Massachusetts

"Physicians and Surgeons of the United States"
March 1878, by William B. Atkinson, M.D.,

Transcribed by Dena Whitesell

pg. 17 David Humphreys Storer, Boston, Mass., was born in Portland Me., March 26th, 1804. He was educated in Bowdoin col., whence he graduated in 1822, and which institution conferred upon him the degree of L. L. D. in 1876. He graduated in medicine at the Harvard med. school in 1825 and settled in Boston. He is a member of the American academy of arts and sciences; Am. phil. soc.; Mass. med. soc.; Boston soc. for med. imp.; Boston soc. of natural hist.; member of the Am. asso. for the advancement of science; hon. member of the med. soc. for the State of N.Y.; also of the Rhode Island med. soc.; corres. member of the acad. of natural sciences of Phila. He was physician to the Mass. genl. hosp. from 1849 to 1858; was prof. of obstetrics and med. jurisprudence in the Harvard med. school from 1839 to 1858; and also held the position of president of the Am. med. asso. in 1866. He has delivered, on many occasions, a large number of lectures and addresses on various scientific subjects, and has made importand additions to science, especially in the department of ichthyology. On this he has published..[omitted]....

pg. 28-29 William Symington Brown, Stoneham, Mass., born in Glasgow, Scotland, Feb. 9th, 1821. Through his mother's side, the Symingtons, he comes from the stock of the old Covenanters. He was educated in George Gartley's school and at the Andersonian univ., Glasgow, and graduated from the univ. of Pa. in Feb. 1855. He first commenced practice in Boston, but in August, 1865, permanently settled in Stoneham, and, while treating cases in general practice, specially devoted himself to diseases of women. He is a member of the Mass. med. soc.; admitted fellow in 1863; is president of the Middlesex east district soc., elected 1876; was elected in 1876 and re-elected 1877 medical director dept of Mass., G.A.R., correspondent of the State board of health, Mass.; was prof. of anatomy in the New England female med. coll. from 1855 to 1860, and was late chairman of the board of health at Stoneham. His published papers and books have been:..[omitted]...He was assistant-surgeon 33rd regiment Massachusetts volunteers, and surgeon of 55th regiment Massachusetts volunteers, during a portion of the late civil war. For two years he also held the position of chairman of military examining board and member of the operating staff. In 1844 he married Margaret Boyd, daughter of Alexander Boyd, of Dreghorn, Scotland.

pg. 30 William Williamson Wellington, Cambridgeport, Mass., son of Dr. Timothy Wellington, was born at West Cambridge, Mass., July 29th, 1814. Educated at Harvard univ., he graduated thence A.B. in 1832, and M.D. in 1838, and in the latter year established himself in practice in Cambridgeport. He is a member of the Mass. med. soc.; Cambridge soc. for med. improvement; Boston obstetrical soc., and an associate member of the Boston soc. for med. improvement. In 1870 he was selected to deliver the annual address before the State soc., the address being subsequently published. He is (1877) coroner of Middlesex co., and was for many years a member of the Cambridge school committee.

pg. 36 William Johnson Dale, Boston, Mass., was born in Gloucester, in that State, Sept. 5th, 1815. His grandfather, William Johnson, fought at Bunker Hill, and his father was surgeon in the army during the war of 1812. Graduated from Harvard univ. in 1837, and from its med. school in 1840, he began practice in Boston. On June 14th, 1861, he was commissioned by Gov. Andrew surgeon-general of the State, with the rank of brigadier-general. He held the same postion during the war, and has held it continuously until the present time (October, 1877). He was also act. med. director and act. med. purveyor, U.S. army. A member of the Mass. med. sco., he is one of its counsellors, and was its anniversary chairman.

pg. 39-40 Sylvanus Clapp, Pawtucker, R. I., was born, Nov. 22nd, 1845, in West Hampton, Mass. He is the son of Bela Parsons Clapp and his wife, Cynthia Cave, the seventh in descent from Roger Clapp, who came to New England from old eNgland in 1630, and subsequently became captain of the governor's castle at Dorchester. He was educated at Sheldon acad., Southhampton, Mass., and having attended lectures at the Harvard med. school in 1835, and at Hanover, N.H., in 1836, received in the latter year the degree of M.D. from Dartsmouth coll., and the same year began the practice in Chesterfield, Mass., whence, in 1841, he removed to Pawtucket, R.I. where he is still in active practice. In 1835 he was chosen a member of the Boylston med. soc. in Boston, in 1839 of the Mass. med. sco., and in 1842 of the R.I. med. soc., of which he was the first delegate chosen to represent it in the Mass. soc., and of which also he was president from 1864 to 1866; and he is a permanent member of the am. med. asso., and of the Providence med. asso. In 1870 he received from Brown university the honorary degree of A.M. He has read several papers before the R.I. med. soc., some of which have been published in its "Transactions"; and he delivered at the annual meeting of the society, June 7th, 1854, an address on..[omitted].. He was appointed surgeon of the 3d brig., 4th div. of the Mass. militia, by Gov. Edward Everett. He has been president of the board of managers of the Pawtuckett dispensary, and consult. phys. to it, ever since its organization in 1865; is phys. to St. Joseph's convent; and has been consult. phys. to the R.I. hosp. from its organization; is consult. phys. to the Butler insane hosp. He is a director of the North Providence bank. He married Lucy Mari Clapp, daughter of Ebenezer Clapp, Jan. 15th, 1839, by whom he has four children; his only son, Levi Wharton Clapp, a graduate of Brown univ. and of the Harvard med. school, being in practice with his father.

pg. 41-42 Clarkson T. Collins, Great Barrington, Mass., was born in the village of Smyrna, Chenango co., N.Y., Jan 8th, 1821. His parents removed to Utica when he was a child, where they resided until his father's death in 1870. His mother died in 1875. His father's ancestors came from England abut the year 1630 and settled in Lynn, Mass. Some of the family removed to Va. The branch from which he descended united with the Society of friends, and went to R.I. abut the year 1666. His grandfather emigrated to central N.Y. about 1800, and purchased a large tract of land. His mother's maiden name was Hall. Her great-grandfather, Col. William Hall, left the British army and came to America, and settled on a plantation near Newport, R.I., some years before the revoluntionary war. Her father also emigrated from R.I. abut the year 1800, and also bought a tract of land in central N.Y. At an early age the subject of this sketch was placed at "Ninepartners" boarding school, an institution under the direction of the Society of Friends, near Poughkeepsie, on the Hudson. While pursuing his literary studies his health broke down, necessitating a visit to the South of one winter's durations. On his return, through the summer he studied medicine with Prof. Charles B. Coventry, of Utica. In the autumn, at the age of eighteen, he went to New York city, matriculated at the university and pursued his medical studies under the tuition of Dr. Valentine Mott and Dr. David L. Rogers. He attended the city hosp. for three years, as well as the lectures, and was graduated from the med. dept of the univ. of N.Y. in 1843, and settled in the city. Dr. Rogers retiring from the profession about that time, enabled him to retain a portion of his practice. He was appointed one of the physicians to the Eastern dispensary, and also district phys to the New York lying-in asylum, which positions he held for four years. In the dispensary he had charge of the department of diseases of women. In 1845, he established the N.Y. Medical and Surgical Reporter, and after conducting it through the first volume, on account of failing health he sold it to another party, who discontinued the journal before the expiration of the second volume. In 1847 he established an infirmary in New York for the treatment of diseases of females. In 1849, after repeated attacks of hemorrhage from the lungs, and with supposed fatal pulmonary disease, he went to the island of Madeira. A few months before leaving the city, his younger and only brother, Dr. Chalkley Collins, died of cholera. After four months residence on the island of Madeira, accompanied by his wife, and tour through Spain, France and England, he returned to New York with the intention of resuming his practice in the city. But he soon found his old trouble returning, and that he must seek some other change. As an experiment he determined to try the effect of a clear, cold, mountain atmosphere for the winter. The year he spent abroad had benefited him much, but he needed longer freedom from care. He went to Great Barrington, Berkshire co., Mass., late in the autumn of 1850, enveloped himself in the warmest clothing and kept in the open air as much as possible, at the same time keeping an issue in his arm to protect the lungs. This course seemed to produce just the right effect. He has continued to reside at the same place for twenty-six years, and has apparently overcome all pulmonary tendency. He was an early advocate for the establishment of the Am. med. asso., and was sent as delegate from New York city to Boston at the meeting in 1849. He also advocated the formation of the N.Y. acad. of med. and was among its earliest members in 1847. He was made chairman of the committee on ether by the academy, when the profession were divided in sentiment about its use. The committee consisted of thirteen members, among whom were Drs. Mort, Post, Parker, and other eminent men. Among his published contributions to the literature of the profession are:...He served two terms as president of this society; is now one of the censors and State councillors. In addition to these professional writings, he prepared, in 1849, a biographical sketch of his brother, Chalkley Collins, M.D., which was published in Friends Review, Philadelphia, same year;..[omitted].... In 1853 he founded an institution at great Barrington, Mass., for the treatment of chronic diseases of women, which he conducted successfully for sixteen years, but which he was obliged to abandon by reason of failing health. He has now retired from all active practice, and only goes in consultations. He is corres. member of the Mass. board of health; corres. member of the Boston gynacol. soc.; member of the Am. med. asso. In 1844 he was married to Lydia C., daughter of Charles G. Coffin, of Nantucket. In 1864, his wife and only children, a son and daughter, died. He has not married again, but continues to reside at his private residence, Indiola Place, Great Barrington, Mass.

