Dr. Walter E. Murphy
Among the specialists in the practice of medicine in Cincinnati who have won a high standing on account of eminent ability and are now well established in their life work should be named Dr. Walter E. Murphy. He devotes his attention to the treatment of diseases of the eye, nose, and throat and during a period of fourteen years has demonstrated his worth. He was born on a farm in Green Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, March 3, 1871, a son of George W. and Edith (Donovan) Murphy.
Reared on the home farm Walter E. Murphy attended the local schools and later became a student at Lebanon (Ohio) University under the celebrated Dr. Alfred Holbrook. After leaving the university he taught school for three years and then began the study of medicine. He was graduated from the Miami Medical College, Cincinnati, in 1897, and during the following three years was a member of the staff of the Ophthalmic Hospital in Cincinnati. He is now ophthalmologist and laryngologist to the Episcopal Hospital for Children and is associate professor of otology and laryngology at the Ohio-Miami Medical College of this city. He has specialized in the treatment of the eye, nose and throat ever since he began practice and has met with marked success, being now a recognized authority on the subjects to which he devotes his energies. He is a member of the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Society, the American Medical Association, and is also a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Oto-Laryngology.
In 1905 Dr. Murphy was married to Miss Matilda Calhoun, a daughter of the late Dr. John Wesley Calhoun of this city. Fraternally he is connected with the Masonic order and is an earnest advocate of its principles. From his early manhood he has been a student and investigator, and his profession has furnished a steadily broadening field for his talents. His success is due to a deep interest in his calling, keen powers of perception and discrimination, and a knowledge as to the cause and treatment of disease which he acquired through years of patient observation and study. A man of irreproachable character, he has attracted many friends and by a life of true service has proved a blessing to his fellowmen.
From Cincinnati, The Queen City, Vol. III, by Rev. Charles Frederic Goss, S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1912