Dr. W. E. Dressel, who is engaged in the practice of osteopathy in Carrollton and has been very successful in introducing this comparatively new method of cure into Greene county, was born in Kane, this county, on the 13th of May, 1880, a son of Joseph Dressel, who resides in Kane at the present time. there at the usual age Dr. Dressel began his education as a public-school student and when he had mastered the elementary branches of learning he entered the Jerseyville high school. He prepared for his profession in the College of Osteopathy, at Kirksville, Missouri, from which institution he was graduated with the class of June, 1901, and while pursuing his studies there he received special instruction from Dr. Still, who is the founder of the science and of whom Dr. Dressel was a special favorite. He was thus particularly fortunate in his equipment for his chosen calling, and after his graduation he opened an office in Kane, where he spent six months, removing then to Carrollton. he established his office in the Kergher building on the south side of the square and has since enjoyed a successful and constantly growing practice. He is the only osteopath in the county and his skill in the treatment of disease is manifest in the excellent results which have attended his efforts. Dr. Dressel is also interested in agricultural pursuits, owning one hundred and sixty acres of rich farm land adjoining Fayette, in this county.

Dr. Dressel is a member of the Anchor Society, a college fraternity, and he also became a member of the Elks Lodge, No. 464, at Kirksville, Missouri; and the Knights of Pythias Lodge, No. 72, of the same place. he is a young man of exemplary habits, of social nature, genial disposition and high principles, and in his native county he stands high socially, while professionally he is winning an enviable position and gratifying success. The Doctor has at present in his office the only X-ray machine in the county and it is one of the finest in the state.