pg. 49-50 Nathan Allen, Mass., was born at Princeton, Mass., April 25th, 1813. His parents, Moses Allen and Mehitable Oliver, were both born in Barre, Mass., the great ancestor of this family of Allens having been Walter Allen, one of the original proprietors of Old Newbury in 1648, and who died at Charlestown, Mass., in 1673. He graduated at Amherst coll. in 1836; received the degree of M.D. from the Pa. med. coll. in 1841, and the honorary degree of M.D. from the Castleton (Vt.) med. coll. in 1847, and in 1873 received from his Alma Mater the degree of L.L. D. He settled at Lowell in 1841, where he has resided ever since, being still in active practice. He has been a member of the Mass. med. soc. since 1842. His medical writings, many of which have attracted especial attention in Europe, are voluminous, making over 1,000 octavo pages, and cover a wide range of subjects, the more important of his productions being..[omitted]....He has been a member of the board of State charities since its organization fourteen years ago; an examining surgeon for pensions since 1862; and since 1858 a trustee of Amherst coll.; and in 1874 was the State commissioner of lunacy. He was married, Sept 15th, 1841, to Sarah H. Spaulding, daughter of Dr. Thaddeus Spaulding, of Wakefield, Mass., who died in April, 1856 without issue; and in 1858 to Annie W. Waters, daughter of Capt. William C. Waters, of Salem, Mass., by whom he has four children.

pg. 53 Samuel Abbott Green, Boston, Mass., son of Dr. Joshua Green, was born at Groton, Mass., Marach 16th, 1830. Educated at the Lawrence acad., Groton, and at Harvard univ., he graduated from the latter institution, kA.B. in 1851, and M.D. in 1854. He was in Europe most of the time from 1854 to 1859, when he established himself in Boston, where he has since remained in general practice, save during the late war. He is a member of the Mass. med. soc.; Boston soc. for med. improvement; Mass. hist. soc. of which he was librarian in 1868, and continues (1877) to hold that office, and corresponding member of several other historical societies. During the last six years he has been city phys. of Boston;' for more than seven years, from 1865 to 1873, supt of the Boston dispensary, and is also one of the overseers of Harvard coll. From May, 1861, to Nov., 1864, he served as surg. in the U.S. volunteer army, being chief medical officer on Morris island, S.C., during the siege of Fort Wagner, in 1863, and acting staff surg. at Richmond, for three months after the fall of the city in 1865. For gallant and distinguished services in the field, during the campaign of 1864, he was brevetted lieutenant-colonel of volunteers.

pg. 54 Thomas Hamer Pinkerton, Alameda, Cal., was born in Massachusetts, June 20th, 1817. He received his medical education at the med. school in Harvard univ., and graduated from that institution M.D. in 1859, settling first in Boston, then in Virginia City, Nev., in 1861 and afterwards removing to Oakland. He is a member of the Alameda co. med. asso., was its president in 1871; and of the Cal. med. soc., president in 1873. In 1862 and 1863 he was city physician in Virginia City, also the county physician, and in 1864 was surg. to Story co. hosp. Nev. During 1864 and 1865, he was contract U.S. surg. for Nevada.

pg. Francis Minot, Mass., was born in that city, April 12th, 1821. He received his education at Harvard univ., graduating M.D. from the med. school of that institution in 1844, and settled in Boston. He was appointed Hersey prof. of theory and prac. of physic in Harvard in 1874, and is one of the physicians to the Mass. general hosp.

pg. 57 Edward Warren, Newton Lower Falls, Mass., was born in Boston, Dec. 19th, 1804. His father was Dr. John Warren, of Boston, prof. of anal. in Harvard coll., also first president of the Mass. med. sco. His mother was a daughter of Gov. Collins, of Rhode Island. He was educated at Harvard, and pursued his medical education in the med. dept of the same institution, from which he graduated in 1829. He first settled in Boston, but removed to Newton Lower falls in 1840, where he joined agricultural pursuits to the practice of medicine. He is a member of the mass. med. soc., formerly councillor; member of the Boston soc. for med. improvement, and of the soc. of nat. hist. His contributions to medical literature are:..[omitted].... In 1835 he married Caroline Rebecca, daughter of Rev. Henry Ware, Sr., of Cambridge, New England.

pg. 58 John George Metcalf, Mendon, Mass., was born in Franklin, in that State, Sept. 10th, 1801. His father and grandfather were both physicians, he being of the seventh generation from Michael Metcalf, who came from Norwich, England, and settled in Dedham, Mass., being admitted a freeman of that town in 1637. He was educated at Brown univ. and Harvard coll., graduating from the former in Sept., 1820, and M.D. in the latter in 1826. He settled in Mendon in the last mentioned year, where he commenced practice. His is a member of the Mass. med. soc., elected 1831, and its vice president from 1859 to 1862; of the Am. antiquarian soc., 1867; the New England hist. and genealogical soc., and the Am. statistical soc.; the Am. social science asso., etc. He has published..[omitted]... He also delivered the annual address before the Mass. med. soc., 1856. He has been twice elected senator to the Massachusetts legislature, was seventeen years town treasurer, and has held the position of militia regimental surg., and exam, surg. for pension office. In 1826 he married Abigail, daughter of Samuel Holbrook, of Wentham.

pg. 60 Samuel Kneeland, Boston, was born in Boston, Aug. 1st, 1821, being descended from a family resident in that city for more than a century. Educated at the Boston Latin school and at Harvard univ., he graduated from the latter A. B. in 1840, and A. M. and M. D. in 1843, his thesis on the latter occasion, "Contagiousness of Puerperal Fever," taking the Boylston prize; his essay upon " ?ydrotherapy" subsequently took the same prize in 1844. Both works were published in the American Journal of the Medical Sciences. After his graduation he spent two years in professional study in Paris, and upon his return to America he established himself in general practice in Boston. In 1845 he was appointed demons, of anat. in the Harvard med. school, a position that he held for two years ; and from 1845 to 1847 he was phys. to the Boston dispensary.....In March 1862, he was apointed aft. asst. surg. U.S. volunteer army; was promoted to surg. and assigned to the 45th Mass. reg. in October of the same year; served with that regiment through the North Carolina campaign under Burnside; was promoted to be surg. U.S. vols. in Sept. 1863 and until Feb. 1866, was in charge successively of the University hosp. New Orleans, and of the Marine hosp. Mobile. In 1866 he was mustered out of the service with the brevet rank of lieut. col. He married, Aug. 1st, 1849, Eliza Maria, daughter of Daniel T. Curtis, Esq., of Cambridge, Mass.

pg. 71 Caleb C. Field, Leominster, Mass., was born in Northfield, Mass., May 27th, 1810. He is the son of George Field, of that town, and a descendant of Zachariah Field, who came from England in 1630, and settled in Dorchester, Mass., removing soon after to Hatfield, where he died in 1663. He graduated at Amherst coll. in 1833, and from the Dartmouth med. coll. in 1837, settling in Leominster, from which he has never removed. His is a member of the Mass. med. soc., of which for many years he has been one of the councillors; and of the Worchester North med. soc., of which he was President in 1869 and 1870. Since 1838 he has been a member of the town school committee, and for the last twenty years its chairman. He was representative in the general court of Massachusetts in 1873 and 1874. He was married in 1839 to Hannah c. Danforth; in 1858 to Mrs. Anne S. Carter; and in 1861 to Martha Joselyn.

pg. 73 Peter Pineo, Hyannis, Mass., of Huguenot descent, and grandson of John Pinco, an orderly on the staff of Gen. Washington during the revolutionary war, and after the war, a Congregational clergyman, in charge of a churach at Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, was born at Cornwallas, March 6th, 1825. Having received a classical education, he entered the Harvard med. school, subsequently attended medical lectures at Bowdoin coll., and graduated M.D. from the last named institution in May 1847. .[omitted]...He is at present (1877) surg. in charge of the U.S. marine hospital service, for the district of Barnstable. Since 1875 he has been a member of the military order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. He married, May 8th, 1850 Elizabeth Crosby, daughter of Kendall Crosby, Esq., of Boston.

pg. 80 Joy Jeffries, son of dr. John Jeffries and Ann Geyer Amory, was born in Boston, Mass., March 26th, 1833. He was educated at the Boston Latin school, and graduated at Harvard univ., 1854. He also studied medicine in the med. dept of the same institution, whence he graduated M.D. in 1857, and, after two years study in Europe, settled in Boston, making a specialty of diseases of the eye and diseases of the skin. He is a member of the Mass. med. and of the Am. ophthalmolog. soc.; ..[omitted]...His contributions to medical literature are..[omitted]... He holds the positions of ophthalmic surg. to Mass. charitable eye and ear infirmary, ophthalmic surg. to Carney hosp., and of ophthalmic surg. to New England hosp. for women and chil. In Jan., 1872, he married Marian Shimmin, daughter of Charles Shimmin, Esq., of Boston, Mass.

