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HAYES, GEORGE C .- Hillsboro (1836-1903). S. T. 1904, 355.
HEADY, WILLIAM S .- Jamestown (1849-1903). S. T. 1903, 344.
HEATWOLE, JOSEPH H .- Goshen (1853-1899). S. T. 1900, 324. Born in Kansas, April 6, 1853. Gradu- ated at the Ohio Medical College in 1878. In 1883 located in Goshen. Was once mayor of that city. Early in the Spanish-American War was commis- sioned as major and commissary of volunteers. At the close of the war he remained and became one of Gen. Woods' most efficient officers. His official duties did not exact any professional duties of him, but real- izing that his services were needed for fever subjects, he went to their relief, and succumbed to yellow fever, at Santiago de Cuba, July 7, 1899.
HEAVENRIDGE, ALLEN. - Stilesville (1829- 1902). S. T. 1902, 415.
HEDGES, ISAAC B .- Clinton (1820-1883). S. T. 1883, 275.
HELM, JEFFERSON .- Rushville (1803-1888). R. M. of Ind., Dist. 6, p. 36.
HELM, JOHN C .- Muncie (1812-1872).
HELM, JOHN H .- Peru (1826-1899). He was a native of Tennessee. Located in Peru in 1860. He served one year in the Mexican War. Was elected president of the State Medical Society in 1875, and delivered an address at the following session. Trans. 1876, 1, on "State Medicine." For biographical sketch see Robson, 52. I. M. J., Vol. xvii, 453.
HENDERSON, HARVEY D .- Salem (1819-1896). S. T. 1896, 270.
HENDERSON, JAMES T .- Covington (1846-1905). S. T. 1905, 447.
'HENNING, ROBERT .- Jeffersonville (1847-1897). S. T. 1897, 358.
HENSLEY, JOHN H .- Madison (1857-1897). S. T 1897, 361.
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HENTHORNE, LEWIS S .- Indianapolis (1846- 1895). He was a soldier of the Civil War (86th Ohio Vols.). Professor of Physiology in the Indiana Dental College. I. M. J., Vol. xiii, 415.
HERRMANN, JOHN .- Logansport (1834-1899). S. T. 1900, 325.
HERVEY, FRANK F .- Fortville (1856-1893). S. T. 1893, 215.
HERVEY, JAMES W .- Indianapolis (1819-1905). S. T. 1905, 448. He was one of the very early mem- bers of the State Society, and was a contributor to its Transactions: "The Utility of Force and Its Con- trolling Influences in Medicine," 1873, 99; "A State Board of Health and an Asylum for Chronic Inebri- ates," 1876, 133; "How to Secure Medical Legisla- tion," 1877, 51; "Some of the Unsolved Problems of Public Hygiene and Synteretic Jurisprudence," 1880, 162; "Mental Hygiene," 1881, 37. He was asst .- sur- geon of the Fiftieth Reg. Ind. Vols. He was known as the father of the State Board of Health. He was an uncompromising temperance man, and more than fifty years ago wrote and published "The Scroll and Locket, or The Maniac of the Mound; a Temperance Tale." See I. M. J., Vol. xxiii, 332. Also see interesting sketch, Stone, 215.
HESS, LUTHER W .- Cadiz (1821-1883). S. T. 1883, 278.
HIBBERD, JAMES F .- Richmond (1816-1903). S. T. 1904, 356. Medical societies, and especially our State Society, were lonesome when Dr. Hibberd left this world. He was elected president of the State Medical Society in 1862, and presided in 1863, and was chosen president of the American Medical Asso- ciation in 1893, and presided in 1894. His contribu- tions to the former were numerous, and always in- structive: "Report of Committee on Medical Educa- tion," 1861, 22; "Inflammation, as Seen by the Light of Cellular Pathology," 1862, 40; "President's Ad- dress," 1863, 11; "The Liver," 1865, 30; "Bile," 1867, 56; "Pathology of Diphtheria," 1868, 17; "Progress of Medicine," 1871, 201; "Infantile Convulsions-What
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Should be the Treatment During the Paroxysm?" 1878, 53; "Bacteria," 1882, 179; "Post-partum Hemor- rhage," 1884, 112, and 1885, 131; "Disinfectants," 1886, 53; "Myxedema-Report of a Case with Com- ments," 1889, 26; "Inflammation-Past and Present," 1892, 41; "Relation of Matter and Mind in Hypno- tism," 1895, 306. He also made an annual report on . Necrology from 1881 to 1899.
