known as an exceedingly accurate observer. Among the better known of his medical contributions were "Porokeratosis with Report of Case" (Journal of Cutaneous and Genito-Urinary Diseases, November 1898); "A Nodular, Terminating in a Ring Eruption -Granuloma Annulare" (Ibid. , September 1909); "Nodular Tuberculosis of the Hypoderm" (Ibid. , January 1911); "Pellagra as it Occurs in Buffalo and Vicinity" (Buffalo Medical Journal, July 1918); "Keratolysis Exfoliativa" (Journal of Cutaneous Diseases, March 1919). Both through his writings and through his scientific discussions at various medical congresses Wende became well known and highly regarded.
Personality
He was solid and vigorous both mentally and physically, quiet-spoken, and scholarly. He reached the pinnacle of his profession because of his ability, his thorough training, his agreeable personality, and his striking physique, and also because he was industrious and eminently honest in all dealings with his fellow men.
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In 1896 he married Mary Graham, daughter of David and Mary (Graham) Tucker.
