She invited him to stay with her in the Savoy Hotel. Two days later, he disappeared again. His wife continued searching for him after his second disappearance, but subsequently died before finding him again. In 1910, an old colleague of Bates, Dr. J. E. Kelly, was travelling through Grand Forks, North Dakota, where he encountered Bates practicing. He subsequently persuaded Bates to return to New York and share an office with him, where he is said to have "worked as hard and as successfully as he had done before his original disappearance". Personal life William Horatio Bates was born on December 23, 1860, to Charles and Amelia Halsey Bates. Bates was married three times. He first married Edith Kitchell in 1883, with whom he had a son: Charles Halsey Bates; Kitchell died in 1886. He then married Margaret Crawford, with whom he had a daughter, Milo Bates, and a son, William Crawford Bates. After being widowed again, in 1928 he married Emily C. Lierman, his long-time personal assistant. His son, Charles Halsey Bates disappeared in August 1928. Bates enjoyed playing tennis and was once the North Dakota State Champion. He was also an avid runner who enjoyed literature and astronomy. He died on July 10, 1931, after a year-long illness. His will excluded his eldest son, who was still missing at the time. Discovery of the medical use of adrenaline Bates also discovered the astringent and haemostatic properties of the substance produced by the adrenal glands, and its value in medicine, especially in surgeries. The substance was later commercialized as adrenaline. See also Norma Shearer Daniel A. Poling Aldous Huxley References External links 1860 births 1931 deaths 20th-century American non-fiction writers American ophthalmologists Pseudoscience Alternative medicine Bates method Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons alumni Cornell University alumni