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C. EDWARD STOUT, M. D., one of the well known residents of Allentown, was born in Bethlehem, Pa., on the 2d of January, 1865. The record of the family, as well as some reference to the genealogy, may be found in the biographical sketch of Dr. Abram Stout, a successful physician and influential citizen, which is presented in another part of this volume. Our subject received an excellent education, being the recipient of the best advantages the state afforded. The rudiments of his education were gained in the schools of Bethlehem, after which he entered the Ulrich Preparatory School, and fitted for Lehigh University. Afterward he was a student in that institution, which he attended until ready to enter the Junior class.

From boyhood it was the determination of our subject to adopt for his profession that in which his father was engaged, and, carrying out this resolution, he entered the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated in 1887 with the degree of M. D. Before commencing active practice he took a tour of the South, also visited the West Indies, broadening the education hitherto acquired by observation of the customs of the people of those lands. Shortly after his return home he was united in marriage with Miss Nellie K. Storm, their wedding being solemnized at Stroudsburg, January 18, 1888. Mrs. Stout is an accomplished lady, and a daughter of Judge J. B. Storm, at one time Member of Congress from Stroudsburg. One child has blessed their union, a daughter named Margaret C.

After his marriage Dr. Stout opened an office at Morea, Pa., where he remained for two years, meantime filling the position of colliery surgeon of the coal company. Removing from that place to South Bethlehem, he opened an office at No. 427 West Fourth Street, where he conducted a general practice until he moved to Allentown, when he opened an institute for the cure of drunkenness. He uses Dr. E. L. Johnson’s chloride of gold formula, and in the treatment of the disease is meeting with phenomenal success. In politics Dr. Stout is a stanch advocate of Democratic principles, and never fails to cast his ballot for the candidates of that party. In religious faith he is an Episcopalian.