Thomas Prioleau Whaley was born in Pendleton, S.C., the son of William Baynard Whaley, Jr and Helen Jones Smith, on July 12, 1870. He attended private school in Charleston, then the high school of Charleston, and graduating from the Medical College of the State of South Carolina in 1892. In 1895, her married Henrietta Righton Robertson. They had two children, Elizabeth Robertson Whaley (1897–1990), and Admiral William Baynard Whaley (1899–1987). They resided in Charleston their entire lives.
During his senior year of medical school, he served as substitute intern for the Charleston City Hospital, and after graduation, served a year as intern In St. Francis Xavier Hospital. In 1893 and 1894, he spent time in Vienna and became experienced in surgery, genito-urinary diseases and dermatology. He afterward, spent a few weeks In Paris, before returning to Charleston. He was a frequent visitor at meetings and clinics, and worked with Dr. Edebohls of New York, from whom he learned the technique of decapsulation of the kidneys.
He was president of the South Carolina Medical Association in 1906, and previously had been secretary for ten years. He belonged to many medical organizations. He attended the City Hospital during the summer months, and was a lecturer to the Training School for Nurses of that institution. He also lectured on dermatology at the Medical College (1905-1912), and was professor of genito-urinary surgery in the college for several years. He also worked in the Shirras Dispensary. He was very popular, having many friends and was quite dear to his patients.
He is said to have been one of the first in this area to use spinal anesthesia, one of the first to use the x-ray, the first to decapsulate the kidneys, to recognize beri-beri, and to devote much attention to urology.
He died January 14, 1918.
(Notes on Dr. Thomas Prioleau Whaley, from a typed resolutions, evidentially from the Medical Society. From a typed copy in possession of Mrs. Abbott Middleton, 1964, on file in the MUSC Waring Historical Library, plus family history inserted )
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Obituary:
Funeral Services to be Held This Afternoon
The funeral services of the late Dr T Prioleau Whaley, who died yesterday afternoon at the Baker Sanitorium as the result of burns received at his residence, No 12 Limehouse Street, December 28, when his bathrobe caught afire from an open gas heater, will be held at Grace Episcopal Church this afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. The Rev William Way, rector of Grace Church, will officiate. The interment will be in Magnolia Cemetery. Arrangements have been made by the J M Connelley Company.
Dr Whaley had practiced his profession in Charleston since receiving his degree as a doctor of medicine and was among the best known practitioners in Charleston.
For several days it had been known that Dr Whaley would not recover from the serious burns he received. Owing to his critical condition his brother, Congressman Richard S Whaley, came from Washington several days ago.
Dr Whaley is survived by a widow, who was Miss Henrietta Robertson; a son and a daughter, who is married. He was forty-six years old.
Pallbearers will be Dr J Merceir Green, Dr Joseph Maybank, Dr J L LaRoche, Mr Edward Frost Lowndes, Dr Edward F Parker, Dr Walter Peyre Porcher, Dr Charles P Aimar, Mr Henry P Williams, Dr A Johnston Buist and Dr A E Baker.
Published Tuesday, January 15, 1918 Charleston News and Courier
Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804-1929 about Thomas Prioleau Whaley
Name: Thomas Prioleau Whaley
Birth Date: 12 Jul 1870
Birth Place: Pendleton, SC
Death Date: 28 Dec 1917
Death Place: Charleston, SC
Type Practice: Allopath
Practice Specialities: Charleston, SC, 1892
Licenses: SC, 1892, 1912
Practice Dates Places: Charleston, SC, 1892
Medical School: Medical College of South Carolina, Charleston, 1892, (G)
Education: University school, high school
Professorship: Medical College of South Carolina, Charleston, urology
JAMA Citation: 70:335
Cause of Death: burns; (M)
(The 'Directory of Physicians' date of death is incorrect. This is actually the date of the accident, as Dr Whaley passed away a little over two weeks later, of shock and complications from burns to much of his body. The date of date was obtained from the Certificate of Death)
Information provided by sticksandstones (#46888135)
For an indepth discussion about the pyramid mausoleum and its occupants, please see the memorial for William Burroughs Whalely.
