Background
Neel, William D. was born on August 25, 1851 in Union Company, Kentucky, United States. Son of Solomon K. and Mary Isabelle (Bell) Neel.
Neel, William D. was born on August 25, 1851 in Union Company, Kentucky, United States. Son of Solomon K. and Mary Isabelle (Bell) Neel.
Education high school, Corydon, Kentucky. Graduate medical department University of Louisville, 1879.
Pathologist and specialist on diseases of the lungs. Writer on consumption, demonstrating that lack of oxygen in the blood creates necessary conditions for attack by the tubercle bacilli and other disease germs. Invented electrical method of oxydizing the blood and creating an inhalent of turpene, camphoric peroxide, by the action of ozone upon volatile oils.
Residence: Hotel Vendome.
Office: Baltimore Building, Chicago.
Married Mary K. Willett.