Background
Hun, Henry was born on March 21, 1854 in Albany, New York, United States. Son of Thomas and Lydia Louisa (Reynolds) Hun.
Hun, Henry was born on March 21, 1854 in Albany, New York, United States. Son of Thomas and Lydia Louisa (Reynolds) Hun.
He attended The Albany Academy and received his bachelor degree from the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University in 1874. He studied medicine at Harvard Medical School and earned his Doctor of Medicine
He published several unique teaching volumes for his students as well as numerous journal articles on neurological disorders. in 1879. He then spent two and a half years studying at numerous medical facilities in Germany, Vienna, Paris, and London. Union College (New York) conferred an honorary Doctor of Medicine to him in 1883, and Yale University presented to him an honorary Master of Arts in Hun was active in professional societies.
He was president of the Albany Medical Society in 1892, vice president of the American Neurological Association in 1887, and its president in He was president of the Association of American Physicians in 1910.
He served as an attending physician at the Saint Peter’s Hospital in Albany, the children's hospital at the Albany Medical Center, the Albany Hospital, and the Albany Hospital for Incurables, and served as a consultant to Brady Hospital and Maternity Home in Albany. His civic activities included the Board of Trustees of the Albany Academy, president of the Board of the Trustees of Dudley Observatory in Schenectady, New York, and Chairman of the Advisory Board of New York State Number.
27 during World War I. After his return from Europe, Hun published A Guide to American Medical Students in Europe in In his book, he provides detailed descriptions about the various medical facilities in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and in Paris, London, and Dublin. He listed professors and their specialties, the courses offered, and details of travel and lodging.
He wrote a textbook titled An Atlas of the Differential Diagnosis of the Diseases of the Nervous System.
He published A Syllabus a Course of Lectures on the Diseases of the Nervous System, designed as a Note Book for the Use of Students, a two-volume book of his lectures to medical students. The Syllabus is unique in that they contain blank pages under various headings so that the student can enter the contents of his lectures. He was a co-editor of the journal, Albany Medical Annals, for many years.
Hun died in his Albany home, the Doctor Hun Houses, a week before turning 70.
He was a member of the American Psychiatric Association and the New York State Medical Society.
Married Lydia Marcia Hand, April.