pg. 86 Ebenezer Alden, Randolph, Mass., son of Dr. Ebenezer and Sarah Bass Alden, was born in Randolph, Mass., March 17th, 1788. He graduated at Harvard coll. in 1808, receiving the degree of A.M. in 1811, and in the same year receiving from the med. dept. of Dartmouth coll. the degree of M.B., and in the following year that of M.D. from the med. dept. of the univ. of Pa. He has never removed from his native town. He is a member of the district med. soc. of Norfolk co., of which he has been president.[omitted]...He married, April 14th, 1818 to Anne Kimball, who died April 14th, 1871.

pg. 94 John Langdon Sullivan, Maldea, Mass., was born in Keene, N.H. Mach 8th, 1827. He is a son of Rev. Thomas Russell Sullivan, of Boston, a descendant of John Sullivan, of Berwick, Me., who was the father of Gen. John Sullivan, of revolutionary fame, and of James sullivan, governor of Massachusetts, who was the great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch. He is a graduate of the Worcester, Mass., grammar and Latin schools, of the Boston public Latin school, a pupil of the Lawrence scientific school of Cambridge, Mass., and a graduate from the Harvard med. school, from the last of which he received the degree of M.D. in July 1849. With the exception of the year 1870-passed in Boston-and 1873, which he spent in the study of medicine in Germany and other parts of Europe, he has, since graduating, resided in Malden, giving special attention to the diseases of women and to midwifery. He is a member of the Mass. med. and of the gynacol. soc. of Boston..[omitted].. He married, April 1850, Mary L., eldest daughter of S. S. Lynde, Esq. of New York; after her death, he married, Feb. 1859, Helen, second daughter of the same gentleman.

pg. 112 Alfred Hosmer, Watertown, Mass., son of Alfred and Mary A. (Grahme) Hosmer, was born in Newton, Mass., Sept. 11th, 1832. Eudcated at Harvard coll. and in the Harvard med. school, he was graduated A. B. in 1853, and M.D. in 1856, and in 1857 established himself as a general practioner in Watertown. He is a member of the Mass. State med. soc.; of the Boston obstet. soc., and of the Cambridge soc. for med. improvement. For a number of years he has been an occasional contributor to the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal. He married, June 6th, 1860, Helen Augusta, daughter of Josiah Sickney, Esq., of Watertown.

pg. 123 Hasket Derby, Boston Mass., was born in Boston, June 29th, 1835. He was educated at the Boston Latin school, and Amherst coll., and pursued his studies in the med. dept of Harvard coll., the univ. of Vienna, Grafische Klinik, etc., graduating at the medical schools in July, 1858, and settling in Boston in 1861. His speciality is ophthalmic surgery. He is a member of the Boston soc. for med. observation and for med. improvement; of the Am. ophthalmological soc., and of the Heidelberger Ophthalmologische Gesellschaft. He has translated..[omitted]....He holds the position of surgeon of the Massachusetts charitable eye and ear infirmary, and was formerly university lecturer on ophthalmology at Harvard medical school.

pg. 134-135 Edward Jarvis, Dorchester, Mass., son of Francis Jarvis and Melicent (Hosmer) Jarvis, was born at Conford, Mass., Jan 9th, 1803. He is descended on his father's side from John Jarvis, a ship builder, who emigrated from Yorkshire, England, to Boston, in 1661; and on his mother's from James Hosmer, who came from Kent, England, in 1635, and settled at Concord on a farm which has been owned and cultivated by the family for nine generations. Having received his preparatory education at Concord and at the Westfield acad., he graduated at Harvard coll. in 1826, receiving the degree of A.M. in 1829 and from Boston med. school in 1830. From 1830 to 1832 he practised at Northfield, Mass..[omitted]....He made many years ago a sanitary survey of Massachusetts, by order of the government, and presented the results of his examination in a report of nearly three hundred pages, which was published in 1855;..[omitted]....For several years he served as a member of the school committee in Northfield, Concord, and Dorchester, Mass., and in Louisville, Ky.; and was one of the original members of the Massachusetts corporation for idiotic youth, of which he was secretary from 1851 to 1877. He was married, Jan. 9th, 1834, to Almira Hunt, of Concord, Mass. who is now living.

pg. 142 Jeremiah Spofford, Groveland, Mass., was born in Rowley, now Georgetown, Mass., Dec. 8th, 1787. He is the son of Jermiah Spofford, who was the fifth lineal descendant of John Spofford, who immigrated to this county in 1738 and died in 1778. He was educated in the town school, and besides received private instruction from the Rev. Isaac Braman. He studied medicine in the offices of Drs. Israel Whiton and William Parkhurst, both members of the med. soc. of Mass....In June, 1818, he was elected member of the Mass. med. soc., and is the author of several medical tracts...

pg. 147 Pickering Charles Putnam, Boston, Mass., was born in Boston, Sept. 15th, 1844. He was graduated at Harvard coll. in 1865, and received his medical education in the med. dept of Harvard univ., whence he graduated M.D. in 1869. He is a member of the Mass. med. soc., and of the Boston socs. for med. improvement and med. observation.

pg. 165 Amos Bigelow Bancroft, Chelsea, Mass., son of Dr. Amos and Sarah (Bass) Bancroft, ws born in Groton, Mass., April 3d, 1811. Having received his primary education at the Groton acad., he entered Harvard univ., and was graduated thence B.A. in 1831, and M.D. in 1835. In the latter year he established himself as a general practitioner at Groton; removed thence to Charlestown, Mass., in 1853, and since 1869 has been established in Chelsea. He is a member of the Mass. State med. soc., councillor some years; and of the Mass. med. benevolent soc. Since 1835 he has been surg. to the Mass. State prison, and since 1869 surg. in charge of the U.S. marine hosp., Chelsea. His most important professional publications are his prison reports, and a paper entitled..[omitted].... He married Marietta, daughter of Nathan Shipley, Esq., of Pepperell, Mass.

pg. 177 Buckminster Brown, Boston, Mass., born in Boston, July 13th, 1819, son of Dr. John B. Brown, who introduced subcutaneous tenotomy into New England and the grandson of a distinguished physician who resided in the vicinity of Boston. His maternal grandfather was Dr. John Warren, first prof. of surg. in Harvard coll., and his granduncle, Dr. (Gen.) Joseph Warren, who was killed at Bunker Hill in 1775. He graduated at Harvard med. coll. in 1844, and settled in Boston after travelling in Europe in 1845 and 1846..[omitted]... In May, 1864, he married Sarah A., daughter of J. Warren Newcomb, Esq., and great-granddaughter of Gen. Joseph Warren.

pg. 184 Grosvener George Tarbell, Boston, Mass., was born in Lincoln, Mass., Sept 9th, 1841. His parents are Charles L. and Martha E. Tarbell. He was fitted for college at Phillips' Exeter academy, Exeter, N.H. Thence entering Harvard coll., he graduated in the classical dept in 1862, and from the medical school of the same college in 1865. He first commenced practice in Hingham, Mass., but removed to Boston in 1867, a year after. He is a member of the Mass. med. soc.; of Boston soc. for med. improvement; of the Boston soc. for med. observation, and was president of the Boylston med. soc. in 1876. During the war was asst. surg. and afterwards surg. of the 3d Mass. vol. cavalry. He is now one of the visiting physicians to the Massachusetts general hospital.

pg. 184 Henry Tuck, Boston, Mass., was born in Barnstable, Mass., May 9th, 1842. He is the son of the late Dr. Henry Tuck, of the same town. He pursued his medical studies in the med. dept. of Harvard college, took his degree of M.D. in 1867, and established himself in Boston in general practice. He is a member of the Boston soc. of med. observation and med. improvement; obstet. soc. of Boston; consulting phys. to home for aged women; phys. to the Boston lying-in-hosp., and to out door patients at Mass. general hosp. and Channing home; also asst. supt. of Mass. school for idiotic and feeble minded youth. He has contributed a few articles...[omitted]...He married, Nov. 26th, 1873, Emma R., daughter of Wm. H. Beers, Esq., of New York city.

pg. 185-186 George Washington Gay, Boston, Mass., was born at Swanzey, N.H., Jan. 14th, 1843. He graduated from the med. dept. of Harvard univ. in June 1868, and at once settled in Boston. His specialty is surgery, in which his notable operations include two successful cases of ovariotomy, cases in antiseptic surgery, etc. His is a member of the Mass. med. cos., and of the Boston med. asso. He has contributed various papers..[omitted]..He is surg. to the Boston city hosp., and also to the Boston dispensary. He was married first in 1868; and a second time in 1875.

pg. 186-187 Robert Amory, Brookline, Mass., was born in Boston, Mass., May 2d, 1842. His grandfather was Jonathan Amory, who married the daughter of Governor and Judge James Sullivan, of Massachusetts, his father, being J. S. Amory, and his mother a daughter of Gardiner Greene, of England. He was educated at the private school of Epes Dixwell in Boston, subsequently entered Harvard coll, graduating there as A.B. in 1863, and as A.M. and M.D. from the med. dept. of the same coll. in 1866. After his graduation he passed a year studying medicine at Paris and Dublin, Ireland, and in the autumn of 1867 settled at Longwood (Brookline), Mass. In 1868 he was elected a member of the school committee of brookline, and served six years, four of these as its secretary. In 1869 he was appointed annual lecturer on physiological action of drugs for that year at Harvard coll..[omitted]...He is also member and secretary of the Brookline board of health. In 1864 he married Mary A., daughter of Amos A. and Sarah E. (Appleton) Lawrence.

