Weller van Hook

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He attended the University of Michigan, receiving his B.A. in 1884.  He then went to Chicago, where he attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons (later the Division of Medicine at the University of Illinois) and graduated in 1885.  He interned at the Cook County Hospital from July 1885 to Jan 1887.  He began practice in 1887.  He married Anna C Whaley of Saint Louis, Missouri, also a physician, on Jun 16, 1892.[http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=vanhook99&id=I03933][http://www.chilit.org/Papers%20by%20author/Maher%20C%20--%20A%20Man%20of%20Good%20Will.pdf]
 
He attended the University of Michigan, receiving his B.A. in 1884.  He then went to Chicago, where he attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons (later the Division of Medicine at the University of Illinois) and graduated in 1885.  He interned at the Cook County Hospital from July 1885 to Jan 1887.  He began practice in 1887.  He married Anna C Whaley of Saint Louis, Missouri, also a physician, on Jun 16, 1892.[http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=vanhook99&id=I03933][http://www.chilit.org/Papers%20by%20author/Maher%20C%20--%20A%20Man%20of%20Good%20Will.pdf]
  
He was in 1897 appointed the third Chairman in Surgery at Northwestern Medical School.[http://www.medschool.northwestern.edu/depts/urology/history.html]
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He was in 1897 appointed the third Chairman in Surgery at Northwestern Medical School.[http://www.medschool.northwestern.edu/depts/urology/history.html] He became a very well-known surgeon and is called "one of the three top surgeons of this era".
  
 
The surgical procedure Ureteroureterostomy, which is end-to-end [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/anastomosis anastomosis] of the two portions of a transected [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ureter ureter]; is also ureteroureteral anastomosis or the [[Weller van Hook|van Hook]] operation, named after Weller van Hook.
 
The surgical procedure Ureteroureterostomy, which is end-to-end [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/anastomosis anastomosis] of the two portions of a transected [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ureter ureter]; is also ureteroureteral anastomosis or the [[Weller van Hook|van Hook]] operation, named after Weller van Hook.
  
At some time before 1906, Weller and his wife Anna both became very active members of the Theosophical Society.  Weller became the General Secretary of the Thesophical Society in the United States, and was one of the vocal supporters of Leadbeater during the scandal that eventually forced Leadbeater to temporarily resign. About that time, Leadbeater while on an American lecture tour, met their son Hubert and in the summer of 1907, Hubert and his mother stayed with Leadbeater in Germany where some of Hubert's past-lives were writen out.
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Jinaradazi was in Chicago about 1904, as it was apparently through him that Dr. Van Hook was introduced to Theosophy.  Weller and his wife Anna both became very active members of the Theosophical Society.  Weller became the General Secretary of the Thesophical Society in the United States, and was one of the vocal supporters of Leadbeater during the scandal that eventually forced Leadbeater to temporarily resign. About that time, Leadbeater while on an American lecture tour, met their son Hubert and in the summer of 1907, Hubert and his mother stayed with Leadbeater in Germany where some of Hubert's past-lives were writen out.
  
 
Anna and Hubert moved in 1909 to Adyar, India where Anna taught Hubert, [[Krishnamurti]] and Nitya for some time.
 
Anna and Hubert moved in 1909 to Adyar, India where Anna taught Hubert, [[Krishnamurti]] and Nitya for some time.

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