Verily, it may be said of Dr. Hibberd that he rests from his labors and his works do follow him. For biography see: Robson, 59; Stone, 216; I. M. J., Vol. xii, 23; I. M. J., Vol. xxii, 162; Am. Biog. Hist. of Eminent and Self-made Men of the State of Indiana, 1880, 6th Dist., 38.
HICKAM, WILFRED .- Spencer (1856-1904). S. T. 1905, 450.
HIGDAY, TOMPKINS .- Laporte (1820-1876). S. T. 1880, 236. Dr. Higday contributed the valuable his- torical article on "The Indiana Medical College, La- porte, from 1842 to 1850," Trans. 1874, 24. He was a graduate of the institution just named (1847) and filled the chair of physiology and general pathology in it from the date of his graduation until the dissolu- tion of the school, 1850. He was twice appointed sur- geon during the Civil War, but was hindered from service because of ill health.
HIGGINS, CARTER B .- Peru (1843-1894). S. T. 1895, 407. See sketch by B. R. Graham, I. M. J., Vol. xiii, 240.
HIGHMAN, LOUIS .- New Harmony (1845-1879). S. T. 1880, 227.
HILBURN, EBER W .- Washington (1837-1897). S. T. 1898, 382.
HITT, WILLIS WASHINGTON, Vincennes (1801- 1876), was born Feb. 11, 1801, and died Aug. 17, 1876. Graduated at a medical college in Baltimore, about 1822. After a service of one or two years in a hospi- tal in that city. he located in Hagerstown, Md. In 1825, he removed to Vincennes, Indiana, where he con- tinued in practice until the day he had been in practice fifty years, when he retired. Was present at the med-
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ical convention, June, 1849 .- Dr. A. B. Knapp, Vin- cennes.
HOBBS, WILSON .- Knightstown (1823-1892). Dr. Hobbs was born at Salem, Ind., Aug. 21, 1823, and died July 24, 1892. He was a remarkable man in many respects. He touched life in all its salient points-family, school, church, citizen, soldier, doc- tor-and in every relation did his duty. He was faith- ful and active in his county and state societies. To the latter he contributed a number of papers: "Dis- ease of the Skull; Four Operations for Removal," Trans. 1870, 101; "Chloroform and Chloral in the Treatment of Puerperal Convulsions," 1871, 51; "President's Address-Alcohol and Its Use," 1874, 1; "Counter Injuries of the Pelvis," 1876, 95; "The Med- ical Witness," 1877, 33; and 1878, 13; "Strangulated Hernia-Two Puzzling Cases," 1885, 46, and "Some Observations in the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus," 1886, 70. He was surgeon of the Eighty-fifth Reg. Ind. Vols. in the Civil War. He presided as presi- dent of the State Society at session of 1874. Biog- raphy, Robson, 97; also, "Personal Estimate of Dr. Hobbs as a Physician," by Dr. J. F. Hibberd. I. M. J., Vol. xi, 49; ob. ib., 55.
HOMBURG, CONRADIN. - Indianapolis (1798- 1881). He was born November, 1798, in the Palatinat, Germany. He studied medicine at Marburg and Würz- burg, and came to this country in 1826, as a political fugitive. For a time he was editor of the "Weltbote" at Germantown, Pa. In 1836 he removed to Shelby- ville, Ind., where he began the practice of medicine.