pg. 193 David Francis Lincoln, Boston, Mass., of Puritan descent, was born in Boston, Jan. 4th, 1841. Educated at the Boston Latin school, Harvard coll. and Harvard med. school, he graduated from the latter in 1864. For eighteen months previous to his graduation he served as acting asst. surg. in the U.S. navy; has been since then for eighteen months a student in the universities of Berlin and Vienna, and in 1867 established himself in Boston, making, since 1871, a specialty of the treatment of nervous diseases. He is a member of the soc. for med. observation and of the med. sciences, and also of the Am. neurological asso. As a medical author, his most important work..[omitted]...

pg. 194 Charles Follen Folsom, Boston, Mass., descended from families originally English, settled in this country for upwards of two centuries, was born at Haverhill, Mass., April 3d, 1842. Having received an academical education, he entered Harvard.....He spent the year 1873-74 and the summer of 1875 studying in Europe. At present he is secretary of the State of board of health.

pg. 200 Daniel Denison Slade, Newton, Mass., was born in Boston, May 10th, 1823. He is a descendant of the Bromfield, Rogers and Denison families. He was educated in the Boston Latin school, Harvard univ., and Harvard, med. coll. He graduated from the latter in 1848, spent three years in Europe perfecting himself in the various branches of his profession, settled first in Boston, but removed to Newton in 1863. He is a member of the Mass. med. soc. and of the Boston soc. of med. improvement. His contributions to medical literature have been..[omitted].... He married, May 27th, 1856, Minie Louise Hensler, daughter of Conrad Hensler, Esq., of Boston.

pg. 201 Henry Orlando Marcy, Cambridge, Mass., was born at Otis, Berkshire co., Mass., June 23d, 1837. He is the son of Smith Marcy and Fanny (Gibbs) Marcy. Receiving his early education at Wilbraham acad., he graduated A.M. at Amherst, and M.D. at Harvard coll. in June, 1863. He also studied medicine at the univ. of Berlin, Germany. Settling in Cambridge, Mass., he turned his attention especially to disease of women. He is a member of the Mass. med. soc.; of the Middlesex district soc.; of the Cambridge med. soc.; of the Am. med. asso., etc. Among his contributions to medical literature are......During the civil war he was asst. surg. 43d reg. Mass. vols., 1863; and surg. 35th reg. U.S. colored troops, 1863 to 1865; also during 1864 brigade and division surgeon, and chief medical officer in Florida. He married, Oct. 1863, Sarah E., daughter of George W. Wendell, Esq., of Great Falls, New Hampshire.

pg. 202 Jas. Forster Alleyne Adams, Pittsfield, Mass., was born in Boston, Mass., March 20th, 1844. His father was William J. Adams, a descendant of Henry Adams, who immigrated from England in 1632. His mother was Deborah F. Chickering, of Dedham, Mass. He was educated in the Dedham high school, and the Harvard scientific school.....He married, Oct. 1870, Annie, second daughter of John Bailey, Esq., of Washington, D.C.

pg. 204 Arthur Howard Nichols, Boston, Mass., was born in Boston,Sept. 9th, 1840. He received his medical education at the med. dept. of Harvard univ., graduated M.D. in 1866, and settled in Boston. He is a member of the Am. social science asso.; of the Boston socs. for med. observation, med. improvement, and of med. sciences; the Am. statistical and the Norfolk district med. socs., secretary of the latter since 1872, and of the Roxbury soc. for med. improvement. His contributions to medical literature have been..[omitted].. He married, Nov. 1869, Elizabeth F., daughter of Thos. J. Homer, Esq., of Boston.

pg. 211 David Williams Cheever, Boston, Mass., born in Portsmouth, N.H., Nov. 30th, 1821. One of his paternal ancestors was Ezekiel Cheever, first master of the Boston Latin school, and teacher of cotton Mather. He was educated at Harvard coll., and graduated from the med. dept. of that institution in March 1858. Settling in Boston, he selected surgery as his specialty in practice. He is a member of the Mass. med. soc., and of the Boston soc. for medical improvement. He has published reports of various surgical cases, and..[omitted].... He holds the postions of prof. of clinical surgery at Harvard univ., and surgeon of the Boston city hosp. He married Oct. 1859, Anne C., daughter of T. Nichols, Esq., of Boston.

pg. 250 Samuel Warren Abbott, Wakefield, Mass., great-grandson of Joseph Winn, who fought at Lexington and Bunker Hill, was born at Woburn, Mass., June 12th, 1837. He was educated at Philips acad., Andover, at Brown univ. and at Harvard med. coll., graduating from the first two respectively in 1854 and 1858, and from the latter in 1862. He located himself first at Woburn and afterwards at Wakefield, to which place he removed in 1869. He is a member of the Am. metric bureau; of the Mass. med. and Mass. med. benevolent socs.; of the Middlesex east med. soc., has been its secretary, vice president and president; of the Mass. medicolegal asso.; and councellor censor, and commissioner of trials of Mass. med. soc. His contributions to medical literature consist of...[omitted]... He was asst. surg. in the U.S. navy from 1861 to 1864, regular service, and surg. of 1st Mass. vol. cavalry, 1864-65. He has been a member of the school committee and of the board of health of Wakefield. Has been its coroner and now medical examiner under the new law abolishing the coroner's office. He is also associated with various benevolent and scientific bodies, natural history associations, etc. In 1864 he married Martha w., daughter of Thomas V. Sullivan, Edq., of Woburn.

pg. 273-274 Francis H. Brown, Boston, Mass., was born in Boston, Aug. 8th, 1835. He is the son of Francis and G. Matilda Brown. His ancestors came to this country in 1632, and settling in the neighborhood of Boston, where their descendants have always lived. He graduated at Harvard univ. in 1857, receiving the degree of A.M. in 1860, and in 1861 graduated from the Harvard med. school, beginning his practice in Cambridge, where he remained three years after which, in 1864, he removed to Boston. He is the originator and one of the founders of the Children's hospital, of which he is also one of the visiting surgeons. He was former editor of the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal....He is a member of the Mass. med. soc.; the Boston med. asso.; the Boston soc. for med. observation; the obstet. soc. of Boston; the Walker soc. for med. improvement; and the Boston med. library asso. During the civil war he served as acting asst. surg. in the U.S. army. He was married in Sept. 1861 to Louisa B. Eaton, by whom he had one child; and in March 1871 to Mary S. Wood.

pg. 275 William Palmer Bolles, Boston, Mass., was born near New London, Conn., June 14th, 1845. He is a son of Wm. Bolles, of New London, author and publisher, and a descendant of Joseph Bolles, who came to this country upwards of two hundred years ago, and whose son, Thomas, shortly afterwards removed to New London. He graduated at the Harvard med. school in June, 1871, and settled in Boston, having been house-officer at the Boston city hosp. in 1870, as he was also asst. surg. to out patients in 1873. He is now surg. to out patients and pathologist at the above mentioned hospital; a member of the Mass. med. soc.; the Boston soc. for med. observation; the Boston soc. of the med. sciences; the Roxbury med. soc., and the Dorchester med. club; also of the Am. pharmacutical asso., and the Mass. horticultural soc.; and an hon. member of the Mass. coll. of pharmacy, in which he is prof. of mat. med. and botany, etc. His writings consist of...[omitted]

pg. 286 Clifton Ellis Wing, Boston, Mass., son of dr. B. F. Wing, of that place, and Adeline (Hallet) Wing, was born in Jamaica Plain (now Boston), Oct. 20th, 1848. He studied medicine in the med. dept. of Harvard univ. and graduated M.D. in 1871. He soon after visited Europe, where he remained some time, improving himself in the knowledge of his profession. On his return he located himself in his native city, making a specialty of gynecology. He is a member of the Norfolk co. soc., and of the Mass. med. soc. He is the auther of articles...[omitted]...

pg. 290 -291 Theodore Willis Fisher, Boston, Mass., was born in Westboro, Mass., May 29th, 1837. Having received an academical education he entered Harvard med. coll, and graduated thence M.D. in 1861..[omitted].. In 1858, he married Maria c., daughter of Dr. Artemas Brown, of Medway, Mass.; and in 1873 Ella G., daughter of J. W. Richardson, Esq., of Boston.

pg. 304 Henry Pickering Bowditch, Boston, Mass., was born in Boston, April 4th, 1840. He was educated at a private Latin school, and at Harvard coll, and studied medicine at the med. dept. of that institution, graduating A.B. in 1861, and M.D. in 1868. He studied physiology three years in France and Germany, principally with Ludwig in Leipsic, and on returning was appointed assistant professor of physiology of the Harvard medical school in 1871, and professor of the same in 1876. He is a member of the am. acad. of arts and science; of the Mass. med. soc.; of the Boston socs. of med. sciences and of nat. hist. etc. In 1876 he was elected a member of the Boston school board. During the war of the rebellion he was successively second lieut., first lieut, and captain of the 1st Mass. cavalry, and major of the 5th Mass. cavalry.

