FREDERICK LAFAYETTE JACK was born in Boston, Massachusetts, January 3, 1861. He was educated at the Boston schools, graduating from the Latin School and taking special courses in Chemistry and the Languages. He received the degree of M. D. from the Harvard Medical School in 1883, and was then appointed Assistant in the aural department of the Massachusetts Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary.

In 1887 he went to Vienna, Austria, where he studied for some time under Politzer and Geuber; and on his return to this country he began practice in Boston. He is now Assistant Aural Surgeon to the Massachusetts Charitable Eye and

Dr. Jack is a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society, the Boston Society of Medical Improvement, the American Otological Society, the Massachusetts Medical Benevolent Society, the American Otological and Laryngological Association, and the Warren Club.