Dr. Henry Berlin

       
     Dr. H. Berlin is the son of H. and C. H. (Peters) Berlin, both natives of Mechlinburg, Germany, where they now live. The father was a farmer and manufacturer of fishing tackle. Of their family of two children our subject was the youngest. He was born May 8, 1851, also in Mechlinburg, Germany, and secured his education, both literary and professional in his native country. After practicing medicine there for two years he came to the United States in 1879, and located in Chattanooga. He was for a time engaged in the general practice of medicine, but of late years has devoted his entire energy to surgery and female diseases, wishing to familiarize himself more with the ideas and practice of the profession in this department he became a student of the University of Tennessee. In 1875 he married Miss Mary Von Podiwils, of Germany, by whom he has two children, Charlotte and Henry. The Doctor is a correspondent for several medical journals on subjects pertaining to the profession and science. He is a member of both State and county medical societies, being vice-president of the latter. He is a Mason and a member of the K. of P. Mrs. Dr. Berlin is a member of the. Episcopal Church.
Goodspeed's "History of East Tennessee" 1887