pg. 316-317 Samuel H. Durgin, Boston, Mass., of American parentage, and scotch-English ancestry, was born in Parsonfield, Me., July 26th, 1839. He was educated at Parsonsfield, and at Pittsfield, and New Hampton acads., H. H. and pursued his medical studies at the Dartsmouth and Harvard med. schools, graduating M.D. from the latter in July 1864, and settling in Boston, in general practice. He is a member of the Mass. med. soc., of the Boston soc. for med. observation, and of the Am. public health asso. From 1867 to 1873 he held the postion of port phys. of Boston, and during the same year was res. phys. at Deer island institutions; he has also been a member of the Boston board of health since Jan. 1873, and chairman of the board since May, 1876. During the war he was asst. surg. to the 1st Mass. cavalry, July, 1864 to June 1865. In Nov. 1875 he married Mary B., daughter of George F. Davis, Esq., of New Bedford, Mass.

pg. 317 George Holmes Bixby, Boston, was born in Dutch Guiana, South America, Nov. 2d, 1837, of American parents. He was educated at Williams' coll., Mass., and studied medicine in the med. dep't of Dartmouth coll., N. IL, and also in Vienna, Paris, and London, he graduated M. D. in 1858. In 1866 he located himself in St. Louis, Mo.; in 1868 he removed to Boston. His practice is general, but his specialty is gynaecology. He is a member of the Am. med. asso., and of the Am. gynecolog., Mass, med., and Boston obstet, socs.; of the Boston soc. for med. observation ; and corresponding member of the St. Louis med. soc. He has contributed, among others, articles on ... He has held the position of acting ass't surg. U. S. navy; and was senior med. officer of the U. S. naval hosp. ship, Mississippi squadron, from 1862 to 1865. He is now surg. of St. Elizabeth's hosp. for women, Boston.

pg. 319 Gustavus Hay, Boston, Mass., was born in Boston, May 11th 1830. He graduated from Harvard univ. in 1850, settling in Boston in general practice in 1859, but giving subsequently his special attention to ophthalmology. He is a member of the Massachusetts med. soc.

pg. 323-324 Samuel Augustus Fisk, Northhampton, Mass., of Anglo-American parentage, was born in Cambridge, Mass., March 26th, 1821. He was educated at Phillips Exeter acad. and at Yale coll.; graduated at the latter A.B. in 1844; studied medicine at Harvard coll., and at the univ. of Pa., and received his degree from the latter in 1846. In 1848, he settled in Northampton, in the general practice of medicine and surgery. He was president of the Mass. med. soc., elected in 1870 and again in 1871; is lecturer on physiology and hygiene in Smith coll., and member of the board of corporators of the Clarke inst. for deaf mutes. His published papers have never been collected. June 5th, 1851, he married Harriet B., daughter of Jacob Bininger, Esq., deceased, of New York.

pg. 329 William Ingalls, Mass., son of Dr. William Ingalls, of Boston, was born in that city, Jan. 12th, 1813. He was educated at North Andover, Boston, and at Harvard; and studied medicine under his father, and Dr. Charles Harrison Stedman, and at Harvard med. school, graduating in 1836, and locating himself in Boston, in general practice, but with special attention to obstetrics. He is a member of the Mass. med. soc., of the Boston soc. for med. observation, of the obstetrical soc. of Boston, and of the Suffolk district med. soc. He has published a synopsis of private obstetrical practice for forty-two years, prior to 1876 etc. He has held the position of surg. in charge of U.S. Marine hosp., Chelsea, Mass., is visiting surg., Boston city hosp., and during the war was surg. of the 5th Mass. infantry, nine months' service; of the 59th Mass. vet. vol., and med. director of the 2d brigade, Mass. militia. In 1840 he married Julia A. M., daughter of Ezra Davis, Esq., of Boston.

pg. 330 Frederick Irving Knight, Boston, Mass., was born at Newburyport, Mass., May 18th, 1841. He was educated at the high school at Newburyport, and at Yale coll., and studied medicine at Harvard med. schools, and in various European hosps., graduating A.B. at Yale in 1862, and M.D. at Harvard in 1866. He settled in Boston, where he has been associated in practice with Dr. H. I. Bowditch, his attention being specially given to diseases of the throat and chest. He is a member of the Mass. med. soc.; of the Boston soc. for med. improvement; corres. member of the New York laryngological soc., etc. He has contributed various reports on diseases of the throat and chest..[omitted]...

pg. 334 Henry Martyn Field, Newton, Mass., son of John and Sarah E. Worcester Field, a great-grandson of the Rev. Noah Worcester, of Cincinnati, was born in Brighton, Mass., Oct 3d, 1837. Graduating from Harvard, A.B. in 1859, he entered the coll. of phys. and surg., New York, whence he received his degree of M.D. in 1862. For somewhat more than a year after his graduation he served as acting asst. surg. in the U.S. army; subsequently practised in New York for four years, and has been since 1867 resident of Newton. While engaged in a large general practice, he has made a specialty of uterine diseases. In Dec., 1869, he was one of the corporators of the Boston gynacolog. soc., of which he has since continued to be a prominent member; he is also a member of the Mass. med. soc.; fellow of the New York acad. of med.; etc. His contributions to medical literature have been restricted to papers published..[omitted]... In 1872 he was elected prof. of therap. in Dartmouth med. coll., a position that he still holds. He was married Oct. 20th, 1863, to L. Morgie, daughter of A. G. Peck, Esq., of Boston.

pg. 336 Pliny Earle, Northampton, Mass., a descendant of Ralph Earle, who, with nineteen others, successfully petitioned King Charles, in 1638, for permission to form themselves into a body politic of the island of Rhode Isalnd, and son of Pliny Earle, who made the clothing for the first cotton carding machines moved by water power in America, was born in Leicester, Mass., Dec. 31st, 1809. He received his literary and classical educaiton at Liecester acad..[omitted]....His medical life has been devoted chiefly to the specialty of insanity.

pg. 338 Charles Burnham Porter, Boston, Mass., son of Dr. James B. Porter, of Rutland, Vt., and Harriet (Griggs) Porter, and grandson of Dr. James Porter, was born in Rutland, Vt., Jan. 19th, 1840. His literary and classical education was obtained in Harvard coll., and he pursued the study of medicine in the med. dept of same institution, graduating M.D. in 1865, and settling in Boston. He is visiting surg. Mass. general hosp. demons, of anat. and instructor in surg. in the Harvard med. coll. He is a member of the Boston societies for med. improvement and for med. observation, and of the Suffolk district med. soc.

pg. 342 Barnard Douglas Eastman, Worcester, Mass., of mixed Welsh and Scotch ancestry, was born at North Conway, N.H., Feb. 5th, 1836. He was educated at a local acad., and studied medicine at the coll. of phys. and surg., New York, graduating M.D. in March 1862. He became asst. phys. to the New Hampshire asylum for the insane, a position he held three years; was seven years asst. phys. of the government hosp. for the insane, at Washington, and is now superintendent of the Worcester lunatic hosp. having been appointed to this position in 1872. His specialty is psychological medicine. He is a member of the asso. of medical superintendents of American institutions for the insane..[omitted].. In 1865 he married Caroline W., daughter of Geo. W. Ely, Esq., of St. Johnsburg, Vt.

pg. 366 Levi Farr Warner, Boston, Mass., of Scotch parentage, was born in Norwich, Chenango co., N.Y., Oct. 25th, 1822. His academic education was received at the Mexico, N.Y., acad., and his medical studies were pursued at the Geneva med. coll. in 1842 and 1843, and the Lind univ., Chicago, graduating from the latter M.D. in 1862. He located himself first in Vienna, Oneida co., N.Y., then removed to St. Louis, and finally established himself in Boston in 1868, giving exclusive attention to gynecology. He is a member of the Mass. med. soc., and of the Am. med. asso., of which he was vice-president in 1874. He was one of the original founders of the Boston gynecological soc. (the first society of the kind formed in America). During the war he was asst. med. examiner of the 1st district of Missouri. In 1844 he married Marietta P., daughter of Cyrus Turney, Esq., of Mexico, N.Y.

pg. 367-368 Horatio Robinson Storer, Boston, Mass., son of Dr. D. Humphrey Storer, formerly prof. of obstetrics and med. jurisprudence in Harvard univ., and president of the am. med. asso., and elder borther of Francis H. Storer, prof. of agricultural chemistry at Harvard, was born in Boston, Feb. 27th, 1830..[omitted]....

pg. 419 Andrew Alexander, Boston, Mass., was born April 21st, 1812 in Edinborgh, Scotland. He is a son of Andrew Alexander, of Glasgow, Scotland, who died in Boston in 1821. His mother, whose maiden name was Janet Richardson, was a native of Hoddington, East Lothian, Scotland, and also died in Boston, where she practised midwifery from 1819 to the year of her death, 1845, having been instructed in her art by Dr. James Hamilton, of the univ. of Edinburgh, as was her daughter in the same art. He studied medicine with Dr. Peter Renton, of Concord, N.H., and attended lectures at the Harvard med. school, from which he graduated in 1835, beginning the practice in Boston the following year. For a few months in 183 and 1844, he practised at Jeremie, Hayti, returning to Boston the latter year, where he practised till about ten years ago, when he retired. He is a member of the Mass. med. soc. Early in life he became interested in phrenology, and still holds that there is a great deal of truth in phrenology, from which he considers himself to have received valuable suggestions and guidance in the investigations in physiological psychology and cerebral physiology, to which he has given much time, with results that he deems important, and which he proposes some day to publish. He was married in 1853 to Lavinia A. J. Pratt, of Boston.