During his senior year of medical school, he served as substitute intern for the Charleston City Hospital, and after graduation, served a year as intern In St. Francis Xavier Hospital. In 1893 and 1894, he spent time in Vienna and became experienced in surgery, genito-urinary diseases and dermatology. He afterward, spent a few weeks In Paris, before returning to Charleston. He was a frequent visitor at meetings and clinics, and worked with Dr. Edebohls of New York, from whom he learned the technique of decapsulation of the kidneys.
He was president of the South Carolina Medical Association in 1906, and previously had been secretary for ten years. He belonged to many medical organizations. He attended the City Hospital during the summer months, and was a lecturer to the Training School for Nurses of that institution. He also lectured on dermatology at the Medical College (1905-1912), and was professor of genito-urinary surgery in the college for several years. He also worked in the Shirras Dispensary. He was very popular, having many friends and was quite dear to his patients.
He is said to have been one of the first in this area to use spinal anesthesia, one of the first to use the x-ray, the first to decapsulate the kidneys, to recognize beri-beri, and to devote much attention to urology.
He died January 14, 1918.
(Notes on Dr. Thomas Prioleau Whaley, from a typed resolutions, evidentially from the Medical Society. From a typed copy in possession of Mrs. Abbott Middleton, 1964, on file in the MUSC Waring Historical Library, plus family history inserted )
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Obituary:
Funeral Services to be Held This Afternoon
The funeral services of the late Dr T Prioleau Whaley, who died yesterday afternoon at the Baker Sanitorium as the result of burns received at his residence, No 12 Limehouse Street, December 28, when his bathrobe caught afire from an open gas heater, will be held at Grace Episcopal Church this afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. The Rev William Way, rector of Grace Church, will officiate. The interment will be in Magnolia Cemetery. Arrangements have been made by the J M Connelley Company.
Dr Whaley had practiced his profession in Charleston since receiving his degree as a doctor of medicine and was among the best known practitioners in Charleston.
For several days it had been known that Dr Whaley would not recover from the serious burns he received. Owing to his critical condition his brother, Congressman Richard S Whaley, came from Washington several days ago.
Dr Whaley is survived by a widow, who was Miss Henrietta Robertson; a son and a daughter, who is married. He was forty-six years old.
Pallbearers will be Dr J Merceir Green, Dr Joseph Maybank, Dr J L LaRoche, Mr Edward Frost Lowndes, Dr Edward F Parker, Dr Walter Peyre Porcher, Dr Charles P Aimar, Mr Henry P Williams, Dr A Johnston Buist and Dr A E Baker.
Published Tuesday, January 15, 1918 Charleston News and Courier
Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804-1929 about Thomas Prioleau Whaley
Name: Thomas Prioleau Whaley
Birth Date: 12 Jul 1870
Birth Place: Pendleton, SC
Death Date: 28 Dec 1917
Death Place: Charleston, SC
Type Practice: Allopath
Practice Specialities: Charleston, SC, 1892
Licenses: SC, 1892, 1912
Practice Dates Places: Charleston, SC, 1892
Medical School: Medical College of South Carolina, Charleston, 1892, (G)
Education: University school, high school
Professorship: Medical College of South Carolina, Charleston, urology
JAMA Citation: 70:335
Cause of Death: burns; (M)
(The 'Directory of Physicians' date of death is incorrect. This is actually the date of the accident, as Dr Whaley passed away a little over two weeks later, of shock and complications from burns to much of his body. The date of date was obtained from the Certificate of Death)
Information provided by sticksandstones (#46888135)
For an indepth discussion about the pyramid mausoleum and its occupants, please see the memorial for William Burroughs Whalely.