In the year 1843, Judge Morrison, of Indianapolis, held court in Shelbyville in a case of alleged poisoning, in which a physician was implicated. Dr. H. was called as an expert. The whole town took interest in the outcome of the trial because both physicians were known to be enemies. Dr. H. pointed out to the court the symptoms of various poisons, and reached the con- clusion that it was not a case of poisoning, and his enemy was acquitted. Then the judge arose, and ex- tending his hand to Dr. Homburg, said: "You are a
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man we need at Indianapolis; come, you are welcome." At Indianapolis Dr. Homburg was the physician and friend of Morrison, Talbott and Drake families, and was a personal friend of Mrs. Sarah K. Bolton. He died Feb. 11, 1881 .- Letter from Dr. Guido Bell, In- dianapolis.
HORNBROOK, WILLIAM P .- Union (1828-1883) . S. T. 1884, 211. Asst. surg. Forty-second Reg. Ind. Inf.
HORNE, SAMUEL S .- Jonesboro (1843-1908).
HOWARD, ELIJAH J .- Hazelton (1831-1882). S. T. 1883, 269.
HOWARD, NOBLE P., SR .- Greenfield (1822- 1895). S. T. 1896, 254. Born in Wayne county, Ohio, Sept. 11, 1822, and came to Brookville in 1836. Was assistant surgeon of the Twelfth Reg. Ind. Vols. in the Civil War. Died Aug. 25, 1895.
HUDLESON, LUCIUS R .- Milroy (1861-1905). S. T. 1906, 500.
HUGHS, JOHN .- Dearborn county (1816-1880). S. T. 1880, 245.
HUMPHREYS, LOUIS .- South Bend (1816-1880) . Born in Springfield, Ohio, Sept. 21, 1816. First prac- ticed at Laporte, and removed to South Bend in 1844. He entered the military service in 1861 as surgeon of the Twenty-ninth Reg. Ind. Vols. In 1878 was elected president of the State Society, but later resigned. He has contributed to State Transactions a "Report on the Interchange of Published Transactions," 1858, 34, and "Conservative Surgery." 1878, 60. For biography see Robson, 109. R. M. of Ind., Dist. 13, p. 34.
HUNT, TIGHLMAN .- Plainfield (1838-1906). S. T. 1906, 496.
HUTCHINSON, DAVID-(Formerly Mooresville) (1812-1891). Dr. Hutchinson was born in Lesmehaga, Scotland, in 1812, and came to America in 1829. He had begun the study of medicine in the city of Glas- gow. He then came to the United States, and at Cin- cinnati, Ohio, he continued his studies under Dr. Jud- kins. He completed his course and graduated from the
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Medical College of Ohio. He commenced the practice of medicine at Steubenville, Ohio. From there he moved to Shelbyville, Ind., and married at that place. He then moved to Putnamville, Putnam county, Indiana; and from there to Mooresville, Indiana. He practiced there until he was commissioned by Governor Morton, on Dec. 12, 1862, Military Agent at Nashville, Tenn., to look after the condition and welfare of the Indiana Regiments in the field, and especially the sick and wounded in the hospitals belonging to the State of Indiana. On March 21, 1863, he was commissioned by Governor Morton, surgeon of the Thirtieth Regiment, Indiana Infantry, and served as such until August 8, when he was discharged from the service on account of disability, at Winchester, Tenn., and returned to his home at Mooresville, Ind. He wound up his business there and removed to Winterset, Madison county, Iowa, in September, 1863, and practiced medicine, and conducted a drug business until April, 1889. He then moved to Council Bluffs, Iowa, so as to be with his children, and practiced his profession until his death, March 31, 1891. His remains were taken back to Win- terset, Iowa, and buried in the family lot, on April 2, 1891. His last sickness was of about two weeks' dura- tion, and he was nearly eighty years of age at death. He was an active member and worker in the Presbyterian church .- D. J. Hutchinson, son, Council Bluffs, Iowa.
