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Wilson H. Pierce came to Danbury in 1885, and remained for about two years, and then moved to Waterbury.
THE PRESENT BAR.
The members of the Bar at present located in Danbury are as follows :
LYMAN D. BREWSTER.
Lyman Dennison Brewster was born in Salisbury, Conn., July 31st, 1832. He entered the Freshman Class of Yale College in 1851, and graduated in the Class of '55. On his leaving college he entered the law office of the late Roger Averill, and was ad- mitted to the Bar January 21st, 1858, and immediately began the practice of his profession. In 1868 he was chosen Judge of Pro- bate, and was a member of the General Assembly in 1870. He
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was the first judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Fairfield County, holding that office from 1870 to 1874. In 1880 he was elected a State Senator. He was married January 1st, 1868, to Sarah A. Ives, of Danbury.
Judge Brewster entered into partnership with Samuel Tweedy in 1871, which firm was increased in 1878 by the addition of Howard B. Scott. The firm of Brewster, Tweedy & Scott ex- isted until 1892, when it was dissolved, Judge Brewster retaining the old office over the Savings Bank of Danbury, and taking into partnership Samuel A. Davis, the firm now being known as Brewster & Davis.
Judge Brewster is the senior lawyer in Danbury, both in point of years and in practice.
SAMUEL TWEEDY.
Samuel Tweedy is the son of the late Edgar S. Tweedy, and was born in Danbury, April 21st, 1846. After attending the public schools he entered Yale College, and graduated in the Class of '68. He studied law in the office of Averill & Brewster at Danbury and at the Columbia Law School. He was admitted to the Bar April 22d, 1871, at Bridgeport. He entered into partnership with Lyman D. Brewster, which firm of Brewster & Tweedy continued until 1878, when Howard B. Scott became a member. At the time of the retirement of Judge Brewster in 1892, the new firm became known as Tweedy, Scott & Whittlesey. Mr. Tweedy has never held public office, but has devoted himself entirely to the practice of his profession.
He was married July 16th, 1879, to Mrs. Carrie M. Krom, and one child, a daughter, has been born to them.
BENEZET A. HOUGH.
Benezet A. Hough was born at Essex, Conn., on May 20th, 1842, and is the son of Dr. Alanson H. Hough. He graduated from Brown University in 1866, and from the Albany Law School in 1869, and was admitted to the Bar of Fairfield County in 1872. In 1871 and 1872 he was the clerk in the General Assembly of the House and Senate, respectively. After his admission to the Bar he remained in partnership with the late David B. Booth for about two years, since which time he has practiced alone. From 1878 to 1880 he was Judge of Probate, and on the organi-
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zation of the Borough Court he was appointed the first judge, and continued in that position until 1893.
Judge Hough also has a war record, having served in the Twenty-fourth Connecticut Regiment in 1862 and 1863.
He was married in 1877 to Maria Starr, daughter of the late Charles F. Starr, and has three children.
AARON T. BATES.
Aaron T. Bates is the son of Taylor Bates, and was born in Ridgefield, Conn., on November 11th, 1846. He studied law in the office of White & McDonald, in Danbury, and was admitted to the Bar in 1874. He has since continued in practice in Dan- bury. He is married and has two children.
HOWARD B. SCOTT.
Howard B. Scott was born in Bridgeport, August 25th, 1851, being the son of Albert and Caroline Scott. Upon both sides he is of old New England ancestry. He removed to Danbury, and was graduated from Amherst College in 1874. His law studies were followed in the office of Brewster & Tweedy from July, 1876, to July, 1878, when he was admitted to the Bar of Fairfield County, and became a member of the firm of Brewster, Tweedy & Scott. At the dissolution of this firm he became a member of the new firm of Tweedy, Scott & Whittlesey.
Judge Scott was the first Associate Judge of the Borough Court, established in 1884, and held that position until 1895, when he was appointed Judge of the City Court.
HOWARD W. TAYLOR.