Thomas Prioleau Whaley was born in Pendleton, S.C., the son of William Baynard Whaley, Jr and Helen Jones Smith, on July 12, 1870. He attended private school in Charleston, then the high school of Charleston, and graduating from the Medical College of the State of South Carolina in 1892. In 1895, her married Henrietta Righton Robertson. They had two children, Elizabeth Robertson Whaley (1897–1990), and Admiral William Baynard Whaley (1899–1987). They resided in Charleston their entire lives.
During his senior year of medical school, he served as substitute intern for the Charleston City Hospital, and after graduation, served a year as intern In St. Francis Xavier Hospital. In 1893 and 1894, he spent time in Vienna and became experienced in surgery, genito-urinary diseases and dermatology. He afterward, spent a few weeks In Paris, before returning to Charleston. He was a frequent visitor at meetings and clinics, and worked with Dr. Edebohls of New York, from whom he learned the technique of decapsulation of the kidneys.
He was president of the South Carolina Medical Association in 1906, and previously had been secretary for ten years. He belonged to many medical organizations. He attended the City Hospital during the summer months, and was a lecturer to the Training School for Nurses of that institution. He also lectured on dermatology at the Medical College (1905-1912), and was professor of genito-urinary surgery in the college for several years. He also worked in the Shirras Dispensary. He was very popular, having many friends and was quite dear to his patients.
He is said to have been one of the first in this area to use spinal anesthesia, one of the first to use the x-ray, the first to decapsulate the kidneys, to recognize beri-beri, and to devote much attention to urology.
He died January 14, 1918.
(Notes on Dr. Thomas Prioleau Whaley, from a typed resolutions, evidentially from the Medical Society. From a typed copy in possession of Mrs. Abbott Middleton, 1964, on file in the MUSC Waring Historical Library, plus family history inserted )
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Obituary:
Funeral Services to be Held This Afternoon
The funeral services of the late Dr T Prioleau Whaley, who died yesterday afternoon at the Baker Sanitorium as the result of burns received at his residence, No 12 Limehouse Street, December 28, when his bathrobe caught afire from an open gas heater, will be held at Grace Episcopal Church this afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. The Rev William Way, rector of Grace Church, will officiate. The interment will be in Magnolia Cemetery. Arrangements have been made by the J M Connelley Company.
Dr Whaley had practiced his profession in Charleston since receiving his degree as a doctor of medicine and was among the best known practitioners in Charleston.
For several days it had been known that Dr Whaley would not recover from the serious burns he received. Owing to his critical condition his brother, Congressman Richard S Whaley, came from Washington several days ago.
Dr Whaley is survived by a widow, who was Miss Henrietta Robertson; a son and a daughter, who is married. He was forty-six years old.
Pallbearers will be Dr J Merceir Green, Dr Joseph Maybank, Dr J L LaRoche, Mr Edward Frost Lowndes, Dr Edward F Parker, Dr Walter Peyre Porcher, Dr Charles P Aimar, Mr Henry P Williams, Dr A Johnston Buist and Dr A E Baker.
Published Tuesday, January 15, 1918 Charleston News and Courier
Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804-1929 about Thomas Prioleau Whaley
Name: Thomas Prioleau Whaley
Birth Date: 12 Jul 1870
Birth Place: Pendleton, SC
Death Date: 28 Dec 1917
Death Place: Charleston, SC
Type Practice: Allopath
Practice Specialities: Charleston, SC, 1892
Licenses: SC, 1892, 1912
Practice Dates Places: Charleston, SC, 1892
Medical School: Medical College of South Carolina, Charleston, 1892, (G)
Education: University school, high school
Professorship: Medical College of South Carolina, Charleston, urology
JAMA Citation: 70:335
Cause of Death: burns; (M)
(The 'Directory of Physicians' date of death is incorrect. This is actually the date of the accident, as Dr Whaley passed away a little over two weeks later, of shock and complications from burns to much of his body. The date of date was obtained from the Certificate of Death)
Information provided by sticksandstones (#46888135)
For an indepth discussion about the pyramid mausoleum and its occupants, please see the memorial for William Burroughs Whalely.