He was elected president of the State Society in 1859, presiding in 1860. He contributed the following papers to the society (See Transactions) : "Report on Microscopic Pathology, 1856, 37. "Report on Micro- scopy," 1858, 28. "President's Address," 1860, 13. "Report on the Advances of Uterine Pathology and
Therapeutics," 1862, 35, and "Fevers of Indiana," 1864, 29. He was the recipient of the Fiske Fund Prize Essay on "Stomatitis Materna," June 3, 1857: "What Are the Causes and Nature of That Disease Incident to Pregnancy and Lactation Characterized by Inflammation and Ulceration of the Mouth and Fauces, Usually Accompanied by Anorexia, Emaciation and Diarrhea; and What is the Best Mode of Treatment."
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Published in the Am. Jour. Med. Sci., Vol. xxxiv, 369 (18 pages), October, 1857 .- G. W. H. K.
INLOW, JOHN J .- Manila (1826-1896). S. T. 1896, 263.
INSLEY, WIILIAM Q .- Terre Haute (1827-1880). S. T. 1881, 233.
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IRWIN, LUTHER M .- Lafayette (1855-1903). S. T. 1904, 357.
IUTZI, JOSEPH .- Richmond (1846-1902). S. T. 1903, 345. He .contributed an interesting article on "Heredity and Its Relation to Disease," Trans. 1882, 136.
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JACKMAN, FRANK .- Milroy (1855-1884). S. T. 1885, 217.
JAMESON, PATRICK H .- Indianapolis (1824- 1910). Dr. Jameson was born in Jefferson County, Indiana, April 18, 1824, and died at Indianapolis, October 7, 1910. He located in Indianapolis in Sep- tember, 1843, and remained there until his death. He was a public spirited citizen, and his influence was felt in all departments of state and city government, fill- ing many offices of honor and trust. He was present at the State Medical Convention, June 6, 1849, and was next to the last of the number to pass away, being survived by Dr. W. H. Wishard. He contributed an article to the State Society on "Veratrum Viride," Trans. 1857, p. 35, also an article on "Memoirs of the Professional Lives of Drs. John S. Bobbs, Charles Parry, Talbott Bullard and David Funkhouser," Trans. 1894, p. 212a. On the 16th day of December, 1909, on the anniversary of my 70th birthday, I sent a card to Dr. Jameson, and received a letter from him, in which he wrote: "I now wait patiently-not unhappily -like a passenger at some lonely way station for a delayed train which shall bear me to my destination. But still, in the final accounting, our lives will be measured not by their duration, but by their achieve- ments." Peace to his memory. For a detailed biog- raphy see Stone, p. 249 .- G. W. H. K.
JESSUP, ROBERT B .- Vincennes (1828-1893). He was surgeon of the Twenty-fourth Reg. Ind. Vols .. later .a brigade surgeon, and later division surgeon under Gen. A. P. Hovey. In 1891 he was appointed Surgeon General of Indiana by Governor Hovey. See I. J. M., Vol. xii, 249.
JEWETT, LUTHER .- Lafayette (1805-1872). He practiced medicine in Lafayette about thirty-seven years. Obit., I. J. M., Vol. iii, 297.
JOBES, GEORGE O .- Indianapolis (1823-1906). I. . M. J., Vol. xxiv, 359.
JOHNSON, CHARLES S .- Fountain County (1824- 1885). S. T. 1886, 209.
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JOHNSON, LEMUEL R .- Cambridge City (1824- 1889). Robson, 629. He has contributed an article, "Abstract of Reports Presented to the Cambridge City Medical Association." Trans. 1856, 34; also, "Thoughts on Asiatic Cholera," Trans. 1866, 46.