pg. 420-421 John George Blake, Boston, Mass., was born, Aug. 8th, 1837, in Mullingar co., Westmeath, Ireland, whence he came to the United States in 1849. He was educated in the national schools of Ireland....He has been visiting phys. to the Boston city hosp. from its establishment, being now the senior phys. and is consult. phys. to Carney hosp., phys. to the St. Elizabeth hosp....In the civil war he served as volunteer surg., examining drafted men and recruits. He was married June 19th, 1865 and has a large family.

pg. 429 Clarence J. Blake, Boston, Mass., born in that city in Feb., 1843, graduated at Harvard med. school in 1865, received the Vienna degree of obstetrice magistrum in 1867, and commenced practice in Boston in 1869. He is a member of the Mass. med. soc.; and of the Am. otological soc., elected its president in 1876; and fellow of the Am. asso. for the advancement of science. He is lecturer on otology in Harvard univ., and aural surg. of the Mass. charitable eye and ear infirmary. Was member of the International medical congress in Philadelphia, 1876; chairman of the section on otology.

pg. 440 Benjamin S. Shwa, Boston, Mass., was born in that city, Sept. 12th, 1827. He received his academical education at the Boston Latin school and Harvard coll., and graduated from the Harvard med. coll. in 1850, settling in his native city. He is a member of the Mass. med. soc., and of the Boston soc. for med. improvement. from 1858 to 1872 he was resident phys. and med. superintendent of the Mass. general hosp. in Boston, to which, since 1872 he has been visiting phys.

pg. 450-451 Franklin Bonney, Hadley, Mass., was born in that place, Feb. 2d, 1822. He is a son of Oliver Bonney, and is descended from Thomas Bonney, who emigrated to this country from the north of Ireland, and settled in Plymouth co., Mass., at an early period of its history. He was educated at Hopkin's acad. in Hadley, and graduated from the Dartmouth med. school in 1847, having previously attended lectures at the Bowdoin med. school. He settled in his native town, from which he has not removed. He is a member of the Mass. med. soc., and of the Hampshire district med. soc., of which he has been president for three years, having been vice-president for the like period before. He is also a member of the health dept. of the Am. social science soc. Among his literary contributions to medicine is....In 1873 he was a member of the Mass. legislature. He served as a vol. surg. for a few weeks, in 1864 at City Point, Va. He is a director of the Mass. Central railroad company, and trustee and secretary of the Hopkin's school fund. He was married in 1847 to Priscilla P. Whipple, of Hanover, N.H.; she died; and in 1873 to Emma W. Peck, of Honolulu, Sandwich Islands.

pg. 456 Rufus Woodward, Worcester, Mass., son of Dr. Samuel B. and Maria (Porter) Woodward, was born in Wethersfield, Conn., Oct. 3d, 1819. Educated at Harvard univ., he was graduated thence A.B. in 1841 and M.D. in 1845. In the latter year he was appointed house phys. to the Mass. State lunatic hosp. at Worcester; subsequently resigned this position, and has been since 1850 engaged in private practice at Worcester. He is a member of the Mass. State med. soc.; Worcester district med. sco.; Am antiquarian soc.; natural history soc. of Harvard coll.; city of Worcester lyceum and natural history soc.; and of the agricultural and horticultural socs. of Worcester co. In 1863 he served as surgeon under the U.S. sanitary commission, and was also surgeon to the enrolment board. He is at present (1877) med. examiner for the Conn. Mutual, Mass. Mutual, New York Mutual, New York Equitable, and Berkshire, Mass., life insurance companies. He married, June 12th, 1856, N. Jane, daughter of William B. Fox, Esq., of Worcester.

pg. 466 David Coggin, Salem, Mass., was born in Massachusetts. He graduated from the med. dept. of the Harvard univ. in 1868, and began practice at Hingham, Mass., moving to St. Louis, Mo., and returning to his native State to settle at Salem. He is a member of the Mass. med. asso.; of the Essex county district med. sco., of which he is secretary, and of the Am. ophthal. soc. His contributions have appeared in..[omitted]... His is ophthal. surg. to the Salem hosp.

pg. 485 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Boston, Mass., was born in Cambridge, Mass., Aug. 29th, 1809. He is a son fo the Rev. Abiel Holmes, author of the "Annals of America," and Sarah, daughter of the Hon. Oliver Wendall, of Boston. He received his preparatory education at Phillips acad., andover; graduated at Harvard univ. in 1829; and after a yar's study of law entered the Harvard med. school, from which he graduated in 1836, having previously passed several years abroad in attendance at the hospitals of Paris and other medical centres of Europe. He settled in Boston, where he still resides, though he gave up medical practice about 1849. Among the societies of which he is a member are the Am. acad. of arts and sciences, the Mass. historical soc., and the Mass. med. soc. In 1838 he published..[omitted]... In 1839 and 1840 he was prof. of anatomy and physiology in the med. school of Dartsmouth coll.; and in 1847, on the resignation of Dr. John C. Warren, he was elected Parkman prof. of anatomy and physiology in the med. school of Harvard univ., in which he still holds the professorship of anatomy. He married Amelia Lee Jackson, daughter of the late Hon. Charles Jackson, of Boston, and has three children.

pg. 486 John B. S. Jackson, Boston, Mass., was born in that city in 1806. He graduated in medicine from Harvard univ. in 1825 and at once began practice in his native city. His specialty is morbid anatomy. He is a member of the Boston society for medical improvement, and others. The catalogues of the museum of the first mentioned association and of the Warren (med.. coll.) museum, have been prepared by him.

pg. 492 John Collins Warren, Boston, Mass., son of J. Mason Warren, born in Boston, May 4th, 1842, graduated from the academic dept. of Harvard univ. in 1863, and from the med. dept. in 1866, and settled in Boston in the practice of surgery. He is a member of the Boston societies for med. improvement, med. observation, and med. science. He is the author of..[omitted].. He holds the position of surg. in the Mass. general hosp., and instructor of surgery in Harvard univ. In May 1873, he married the daughter of G. Howland Shaw, Esq.

pg. 496-497 Robert Thaxter Edes, Boston, Mass., son of Richard S. Edws and Mary (Cushing) Edws, was born in Eastport, Me., Sept. 23r, 1838. He graduated A. B. from Harvard coll. in 1858, and M.D. from the med. dept. of the same institution in 1861; entered first the U.S. navy; then, after a few months in Europe, located himself at Hingham, Mass., where he remained till 1869, and finally established himself at Roxbury (Boston). He is a member of the Am. acad. of arts and science; of the Mass. med. soc.; of the Am. neurology. asso.; and of the Boston societies for med. improvement, med. observation, and med. sciences. He is the author of..[omitted]..He is prof. of materia medica in Harvard univ., and one of the visiting phys. in Boston city hosp. He entered the U.S. navy in Sept. 1861, and served as asst. surg. and passed asst. surg., chiefly in the West Gulf or Mississippi squadron, and resigned in June 1865.

pg. 533-534 Orlando Witherspoon Doe, Boston, Mass., born at South Newbury, Vt., Sept. 29th, 1843, graduated from the Boston Latin school in 1861, from Harvard coll. in 1865, and from Harvard med. school in 1869 and settled in Boston. He is a member of the Mass. med. soc.; of the Suffolk district med. soc.; and of the Boston society for medical observation; of the latter he is at present secretary. He is visiting phys. of Boston city hosp. of St. Luke's home, and of the Boston dispensary.

pg. 536 John Homans, Boston, Mass., was born in that city, Nov. 26th, 1836, and entered Harvard coll., where he graduated in the academical dept. in 1858, and from the med. dept. in 1862. He then entered upon the active practice of his profession at Boston, Mass., where he now resides. He is a member of the Boston soc. for med. improvement, the Boston soc. of med. science, the military hist. soc., and the Boston soc. nat. hist. He has also officiated as surg. to Boston dispensary, children's hosp., Carney hosp., and has had charge of the out patients of the Mass. general hosp. During the war of the rebellion he served as asst. surg. U.S. army, and has held the position of medical director of Perkins institute for the blind.

pg. 542-543 Thomas Dwight, Boston, Mass., grandson of Jonathan Dwight, of Springfield, and son of Thomas Dwight, of Boston, was born in Boston, Oct. 13th, 1843. He was educated at Harvard univ. and also in the med. dept. of that institution, and graduating in 1867 settled in Boston in general practice. He is a member of the Boston socs. for med. improvement; for med. observation; of med. sciences; of nat. history, etc. He is the author of.[omitted]... He was lecturer on anat. at the med. school of Maine in 1872; also prof. of the same for four years. He has been instructor in histol. at Harvard med. school since 1874. He is a member of the Am. academy of arts and sciences.