Howard W. Taylor was born August 11th, 1858, being the son of the late William F. Taylor. After attending the public schools he entered the law office of his father, and was admitted to the Bar in 1879. He continued in partnership with his father until the latter's death in 1889, since which time he has prac- ticed alone. He has held several public positions, being at one time Prosecuting Liquor Agent.
JAMES E. WALSII.
James E. Walsh was born in Pittsfield, Mass., on December 9th, 1857. He received a common-school education, and gradu-
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ated from the Yale Law School in 1880, when he was admitted to the Bar. He at once began the practice of law in Danbury. He has held various political positions, being the first President of the Board of Aldermen of the city in 1889. In 1893 he was appointed Judge of the City Court of Danbury, and held the position for two years. In 1894 he formed a partnership with Henry A. Purdy, the firm being known as Walsh & Purdy. He was married June 30th, 1891, to Mary E. Benedict, of Danbury.
GEORGE WAKEMAN.
George Wakeman is the son of Levi Wakeman, and was born in New Fairfield, Conn., February 19th, 1851. After attending the public schools he studied law in the office of the late William F. Taylor, and was admitted to the Bar in 1881.
During the years 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1891, 1892, and 1893 he was Town Clerk of Danbury, and was Corporation Counsel of the city in 1889 and 1890. He was married September 20th, 1876, and has two children.
WILLIAM A. LEONARD.
William A. Leonard was born in Sandusky, O., on December 25th, 1852, the son of Cuyler Leonard and Julia Seeley. He removed to Danbury at an early age, and after pursuing his studies at the public schools entered the law office of B. A. Hough, and was admitted to the Bar in 1880. He has since practiced in Danbury, and has held several political offices as Assessor, Regis- trar of Voters, etc.
EUGENE C. DEMPSEY.
Eugene C. Dempsey was born at Barkhamstead, Conn., Jan- uary 7th, 1864, the son of John C. and Jerusha Dempsey. After graduating at the Winsted High School he studied law at New Hartford with Judge Frederick A. Jewell, and was admitted to the Bar at Litchfield in 1886. After practicing for a year at New Hartford he removed to Danbury, where he has since remained. In 1889 he entered into partnership with John R. Booth.
Mr. Dempsey was chosen a member of the General Assembly from Danbury in 1895, and in the same year was appointed the Associate Judge of the City Court of Danbury.
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JOHN R. BOOTH.
John R. Booth was born in Danbury, July 16th, 1867, and is the eldest son of the late David B. Booth. After graduating from the Danbury High School he spent one year at the Yale Law School, and then entered the law office of his father, being admitted to the Bar in 1889. He immediately entered into part- nership with Eugene C. Dempsey, the firm of Dempsey & Booth still continuing. He was Town Clerk during the year 1890, and in the spring of 1891 was elected Judge of Probate, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge J. Howard Taylor. He held this position during 1891 and 1892, and in 1893 was ap- pointed Prosecuting Attorney of the City Court, which office he still holds. He is also assistant clerk of the Superior Court and Court of Common Pleas.
GRANVILLE WHITTLESEY.
Granville Whittlesey was born July 11th, 1864, at Danbury, being the son of the late Ebenezer Whittlesey, and the grandson of Matthew B. Whittlesey. After attending the public schools he entered the law office of Brewster, Tweedy & Scott, and was admitted to the Bar in February, 1890. He remained with this firm until September, 1892, when the firm was dissolved, Mr. Whittlesey becoming the junior member of the new firm of Tweedy, Scott & Whittlesey, with which he continues at the present time.
Mr. Whittlesey has devoted his time entirely to his profession, holding but one public office, that of clerk of the City Court, from July, 1892, until March, 1893.
JOHN F. CUFF.
John F. Cuff was born in Danbury, December 23d, 1860, the son of John and Alice Cuff. He was educated at the public school, and subsequently engaged in business in Danbury. He then entered the Yale Law School, and graduated therefrom in 1892. He began practice in Danbury, and in 1893 was appointed Corporation Counsel of the city, holding the office for two years.
CHARLES W. MURPHY.
Charles W. Murphy was born February 17th, 1855, at Dan- bury, and is the son of William J. and Eugenia Murphy. After
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graduating from the Danbury High School he taught for a short time, and then engaged in the hatting industry, part of the time as a manufacturer.