JOHNSON, NATHAN .- Cambridge City (1794- 1872) .* Dr. Johnson was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, Dec. 14, 1794. He graduated at one of the medical schools of Philadelphia in 1835, and located in Cambridge City in 1836. Here he practiced medicine for thirty-five years, when the lot of the practitioner was a hard one. He was present at the formation of the State Medical Society, in June, 1849. At the ses- sion of 1858 he was elected president of the state society, and presided in 1859, but delivered no address. "Dr. Johnson was not only an influential physician, much honored in his profession, but he was a great factor in the abolition movement of those earlier times; a great admirer of William Lloyd Garrison, Wendell Phillips, John Whittier, and others of the same school. Many times he has entertained Frederick Douglass in his own home, as he came west, making speeches in behalf of 'My People.' He lived to see the slave liberated-one of the greatest joys of his de- clining years."-Letter from Mrs. Clarissa Johnson Hall, a grand daughter.
JOHNSON, THOMAS W .- Marion (1838-1894). S. T. 1895, 414. Was a first lieutenant in the First Wis. Cav. Reg. Later was assistant surgeon Sixth Mo. Cav. Reg., and still later was in charge of the general hos- pitals at Ironton, Mo., and general prison hospital at Alton, IlI.
JONES, CALEB V .- Covington (1812-1883). S. T. 1884, 213. Was surgeon of the First Reg. Ind. Vols. in the Mexican War, and surgeon of the Sixty-third Reg. Ind. Vols. in the Civil War. He located in Cov- ington in 1840, and was the first president of the Foun- tain County Medical Society (1867).
* He was the father of Dr. Lemuel R. Johnson, and grandfather of Hon. Henry U. Johnson, of Richmond, ex- congressman.
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JONES, HIRAM G .- Evansville (1824-1884). S. T. 1885, 215.
JONES, ROBERT E .- Indianapolis (1847-1891). S. T. 1892, 284.
JONES, T. B .- Lynnville (1841-1902). S. T. 1903, 346.
JOSSE, JOHN M .- Ft. Wayne (1818-1880). S. T. 1880, 231. Dr. Josse was born in Germany, July 17, 1818. He was a graduate from Heidelberg in 1843. He was engaged with Carl Schurz and Franz Sigel in the German rebellion in 1848, and fled with them to Amer- ica. He located in Ft. Wayne in 1855, where he re- mained until his death, April 30, 1880. He was sur- geon of the Thirty-second Reg. Ind. Vols. Dr. Beck has contributed a beautiful tribute to his memory in the Transactions named.
JUDKINS, ELAM I .- Greenfield (1830-1890). S. T. 1890, 167.
JUMP, SAMUEL V .- New Burlington (1822-1887) . S. T. 1888, 204. See also Am. Biog. Hist. of Eminent and Self-made Men of the State of Indiana, 1880, Sixth Dist., 44. In 1869 he represented his county (Dela- ware) in the State Legislature. He was active in the formation of the Delaware County Medical Society in 1865.
JUSTICE, JOHN H .- Greenfield (1854-1902). S. T. 1903, 347.
KAPPEL, JOHN H .- Ft. Wayne (1870-1898). S. T. 1899, 397.
KAUTZ, JOHN .- Dora (1834-1907). I. M. J., Vol. xxv, 450. Was a soldier of the Civil War.
KEEGAN, CHARLES J .- Millersburg (1832-1907) . S. T. 1907, 495.
KELSEY, JEREMIAH S .- Converse (1842-1893) . S. T. 1894, 220.
KELSO, REESE D .- Waveland (1866-1896). S. T. 1897, 349.
KEMPF, E. J .- See I. M. J., Vol. xxiii, 331.
KEMPF, MATHEW .- Ferdinand (1827-1880). S. T. 1881, 231. Born in Germany, and came to Indiana
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when three years old. Was demonstrator of anatomy for a time in the University of Louisville. Member of the Indiana Legislature in 1859. Wrote on various scientific subjects, especially those relating to ethnol- ogy. A lecture on the "Wandering Cainidæ, or the Ancient Nomads," delivered to the medical society of Dubois county, April 22, 1879, ranks high in that class of literature.