pg. 569 Albert C. Wedge, Albert Lea, Mass., born in Denmark, Lewis co., N.Y., Aug. 18th, 1834, received his academic education at Ripon, Wis., and his medical education at Cleveland med. coll., Cleveland, O.; graduated in February, 1857, and established himself in general practice, in Albert Lea, in the spring of the same year. He is a member of the Minn. State med. soc., and has been its president since 1875. He was asst. surg. 3d reg. Minn. vols. from May 1862 to January 1864, and surg. from January 1864 to September 1865; from the last date he has been examining surg. for pensions. In 1870 and 1871 he was a member of the Minnesota legislature. In October 1859, he married Betsy Blackmore.

pg. 571 Gilman Kimball, Lowell, Mass., son of Ebenezer Kimball and Polly Kimball, born at Hill (formerly New Chester), N.H., Dec. 8th, 1804, was educated at a private school and graduated from the med. school of Dartmouth coll., in 1827.....He served for four months under Gen. B. F. Butler, as brigade surgeon, at Annapolis and Fortress Monroe, at both places superintending the organization of the first military hospitals established for the benefit of the sick and wounded in the war of the rebellion. He has been twice married. The first time to Mary, daughter of Dr. Henry Duvar, of Edinburgh, Scotland; the second time to Isabella Defrier, of Nantucket, Mass.

pg. 601 Amos Howe Johnson, Salem, Mass., son of Samuel Johnson and Charlotte A. (Howe) Johnson, born in Boston, Aug. 4th 1831, fitted for college at Philips acad., Andover, Mass., graduated at Harvard in 1853, and also from Andover theological seminary in 1856. In Jan., 1857 he settled over the church in Middleton, Mass. In the fall of 1862 he commenced the study of medicine, graduated at Harvard med. school in 1865, commenced practice at Middleton in Nov., 1866, visited Europe and attended medical lectures at..[omitted].. He is a member of the Essex institute, Salem; president of the Essex south district med. soc., elected in May 1877, and was a member of the International medical congress, held in Philadelphia in 1876. He is the author of....He holds the position of phys. to Salem hosp. In 1859 he married F. S., daughter of Rev. Nathan Benjamin, missionary to Greece and Constantinople.

pg. 606-606 James Ayer, Boston, Mass., was educated at Bowdoin coll., from the literary dept. of which he was graduated A.B. in 1834, and from its med. dept in 1839. He began practiace in Boston shortly thereafter. He is a member of the Boston soc. for medical improvement; of the obstet. soc. of Boston, of which he has served as vice-president; of the Mass. med. soc., to which he was admitted in 1841, and in which he fills the position of chairman of the committee on resignations; of the Suffolk district med. soc., of which he is a councillor; of the Mass. med. benevolent soc.; of the Boston med. asso., and of the Am. med. asso. His son, James B. Ayer, who graduated from the med. dept. of Harvard univ. in 1873, is associated with him in practice, and is district phys. to the Boston dispensary.

pg. 608 Jacob Bigelow, Boston, Mass., was educated at Harvard univ., where he was graduated A.B. in 1806. He studied medicine at the univ. of Pa., from which he received his degree in 1810. He began practice in Boston shortly after graduation. For many years he was a member of the staff of the Mass. general hosp., and in memory of his valuable services to the institution one of the four new pavilion wards, built during the last three or four years, has been named after him. He is a member of the Boston soc. for med. improvement; the Boston med. asso.; the Mass. med. benevolent soc.; since 1813 of the Mass. med. soc., of which he has served as president; and of the Am. med. asso.

pg. 608 William H. Baker, Boston, Mass., was graduated from the med. dept. of the Harvard univ. in 1872. He is lecturer on diseases of women in the med. dept. of the Harvard univ.; visiting surg. to the Boston free hosp. for women; and phus. to the Boston dispensary. Among his contributions to medical literature are....

pg. 614-615 Silas Durkee, Boston, Mass., son of Hon. John Durkee, was born at Hanover, N.H., Nov. 22d, 1798 He graduated from Dartmouth coll., and received his medical degree from Brunswick coll., Me., in 1822. He commenced practice first in Portsmouth, N.H., and removed to Boston in 1841. His specialties are...He is fellow of the Am. acad. of arts and sciences; member of the Boston natural history soc.; hon. member of the Harvard natural history soc., and corres. member of the natural history soc. of Montreal. In Oct. 1828, he married a daughter of Elisha Whidden, Esq., of Portsmouth, N.H.

pg. 615 Howard F. Damon, Boston, Mass., was educated at Harvard univ., graduating form its literary dept. as A.B. in 1858, and from the med. dept. as M.D. in 1861. He is a member of the Am. med. asso.; of the Boston soc. for med. improvement; the Boston microscopical soc.; the Mass. med. soc., to which he was admitted in 1862; and corres. member of the New York dermatology. soc. For years he has been phys. to the dept. of .....

pg. 618 John H. Dix, Boston, Mass. was graduated A.B. from Harvard univ. in 1833, and as M.D. from Jefferson med. coll., Philadelphia, in 1836. After graduation he settled down to practice in Boston, and has always devoted especial attention to diseases of the eye and ear. Sept. 9th, 1840, he divided the internal rectus muscle.....During 1856 and 1857 he built the Hotel Pelham in Boston, the first strictly family hotel ever erected on this continent.

pg. 621 Horace Dupee, Boston, Mass., was educated a the Harvard univ., graduating there from as A.B. in 1832 and as M.D. in 1837. He settled down to practice in Boston, and during the same year was admitted a member of the Mass. med. soc. He is also a member of the Mass. med. benevolent soc., the asso. of life insurance examiners, and the Suffolk dist. med. soc. He was for some years physician to the Boston lying in hosp., and is med. examiner for the Home life insurance company of New York.

pg. 621 Reginald H. Fitz, Boston, Mass., was educated at the Harvard univ., from which he was graduated as A.B. in 1864 and in 1868 as M.D. from the med. dept. He began the practice of his profession in Boston during the same year, and was admitted a member of the Mass. med. soc. He is also a member of the Boston soc. for med. observation; of the Boston soc. for med. improvement; the Boston soc. of med. sciences; and has served as president of the Boylston med. soc. of Harvard univ. He fills the chair of asst. prof. of pathological anatomy in Harvard univ.; is microscopist and curator of the pathological cabinet of the Mass. general hosp.; and is physician to the Boston dispensary.

pg. 624-625 Francis Boott Greenough, Boston, Mass., of English descent, was born in that city, Dec. 24th, 1837. He is the son of Henry Greenough, and nephew of Horatio Greenough, the well known artist. His mother was Frances Boott, daughter of Mercahnt Boot, and neice of Kirk Boott, one of the first Lowell manufacturers. He graduated at Harvard univ. in 1859..[omitted]... He is not married.

pg. 636 John Orne Green, Lowell, Mass., was born in Malden, Middlesex co., Mass., May 14th, 1799. He was the oldest son of Rev. Aaron green (H. U., 1789). who was for thirty three years the minister of his native town, Malden, occupying the parsonage not three hundred rods from the house in which he was born. Dr. Green was fitted for college by his father, and at a private school kept in the adjoing town of Medford..[omitted]... He was thrice married, the last time, in 1849, to Jane McBurney, of Newtonards, Ireland, who died in 1871. His two sons are John O. Green, Jr., M.D. (Harvard 1863) aural surgeon of the city hosp., Boston, and George Thomas Green, of New York.

pg. 638 George Jerome Arnold, Roxbury, Mass. was born at Londonderry, Vt., May 28th, 1835 and is of American parentage. He was educated at Harvard coll., and graduated from the institution in 1861. He is a member of the Mass. med. soc., of the obstet. soc. of Boston, of the Boston soc. for medical observation, of the Roxbury soc. for medical improvement, of the Boston soc. of natural history, and of the med. asso. of Boston city hosps; he is also visiting phys. on the hosp. staff of Boston city hosp. and has served as asst. surg. U.S. army. Nov. 6th 1861, he was married to Anna E. Bullard, of Mass.

pg. 653 Adam C. Deane, Greenfield, Mass., was professionally educated in the med. dept. of the univ. of New York, from which he received his degree in 1849. He became a member of the Mass. med. soc. in 1852; is a member of the Franklin district med. soc., of which he is a councillor; of the Mass. med. benevolent soc., of which is is one of the trustees.

pg. 663 Henry J. Bigelow, Boston, Mass., is son of Dr. Jacob Bigelow, one of the oldest and most highly respected practioners in that city. After a preliminary training he entered Harvard univ., and graduated from the literary dept. A.B., in 1837, and from the med. dept. in 1841. He began practice in Boston. He is a member of the Boston med. asso.; the Boston soc. for med. improvement; Suffolk district med. soc., of which he is a councillor; the Mass. med. soc. since 1844; and the Am. med. asso. His practice is chiefly surgical. He fills the chair of surgery in the med. dept. of Harvard univ., and in the dental dept. of the same institution. He is one of the visiting surgeons to the Mass. general hosp. He is a member of the Boylston med. committee, appointed by the president and fellows of Harvard univ., to examine papers offered in competition for the Boylston med. prize.

