Arthur Hawley Parmelee (September 25, 1883 – June 5, 1961) was an American

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and

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coach.

Early life

Parmelee was born on September 25, 1883, in

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. In 1891, he moved with his family to

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, where he graduated from West Salem High School in 1900. After a year working as a mail carrier he entered

Beloit College Beloit College is a private liberal arts college in Beloit, Wisconsin. Founded in 1846, when Wisconsin was still a territory, it is the state's oldest continuously operated college. It is a member of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest and has ...

where he received his bachelor's degree in 1905. While at Beloit he played left tackle on the football team.

College coach

After graduation Parmelee took a position at

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. While at Miami, he served both as the General Secretary of the campus

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and head football coach. In 1906, his only season as football coach, he completed a 1–5–1 record. After a 16–0 victory over

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in the first game, Parmelee's team did not score again the rest of the season, losing the rest of the games except a 0–0 tie with arch-rival

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Head coaching record

Medical career

In 1907 Parmelee entered

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, where he graduated in 1911. He served internship at Kansas City General Hospital and then became an assistant to Dr. John Cross in

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. In 1913 he moved to

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, to open a practice where he specialized in

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. Eventually he would also take a position the pediatric department at Rush Medical College. In 1924 he departed for

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to study with

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, at the time the leading pediatrician in Europe, He would return to Vienna for additional study in 1931 and 1932. In 1947 he left his private practice and resigned from the pediatric department at Rush. He moved to

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and became a member of the Staff at

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. In addition he was a Pediatric Consultant to the Bureau of Maternal and Child Health of the California State Department of Public Health, and Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the USC School of Medicine. Parmelee had a deep interest in the disorders of the

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. He published, 44 articles with 24 were directly related to this aspect of pediatrics helping in diagnosis and treatment including early intestinal obstruction, congenital lung cysts,

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, congenital goiter, and diaphragmatic hernia. His most significant article was a 1935 article in the

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titled "The Pathology of Steatorrhea" where he was the first to recognize congenital

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(cystic fibrosis of the pancreas) as a separate disease unrelated to other steatorrheas, including

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. His work developed into a serious examination of the factors that influence the health of newborn babies. He compiled his observations into a book ''Management of the Newborn''. Additionally, he collaborated in several textbooks including ''Brennemann's Practice of Pediatrics'' and ''The Child in Health and Disease''.

Death

Parmelee died on June 5, 1961, of a

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at the UCLA Medical Center. He was buried at Santa Barbara Cemetery.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Parmelee, Arthur H. 1883 births 1961 deaths American football tackles American pediatricians Beloit Buccaneers football players Miami RedHawks football coaches Rush Medical College alumni University of Southern California faculty People from West Salem, Wisconsin People from Redfield, South Dakota Coaches of American football from Wisconsin Players of American football from Wisconsin Burials at Santa Barbara Cemetery