KEMPF, PAUL H .- Ferdinand (1861-1896). S. T. 1897, 344.
KENNEDY, SAMUEL A .- Shelbyville (1835-1900). I. M. J., Vol. xix, 122.
KERSEY, SILAS H .- Centreville (1818-1903). He was born in Guilford County, North Carolina, Dec. 9, 1818, and died in Centreville March 26, 1903. Came to Indiana when seven years of age. He was a gradu- ate of the University of Michigan and began practice at Mt. Etna, and later removed to Lewisville, Ind. He entered the military service in 1861, and September 9 of the same year was appointed assistant surgeon of the Thirty-sixth Regiment Indiana Volunteers, and on March 20, 1862, he was commissioned surgeon of the same regiment. Later he was a brigade surgeon and was honorably discharged Sept. 19, 1864. After the close of the war he resumed practice in Richmond, later removed to Preble County, Ohio, where he practiced for twelve years, when he again removed to Centre- ville, where he continued to practice until a short time before his death.
KERSEY, VIERLING. - Richmond (1809-1875) . Born in Guilford County, North Carolina Sept. 8, 1809, and died at Richmond, June 3, 1875. Graduate of Ohio Medical College. Began practice at Knights- town in 1838. In 1840 located in Carthage; in 1841 removed to Spiceland, where he remained a few months, when he removed to Marion, where he remained until 1844, when he removed to Milton. In 1861 he located in Richmond, where he remained until his death. Dr. Kersey was elected president of the State Society in 1866, and presided in 1867.
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He contributed a number of papers to the State Medical Society: "An Abstract of the Reports to the Cambridge City Medical Association for April, 1855," Trans. 1855, 22. "This Comprises Meteorological Re- port for 1854-5," ib. 25. "Cerebrospinal Meningitis," 1865, 57. "Cholagogues and the Indications for their use," 1866, 30. "President's Address-Physic and Physicians," 1867, 46. "Review of Biliary Function," 1868, 24. "Why Doctors Disagree, " 1869, 10. "Med- ical Rank in the United States Navy," 1870, 133. "Case of Muscular Atrophy," 1871, 129. "Case of Obscure Disease, Probably Chronic Glanders," 1873, 19. See interesting obituary-"In Memoriam-Vierl- ing Kersey," signed by Drs. J. R. Weist, Joel Penning- ton, and S. S. Boyd. Trans. 1876, 146. Portrait facing title-page Trans. 1876.
KESSINGER, ELLIS M .- Sandborn (1857-1905). S. T. 1905, 451. "His death was due to an infection re- ceived while treating one of his patients, while per- forming an operation, for which he did not expect, nor did he receive one cent of remuneration."-Dr. W. E. Kessinger.
KETCHAM, JOHN D .- Tunnelton (1865-1900). S. T. 1901, 490.
KINDERMANN, ALEXANDER. - Eugene (1858- 1905). S. T. 1905, 452.
KING, ENOCH W .- New Albany (1846-1882). S. T. 1882, 270. Dr. King was an enlisted man in the Sixty-sixth Reg. Ind. Vols., and was severely wounded in the right lung at Resaca, Ga., May 15, 1864. He collected and arranged two valuable articles on "Sta- tistics of Placenta Previa," which he read before the State Medical Society, Transactions 1879, 43, and 1881, 168.
KING, WILLIAM F .- Centerville (1824-1892). S. . T. 1892, 290. Was, at first, assistant surgeon of the 124th Reg. Ind. Vols., and later promoted to surgeon of the 147th Reg. Ind. Vols., serving until the close of the war.
KNEPFLER, NATHAN .- Indianapolis (1803-1859). S. T. 1859, 46. Born in Arad, Hungary, October, 1803.
