Eduard Henri Benjamin van Lier studied medicine in Utrecht, where he sat for his medical finals on 26 June 1908. He obtained his doctoral degree on 8 July 1909 in Utrecht on a thesis 'On the interfibrillation material in the corium with mammals'. From 1909 until 1921, he was acting director of the Municipal Hospital in Utrecht. In the years 1911-1921, he had a general practice. After that, he spec…