Mr. Murphy pursued his legal studies with the late William F. Taylor, and after his death with George Wakeman and the late Arthur H. Averill. He was admitted to the Bar in 1892, and has continued the practice of law since then.
SAMUEL A. DAVIS.
Samuel A. Davis was born in Danbury on October 14th, 1865. He graduated from the Danbury High School in 1882, and after spending a year at Harvard College engaged in business for a short time. He then began the study of law in the office of James E. Walsh, and entered the Yale Law School, from which he graduated in 1893, being admitted to the Bar at the same time. He then entered into partnership with Judge L. D. Brew- ster, the firm being known as Brewster & Davis. He was ap- pointed Assistant Prosecuting Attorney of the City Court in 1894, which office he still holds.
HENRY A. PURDY.
Henry A. Purdy was born March 31st, 1871, at East Fishkill, N. Y., being the son of John Purdy. After attending the pub- lic schools he taught school for a short time, and then entered the Albany Law School, from which institution he graduated in 1893. He then removed with his parents to Danbury and en- tered the office of James E. Walsh, and was admitted to the Bar in 1894. He at once entered into partnership with Mr. Walsh, the firm being known as Walsh & Purdy.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
MEDICAL HISTORY.
THE first physician of Danbury was Dr. Samuel Wood, born and educated in England, who married Rebekah, daughter of Thomas Benedict, of Norwalk, and came to Danbury probably before 1690.
In the settlement of the estate of Thomas Barnum, in 1695, we find the name of Dr. John Butler.
In 1730 the will of Dr. Thomas Dean, of Danbury, was pro- bated. Mention is made of wife Susanna, daughter Susanna, wife of Samuel Stilson, sons Daniel and Ruben, daughters Elizabeth and Rachel.
The estate of Dr. James Picket was inventoried in 1741.
From church and probate records beginning in 1755, we gather the following regarding some of the physicians of old Danbury :
At a meeting of the First Ecclesiastical Society of Danbury, held in December, 1756, we find among the list of those present the names of Dr. Samuel Dickinson and Dr. Noah Rockwell. The latter was probably a son of Joseph, who is mentioned among the voters of Norwalk in 1694, and who had a son Noah born in 1712. The will of Noah Rockwell was drawn on August 29th, 1769, and probated October 30th of the same year. In it mention is made of wife Mercy and son Eliud. One of the wit- nesses was Noah Whetmore (Wetmore), the first minister of the church in Bethel, and as the names of Noah Rockwell and his wife appear in the list of those who constituted the first church in Bethel in 1760, it seems probable that Dr. Rockwell was resident in Bethel. His name is mentioned in the records of that church in 1760 and 1761.
In October, 1764, the First Society of Danbury appointed "Doct. Samuel Dickinson and Mr. Thaddeus Benedict agents for the sd. Society to appear before the General Assembly of this Colony at their Sessions att New haven on October."
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DANIEL COMSTOCK, M.D.
WM. BULKLEY, M.D.
E. A. BROWN, M.D.
WM. C. BENNETT, M.D.
RUSSELL B. BOTTSFORD, M.D.
WM. E. BOOTH, M.D.
E. D BENNETT, M.D.
E. C. HENDRICKS, M.D.
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Dr. Dickinson was representative in 1764, 1765, and 1766. His will, drawn April 3d, 1770, mentions wife Rebekah, and only child Rebekah. This daughter married Samuel Cooke in 1778.
Dr. Eliud Rockwell, son of Noah Rockwell, married Mary Starr, daughter of Captain Thomas Starr, November 17th, 1768. He died December 9th, 1774, and his estate was distributed March 31st, 1775. He left widow Mary (who afterward married Dr. Peter Hayes), an only son Noah, and a daughter Mercy, born June 17th, 1770, who married, October 10th, 1787, Thomas, son of Thomas and Mercy (Knapp) Benedict. Among the real estate divided are mentioned different tracts of mountain and swamp land, " old-plain lot, Great Pasture Meadow, well lot, land in Wolfpit hills, Hoyt's hill, Seempogg hills, Boggs, and land on the mountain east side the old fulling Mill Pond."