pg. 668 William G. Wheeler, Chelsea, Mass., graduated M.D. at Geneva in 1845. He is a member of the Mass. med. soc., having been admitted in 1848; an associate member of the Boston soc. for med. improvement; and corres. member of the Montreal pathol. soc. He is consult. phys. to St. Elizabeth's hosp., Boston.

pg. 668 George Lyman II., Boston, Mass., was admitted a member of the Mass. med. soc. in 1846. He is also a member of the Am. gynacol. soc., and one of its council; of the Suffolk district med. soc., and one of its councillors; of the Mass. med. benevolent soc.; of the Boston med. asso.; of the Boston soc. for med. improvement. He is visiting phys. to the city hosp., Boston.

pg. 668-669 Edward Wigglesworth, Boston, Mass., was educated at Harvard univ., graduating A.B. from the literary dept. in 1861, and M.D. from the med. dept. in 1865 and is now clinical instructor on syphilis in the institution. He is a member of the Mass. med. soc., to which he was admitted in 1865; of the Am. social science asso., in which his is the chairman of the dept. of health; of the Am. public health asso.; of the Am. dermatol. asso.; of the Boston soc. for med. observation; of the Boson soc. of med. sciences; of the Boston med. library asso; of the Boston soc. of nat. hist; of the Boston med. asso; of the Boston med. benevolent soc.[omitted].. Among his more important contributions to medical literature are.[omitted]...

pg. 676 Edward Stickney Wood, Boston, Mass., son of Alfred Wood, of Cambridge, Mass., was born in Cambridge, April 28th, 1846. He was educated at the Cambridge high school and Harvard coll., and pursued his professional studies at the Harvard med. school, form which he graduated in March 1871, beginning the practice of medical chemistry in Boston the following September. At the same date he became asst. prof. of chemistry in the Harvard med. school, and in Sept. 1876 prof. He is a member of the Boston soc. for medical observation, of the Boston, soc. of medical sciences, of the Cambridge soc. for medical improvement, and of the Mass. med. soc. He has published..[omitted].. He married, Dec. 26th, 1872, Irene E. Hills.

pg. 680 Clement A. Walker, Boston lunatic hosp., South Boston, Mass., graduated A.B. from Dartmouth coll. in 1842, and M.D. from the med. dept. of Harvard univ. in 1851. He has always made a specialty of mental disease, and is the supt. and phys. of the Boston lunatic hosp. He is a member of the asso. of med. supt. of Am. institutes for the insane, and its vice-president 1876-77; from it he was a delegate to the Internation med. congress. Philadelphia, 1876; a member of the New England psychol. soc.; of the Mass. med. soc. since 1855; of the South Boston med. club, and its president 1876-77. He is phys. to the public institute at South Boston.

pg. 682 Calvin Ellis, Boston, Mass, was educated at the Harvard univ., graduating as A.B. from the literary dept. in 1846 and as M.D. from the med. dept. in 1849 After receiving his degree he settled down to practice in Boston. He is a member of the Am. acad. of the arts and sciences; of the Boston soc. for med. observation; the Boston soc. for med. improvement; of the Boston soc. of med. sciences; of the Boston med. asso.; of the Mass. med. soc., to which he was admitted in 1850; of the Mass. med. benevolent asso.; of the Suffolk district med. soc., of which he is a councillor; and of the Am. med. asso. He is prof. of clinical medicine in the med. dept. of Harvard univ., and attending phys. to the Mass. general hosp. among his contributions to medical literature...[omitted]...

pg. 686 Charles D. Homans, Boston, Mass., was educated at Harvard univ., where he graduated A.B. in 1846, and M.D. in 1849. He is a member of the Mass. med. soc., to which he was admitted in 1850 and in which he serves as member of the committee for finances; of the Suffolk dis. med. sco., of which he is a councillor; of the Mass. med. benevolent soc; of the Boston med. asso.; of the Boston soc. for med. improvement; of the obstetrical soc. of Boston, of which he was first vice-president in 1876-77. He is visiting surgeon to the city hosp.

pg. 686 Richard M. Hodges, Boston, Mass., was educated at Harvard univ., graduating A.B. from the literary dept. in 1847 and from the med. dept. in 1850. Has always practiced in Boston; is a member of the Mass. med. soc., to which he was admitted in 1853; of the Suffolk dis. med. soc. of which he is a councillor; of the Mass. med. benevolent soc., of which he is one of the trustees; of the Boston med. asso; of the Boston soc. for med. improvement. He is visiting surgeon to the Mass. gen. hosp.

pg. 694-695 John P. Reynolds, Boston, Mass., graduated from Harvard univ. A.B. in 1845, and M.D. from its med. dept. in 1852. He is a member of the Mass. med. soc., having been admitted in 1853; of the Boston soc. for med. improvement; of the obstetrical soc. of Boston; of the Suffolk dist. med. soc., of which he is a councillor; of the Mass. med. benevolent soc.; of the Boston med. asso. In the med. dept. of Harvard univ. he holds the position of instructor in obstetrics. Is consult. phys. to the Boston lying in hosp. During June, July, August, and September he practices at Nahant.

pg. 699 Oliver F. Wadsworth, Boston, Mass. graduated A.B. from Harvard univ. in 1860 and M.D. from the med. dept. of the same institution in 1865. He is a member of the Am. opthalmolgo. soc.; of the Boston soc. for med. observation; of the Boston..[omitted].

pg. 699 William Read, Boston, Mass., was educated at Dartmouth coll., from which he graduated A.B. in 1839. His degree of M.D. was conferred in the med. dept. of Harvard univ. in 1842. He is a member of the Mass. med. soc., to which he was admitted in 1843; of the Mass. med. benevolent soc; of the Boston med. asso. He is the author of..[omitted].

pg. 699 Joseph P. Oliver, Boston, Mass., graduated from the med. dept. of Harvard univ. in 1871. He is a member of Mass. med. soc. to which he was admitted in 1871; of the Mass. med. benevolent asso.; of the Boston soc. for med. observation; of the Boston med. asso; of the Boston soc. for med. improvement, and of the social science asso. dept. of health. Among his contributions to medical literature are...[omitted].

pg. 699-700 George C. Shattuck, Boston, Mass., was educated at Harvard univ., graduating A.B. in 1831 and M.D. from the med. dept. in 1835. He is a member of the Mass. med. soc. to which he was admitted in 1836 and of which he is chairman of the committee on publications; of the Suffolk district med. soc. of which he is councilor of the Boston med. asso; an honorary member of the Boston soc. for med. observation; of the Boston soc. for med. improvement; and of the Boston med. benevolent soc., of which he was president in 1877. Is visiting physician to the Mass. gen. hosp.

pg. 706 Joseph Sargent, Mass., was educated at Harvard univ., from which he graduated A.B. in 1834 and M.D. from the med. dept. in 1837. He is a member of the Mass. med. soc., to which he was admitted in 1840; a corres. member of the Boston soc. for med. improvement; of the Mass. med. benevolent asso.; of the Worchester dist. med. soc., of which he is a councillor. He is consult. phys. to the Worcester city hosp.

pg. 706 Morrill Wyman, Cambridge, Mass., graduated A.B. from Harvard univ. in 1833 and M.D. from its med. dept. in 1837. He is a member of the Mass. med. soc., to which he was admitted in 1837; of the Cambridge soc. for med. improvement, and of the Am. acad. of arts and sciences. His published writings include..[omitted]..

pg. 707 Alexander D. Sinclair, Boston, Mass., was educated at the med. dept. of Harvard univ., from which he graduated in 1857. During the following year he received the degree of L.M. from the Ediburgh univ. He is a member of the Mass. med. soc., to which he was admitted in 1857; of the Suffolk district med. soc., of which he is a councillor; of the Am. gynacolog. soc.; of the Mass. med. benevolent asso.; of the Boston med. asso; of the Boston soc. for med. improvement; of the obstetrical soc. of Boston, of which he is one of the prudential commitee; of the Boston soc. of nat. hist.; and of the obstetrical soc. of Long, England. Among his contributions to medical literature are..[omitted]. He is a member of the consulting board of the free hosp. for women, Boston.

pg. 707 C. Ellery Stedman, Dorchester, Mass., was educated at the Harvard univ., graduating A.B. in 1852 and M.D. from the med. dept. in 1855. He is a member of the Mass. med. soc., to which he was admitted in 1855; of the Boston soc. for med. observation; of the Boston med. asso.; of the obstetrical soc. of Boston, and one of its prudential committee; and of the Dorchester med. club, of which he is secretary. He is physician to the Boston city hosp.

pg. 707 William I. Richardson, Boston, Mass., was educated at Harvard univ., from which he graduated A.B. in 1864 and M.D. in 1867. He is a member of the Mass. med. soc., to which he was admitted in 1867; of the Boston soc. for med. observation; of the Boston soc. for med. improvement; of the Am. public health asso; of the obsterical soc. of Boston, of which he is treasurer; of the Boston soc. of med. science; of the Boston soc. of nat. hist; of the obstetrical soc. of London, England. Is physician to the out patients of the Mass. gen. hosp; to the Boston lying in hosp; is inspector in service of the Boston board of health, and surgeon to the 1st corps cadets, Mass. vol. mil. Among his contributions to medical literature is...[omitted].. He is instructor in clinical obstetrics in the med. dept. of Harvard univ.

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