Dr. McDugald McLean, physician and author, died at his home on Henrietta Street last evening at 11:15 o’clock. He was in his 65th year and had been ill for some time. Dr. McLean was a native of Texas and the son of Rev. John H. McLean, a prominent Methodist minister in that state. He attended Webb School in Bell Buckle, Tenn., and received his medical training in Johns Hopkins, where he obtained the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Having won a Rhoades [Rhodes] scholarship, he attended Oxford University, England, and was awarded his A.B. Degree by that institution. He returned to this country and served several years an interne [intern] at Johns Hopkins, later going to Texas where he practiced his profession.
Four years ago Dr. McLean came to Asheville and became engaged in the practice of medicine as assistant to Dr. C.L. Minor. His health failed and for some time he has been confined to his home.
As a citizen he had made many friends in Asheville and as an expert on tuberculosis his services were recognized as of a superior nature.
While confined with the disease which caused his death Dr. McLean wrote and had published a “Primer on Tuberculosis.” This volume has been well received by the public and by physicians who have made the disease a special study. The manuscript for this book which is becoming more popular daily was written by Dr. McLean while in bed, himself a victim of the disease, which, through his book, he sought to teach the public to cure.
Dr. McLean was married to Miss Emma Webb, daughter of the former U.S. Senator W.R. Webb, of Bell Buckle, Tenn., founder of the Web School of that place. Surviving are the widow and a daughter, Susanne, 4 years of age.
A short funeral service will be conducted at the residence, 65 Henrietta Street, this afternoon at 2 o’clock, and the body will be carried to Bell Buckle for interment.
From the front page of the Asheville Citizen, Saturday, Sept. 9, 1922
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