In August, 1767, " Doctor John Wood" was one of a commit- tee appointed by the First Society "to Take Cair to Supply the Pulpit with some Proper minister untill this Society order otherwise." Dr. John Wood was a grandson of Dr. Samuel Wood, Danbury's first physician.
In the records of the "Starr Family" we find that Dr. John Wood, born January 22d, 1739, married Sarah, daughter of Isaac and Sarah (Starr) Hoyt, on March 23d, 1757. He died May 26th, 1801. His will, drawn September 27th, 1799, mentions wife Sarah, two grandsons, John Wood Starr and Darius Starr, and only child Lois Starr, wife of Thomas. Darius Starr, born in 1787, studied medicine, but never practiced.
In December, 1780, Dr. Sallu Pell was one of the collectors of rates for the First Society, and in 1785 moderator of one of the Society meetings. In May, 1781, he was executor of the estate of Moses Osborne, of Ridgefield. He was also one of the charter members of the first Masonic lodge of Danbury, organized in 1780. The inventory of his estate mentions him as " formerly of Danbury, late of Sheffield, Mass." His will, drawn Septem- ber 4th, 1805, and probated in January, 1808, gives (with certain provisions) " to Amos Cooke, of Danbury, six hundred dollars" and his "gold watch ;" to Elizabeth Henry, his washerwoman, $20 for the good care she has taken of his clothes, and divides the remainder among his nieces and nephews. The last item we copy entire : " As I think my sister Tamar does not and will not want any part of my estate, I have thought fit to give her noth-
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ing." This would lead us to conjecture that either "Tamar" was well supplied with this world's goods, or that the family relations were slightly strained. The executors of this will were Lot Norton, Jr., of Salisbury (a brother-in-law of Dr. Pell), and Amos Cooke, of Danbury.
In 1791 Dr. Joseph Trowbridge married Olive Clark, as we find in the records of the First Church.
In 1792 Dr. Trowbridge was one of the physicians who pro- cured the charter for the Fairfield Medical Society, and in the Farmer's Journal of April 13th, 1793, we find the following :
" The meeting of the Medical Society of Fairfield County stands adjourned to Wednesday the first day of May next, 11 o'clock, at Capt. Clarke's Tavern in Danbury.
" JOSEPH TROWBRIDGE, Clerk."
In 1797 he was Surveyor of Highways, and one of a committee " on Mr. Starr's School building."
In 1803 we find the name of Joseph Trowbridge among a com- mittee in the Episcopal Church of Danbury. Letters of admin- istration on the estate of Dr. Joseph Trowbridge, " late of the City, County and State of New York, deceased, were granted to Olive Trowbridge" of the same place on October 16th, 1815. Dr. Trowbridge died in New York, April 22d, 1812, aged 50 years. His widow became the wife of Dr. D. N. Carrington, and died, his widow, in February, 1865, aged 95 years.
In 1781 " Doct. William Vaughn" was a practicing physician in Danbury. His will, drawn May 18th, 1813, and probated in June of the same year, makes his wife Susanna sole heir and executrix.
Dr. Jabez Starr is mentioned among others in the records of the First Society in Danbury in the latter part of the last cen- tury. He was a son of Captain Eleazer and Rebecca Starr ; was born in 1755, and married Mary, daughter of John and Dorcas (Holmes) Elliott, of Bedford, N. Y. He died in 1840, his widow in 1845. Mention is made of him in the chapter on Old Dan- bury.
In 1810 Dr. Alfred Betts and Sally, his wife, were admitted to the Congregational Church from the church in Newtown, and dismissed in 1817 to Florence, Huron County, O. The names of two children are in the list of baptisms in the First Church-viz.,
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Edward Crosby, in November, 1813, and Amarillis, in August, 1816.
Among the burials we find the following : " Jan. 10, 1803 Dr. Lyndsley's child," and Oct. 10, 1804, " Mariah, dau Dr. Jabez Starr."