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In 1853 he immigrated to the United States, and located the same year in Indianapolis. He was a mem- ber of the State Medical Society, and at the session of 1858 made a "Report on the Uses and Abuses of Mer- cury," Trans. 1858, 36.
Dr. Knepfler was a scholar, being familiar with Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, German, French, Italian and, to a less extent, English. He loved the society of scholars of the class of Dr. Parvin. He was a Jew, and he clung with great tenacity to Moses and the Prophets; at the same time he was charitable to other faiths, and saw in Christ the most Divine of prophets, but still could not believe Him to be the Messiah promised Israel. Family bereavements came heavily upon him, and while visiting a son at Shelby- ville, Ky., he died at that place, Jan. 10, 1859 .- From an obituary notice by his friend, Dr. Parvin, Trans. 1859, 46.
LAMB, JAMES .- Aurora (1818-1894). S. T. 1894, 227.
LAMMERS, FRANK H .- Greencastle (1864-1900). S. T. 1900, 326. I. M. J., Vol. xviii, 436.
LARKIN, JOHN B .- Mitchell (1833-1901). S. T. 1902, 417. Assistant surgeon and surgeon of the Seven- teenth Reg. Ind. Inf.
LARUE, BENJAMIN .- Portland Mills (1848-1891). S. T. 1891, 285.
LASH, HUGH M .- Indianapolis (1844-1903). S. T. 1904, 358. He was a native of Ohio, and first practiced at Athens, in that state. Located in Indianapolis in 1890. At the time of his death he was a member of the City Board of Health, and was lecturer on the physi- ology of the nervous system and clinical psychiatry, in the Medical College of Indiana. For several years prior to death he had given most acceptable clinical lectures at the Central Hospital for the Insane. He was a frequent contributor to medical journals, and contributed an article to the state society in 1892, on "Cerebral Localization," Trans. 1892, 150. See biog- raphical sketch in I. M. J., Vol. xxii, 159. Also, "An Appreciation Prepared by Dr. Theodore Potter," on
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same page. Also, memorial resolutions at a called meeting of the Indianapolis Medical Society, Sept. 19, 1903, ib. 161. Portrait facing October number of same journal.
LATTA, MILTON M .- Goshen (1822-1899). S. T. 1900, 328. It is claimed for Dr. Latta that he per- formed the first vaginal hysterotomy in the state of Indiana. At an early date he performed successful ovariotomies that would reflect credit on the surgeon of to-day with our advanced ideas and technique of modern surgery. He contrived a number of surgical appliances, and suggested some improvements in com- bining nitrite of amyl and chloroform as an anesthetic. In November, 1870, he removed a multilocular tumor which weighed sixty-one and a half pounds. The young woman made a good recovery. Ind. Jour. of Med., Vol. i, 292. See Robson, 548. See his reminiscences of a half century, I. M. J., Vol. xi, 20. Also, "Medical and Surgical History of Elkhart County." Trans. 1875, p. 82.
LAWDER, WILLIAM G .- Brooksburg (1841-1890). S. T. 1891, 281.
LAWRENCE, AMOS O .- Indianapolis (1849-1879) . S. T. 1880, 239.
LAYMAN, DANIEL W .- Putnamville (1808-1887). Dr. Daniel Wunderlich Layman was born Sept. 24, 1808, in Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, near Port Re- public. His medical education was more complete than the average medical student received in those days, for he also attended medical lectures at the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia for one year, 1828- 1829. After this one year's course at Philadelphia he commenced to practice at Port Republic and Mt. Meridian, Virginia. Dr. Layman left Virginia August, 1831. Before leaving, his uncle, George Imboden, father of Gen. John B. Imboden, gave him a very fine horse and open buggy. His destination was Terre Haute, Ind. Hearing that the country along the Wa- bash River was full of malaria, he first drove up to Philadelphia, in order to amply supply himself with quinin. While there he equipped himself with the
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