During his senior year of medical school, he served as substitute intern for the Charleston City Hospital, and after graduation, served a year as intern In St. Francis Xavier Hospital. In 1893 and 1894, he spent time in Vienna and became experienced in surgery, genito-urinary diseases and dermatology. He afterward, spent a few weeks In Paris, before returning to Charleston. He was a frequent visitor at meetings and clinics, and worked with Dr. Edebohls of New York, from whom he learned the technique of decapsulation of the kidneys.
He was president of the South Carolina Medical Association in 1906, and previously had been secretary for ten years. He belonged to many medical organizations. He attended the City Hospital during the summer months, and was a lecturer to the Training School for Nurses of that institution. He also lectured on dermatology at the Medical College (1905-1912), and was professor of genito-urinary surgery in the college for several years. He also worked in the Shirras Dispensary. He was very popular, having many friends and was quite dear to his patients.
He is said to have been one of the first in this area to use spinal anesthesia, one of the first to use the x-ray, the first to decapsulate the kidneys, to recognize beri-beri, and to devote much attention to urology.
He died January 14, 1918.
(Notes on Dr. Thomas Prioleau Whaley, from a typed resolutions, evidentially from the Medical Society. From a typed copy in possession of Mrs. Abbott Middleton, 1964, on file in the MUSC Waring Historical Library, plus family history inserted )
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Obituary:
Funeral Services to be Held This Afternoon
The funeral services of the late Dr T Prioleau Whaley, who died yesterday afternoon at the Baker Sanitorium as the result of burns received at his residence, No 12 Limehouse Street, December 28, when his bathrobe caught afire from an open gas heater, will be held at Grace Episcopal Church this afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. The Rev William Way, rector of Grace Church, will officiate. The interment will be in Magnolia Cemetery. Arrangements have been made by the J M Connelley Company.
Dr Whaley had practiced his profession in Charleston since receiving his degree as a doctor of medicine and was among the best known practitioners in Charleston.
For several days it had been known that Dr Whaley would not recover from the serious burns he received. Owing to his critical condition his brother, Congressman Richard S Whaley, came from Washington several days ago.
Dr Whaley is survived by a widow, who was Miss Henrietta Robertson; a son and a daughter, who is married. He was forty-six years old.
Pallbearers will be Dr J Merceir Green, Dr Joseph Maybank, Dr J L LaRoche, Mr Edward Frost Lowndes, Dr Edward F Parker, Dr Walter Peyre Porcher, Dr Charles P Aimar, Mr Henry P Williams, Dr A Johnston Buist and Dr A E Baker.
Published Tuesday, January 15, 1918 Charleston News and Courier
Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804-1929 about Thomas Prioleau Whaley
Name: Thomas Prioleau Whaley
Birth Date: 12 Jul 1870
Birth Place: Pendleton, SC
Death Date: 28 Dec 1917
Death Place: Charleston, SC
Type Practice: Allopath
Practice Specialities: Charleston, SC, 1892
Licenses: SC, 1892, 1912
Practice Dates Places: Charleston, SC, 1892
Medical School: Medical College of South Carolina, Charleston, 1892, (G)
Education: University school, high school
Professorship: Medical College of South Carolina, Charleston, urology
JAMA Citation: 70:335
Cause of Death: burns; (M)
(The 'Directory of Physicians' date of death is incorrect. This is actually the date of the accident, as Dr Whaley passed away a little over two weeks later, of shock and complications from burns to much of his body. The date of date was obtained from the Certificate of Death)
Information provided by sticksandstones (#46888135)
For an indepth discussion about the pyramid mausoleum and its occupants, please see the memorial for William Burroughs Whalely.
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Dr. Thomas Prioleau Whaley
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