Dr. Titus Hull removed to Danbury from Bethel in 1806. He was a descendant of Dr. John Hull, of Wallingford. He resided in a house which he purchased at public auction on March 27th, 1806, " situated within about forty rods of the Court House." Olive Hull, the wife of Dr. Titus Hull, was admitted to the First Congregational church on October 26th, 1806, from the church in Bethlehem, and dismissed in 1807 to the church in Bridge- water, N. Y.
In 1816 Dr. Daniel Comstock and Dr. Alfred Betts were on a committee " to raise money for the education of Pious indigent young men for the Gospel ministry."
Daniel Comstock, M.D., was a son of David and Rebekah (Grumann) Comstock, of Norwalk, Conn. He was born May 4th, 1767, and probably graduated in New Haven, where he married Mary Dana, removing soon after to Millersville, L. I., where five of his children were born. He came to Danbury in the early part of this century, as we find his name with that of his wife recorded as admitted to the First Church in 1807. We also find the baptism of two children. His name occurs on the records of Society meetings quite frequently, and in 1810 he was one of a committee " to wait upon Mr. John Frost with the Vote of the church" to call the latter to the pastorate. Dr. Comstock died August 27th, 1848, and is buried in the Wooster Street graveyard.
Daniel Noble Carrington, M.D., married October 4th, 1781, Mabel, daughter of Oliver and Lois Warner, of New Milford, Conn. She died May 3d, 1801. His second wife was sister of his first, Tryphena Warner, widow of Benjamin Starr Mygatt, whom he married about 1804. She died in Danbury, June 16th, 1815. His third wife was Olive Clark, the widow of Dr. Joseph Trowbridge, whom he married probably about 1817, as she was admitted to the First Church in Danbury in that year. Dr. Carrington died June 5th, 1834.
In 1751 in Probate Records is found a Dr. Rogers, but no other mention of him.
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Samuel Dickinson, Noah Rockwell, and John Wood were all practicing physicians here in 1757.
In 1775 we find mentioned Dr. Drake Hoyt and Dr. Benjamin Starr Hoyt ; the latter was a son of Isaac and Amy (Starr) Hoyt, who married Annie Wood, of Danbury, in 1794. Removed to Warwick, Orange County, N. Y., where he died, February 19th, 1826.
In the settlement of the estate of Samuel Morris, of Danbury, in 1793, are bills from the following physicians : John Wood, Jabez Starr, Titus Hull, of Danbury ; Preserve Wood, of Brook- field ; Charles Peck, of Bethel ; and - Perry, of Ridgefield. It would be appropriate that his epitaph should read :
" Afflictions sore long time he bore, Physicians were in vain."
In an issue of the Farmers' Journal in May, 1790, Gilead Taylor, executor, advertises for claims against the estate of Dr. David Taylor, of Danbury.
Between 1780 and 1800 the following physicians were of Dan- bury : John Wood, Titus Hull, Jabez Starr, Joseph Trowbridge, Daniel N. Carrington, Joseph Crane, Jr., William Vaughn, Amos Baker, Drake Hoyt, and - Barnum. "Dr. Christopher Avery Babcock, of Danbury," died in 1782, and Mary Bab- cock was appointed administrator of his estate. She was a daughter of Thaddeus and Abigail (Starr) Benedict, and died young.
Resident physicians in 1801 were William Hull, Joseph Crane, and Knap ; in 1804, Joseph Trowbridge, Amos Baker, Sallu Pell, and Daniel N. Carrington. In 1808, Ansel Hoyt is mentioned in records, and was probably of Danbury.
The physicians of neighboring towns were often called to Dan- bury, if we may judge from the frequent mention in settlement of estates of Drs. Perry and Thomas Peck, of Ridgefield ; Drs. Preserve Wood (brother of John, of Danbury), Lemuel Thomas and Eli Perry, of Brookfield ; Dr. Davis, of Redding ; Dr. James Potter, of New Fairfield ; and Dr. Asa Norton, perhaps of Newtown. Drs. Charles Peck and Peter Hayes, of Bethel, are often mentioned.
