An Illustrated History of the State of Washington, by Rev. H.K. Hines, D.D., The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, IL., 1893 GEORGE A. REICH, M.D., a successful practitioner in the city of Seattle, and eminent as a specialist in treating the eye and ear, was born in Breslau, Germany, in January, 1846. His ancestry were long resident of that locality and for years have been connected with the Government service in civil positions. George A. received his preparatory education at the gymnasium of Breslau and then entered the university, where he pursued the advanced studies in literature, and also prosecuted the work in the medical department and graduated therefrom in 1869. He then entered the German army, during the closing months of the Franco-German war, and served until 1870, when he crossed the Atlantic ocean to New York, thence coming by the Panama route to San Francisco, California. He then went to the mining district of Arizona near Prescott, but the Indians were too hostile to permit the carrying on of mining operations, and he was appointed Assistant Surgeon in the United States army and stationed at Camp Verde near Prescott, where he remained about one year, then returned to San Francisco and became associated with Dr. W. Smith, a prominent oculist of that city, with whom he remained about twelve years. In 1877 he attended a course of lectures in the Medical Department of the University of California and received his degree from that institution. In 1884 the partnership was dissolved, and Dr. Reich came to the Puget Sound district. First locating in Tacoma he remained one year, and in 1885 came to Seattle, where he has since been established in active practice as a specialist of the eye and ear. In 1887 he made a trip to Europe to gather new ideas of treatment from the hospitals of Berlin and Breslau, and he has made frequent trips to New York city, in consultation with Dr. H. Knapp, the recognized leader of the profession in this and all other countries. Dr. Reich was married in San Francisco in 1882, to Miss Elizabeth Chissman, the land of whose nativity is England. Socially Dr. Reich affiliates with the German societies and the A.O.U.W. He is also a member of the State and Seattle Medical Societies. As a scientific writer, the articles from the pen of Dr. Reich find ready publication in the medical journals of America and Germany, and in his profession he holds an enviable position throughout the Northwest. Submitted to the WA. Bios Project in January 2004 by Jeffrey L. Elmer * * * * Notice: These biographies were transcribed for the Washington Biographies Project. Unless otherwise stated, no further information is available on the individual featured in the biographies.