In an issue of the Danbury Recorder, in 1830, we find the fol- lowing death notice : "Died in Monticello, Sullivan County,
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N. Y., 21st Jan., Dr. Apollos B. Hanaford, formerly of this city."
Russell B. Botsford, M.D., was born in Newtown, Conn., May 7th, 1794, and commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Shepard, of Newtown, afterward studying with Dr. Gilbert, of New Haven. He received his diploma in September, 1816, and in the spring of the following year commenced the practice of medicine in Danbury. In 1820 he married Eliza Whittlesey, daughter of Matthew Beale Whittlesey, of Danbury, and died in Danbury, December 26th, 1855.
Chandler Smith, M.D., was born in Hanover, N. H., February . 16th, 1805 ; graduated from Dartmouth College, N. H., and mar- ried Emily Perry, of Southport, Conn., November 27th, 1831. He probably came to Danbury about that time, but died at the early age of thirty-two, in September, 1837. He left two sons, Walter Perry and Welford Russell ; both are now dead, as are also their children. Dr. Smith was much esteemed in Danbury, and though his stay here was short, he left many friends to mourn his early death.
Ezra P. Bennett, M.D., was born in Weston, Conn., on August 31st, 1806. His father, Ezra Bennett, was descended from a Scotch family, and his mother, Esther Godfrey, was of English descent. Educational privileges in his native town were meagre, but such as they were he made diligent use of them. He at- tended school in the winter and worked on the farm in summer, up to his fifteenth year. The two winters following he attended a private school under the charge of a college graduate, where he enlarged his knowledge of the common branches, and picked up a smattering of Latin. After teaching school for a year he studied medicine with Dr. Charles Gorham, of Redding, and in 1826 spent eight months in the medical school at Pittsfield, Mass. The next year, after a term of the same length, he was graduated as a doctor of medicine, and in January, 1828, com- menced practice in Bethel. In 1838 he came to Danbury, where, for nearly fifty-three years, he was " the loved and trusted phy- sician." As a surgeon he was exceptionally successful, and the boldness and skill of his operations gave him a deserved place of honor in his profession. On June 24th, 1829, Dr. Bennett married Sarah Maria, daughter of William Comstock, of Red- ding. Their children were William and Andrew, twins, and
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Sarah L., who married Rev. John H. Lockwood, now of West- field, Mass.
Andrew C. Bennett, born March 7th, 1836, died in May, 1850, on the return voyage from England, whither his father had taken him in vain search of health.
William C. Bennett graduated from Yale College with the Class of 1858, and received the degree of M.D. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City in March, 1860. He practiced medicine with his father until July, 1861, when he entered the army as Assistant Surgeon of the Fifth Connecticut Volunteers, and was afterward surgeon of the regiment. Re- signing this position, he received an appointment from the United States as Surgeon of Volunteers ; was assigned to the Twentieth Army Corps as Medical Inspector, and served on the staffs of Slocum, Hooker, and Williams, successively. He was in the Army of the Shenandoah, Potomac, Cumberland, and Georgia, and accompanied Sherman on his march to the sea. He was mustered out of service in March, 1865, and returned to Dan- bury to practice with his father.
Dr. Ezra P. Bennett died October 27th, 1882, his widow three years later, and the son, William C., died suddenly on July 12th, 1886.
Dr. J. H. Richards came to Danbury from Brooklyn in 1847, and remained here for several years.
William Edmond Booth, M.D., was born at Newtown, Conn., March 26th, 1822 ; graduated from Yale Medical College, New Haven, Conn., in 1842, and commenced practice in Danbury that same year. He died at Newtown, February 19th, 1859. In the Danbury Times of February 19th, 1859, is an obituary notice written by William H. Francis, from which we extract the fol- lowing : "Though so young, his activity and energetic cast of character soon built up for him a practice such as his skill and perseverance merited, and in a few years he gained the patron- age and confidence of many as a reliable and skilful family phy- sician. . .. Had his health been spared, we cannot tell how much of good his love for and enthusiasm and research in the science of medicine might have worked out for humanity."
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