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STOCKWELL, SARAH F .- South Bend (1841- 1904). S. T. 1904, 362.
STRONG, JOHN T .- Plainfield (1840-1895). I. M. J., Vol. xiv, 142.
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SUTTON, GEORGE .- Aurora (1812-1886). S. T. 1886, 219. Dr. Sutton was born in London, England, June 16, 1812, and came to America with his parents when young (1819). Graduated at the Ohio Medical College in 1836, and the same year began the practice of medicine at Aurora. In the spring of 1843 he was instrumental in organizing the first county medical society in Dearborn county. He joined the State Med-
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ical Society in 1852, and was elected its president in 1869 and presided in 1870. The State Transactions contain the following papers from his pen: "A Report to the Indiana State Medical Society on Asiatic Chol- era as it Prevailed in This State in 1849-50-51-52," 1853, 109; "Preliminary Report on Milk Sickness as it Prevails Within the State of Indiana," 1853, 176;
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"Report on Erysipelas," 1856, 41; "Report on Cholera," 1867, 85; and 1868, 51; "President's Address: Man's Power Over Nature, and Medicines as Means by Which He Aids and Controls the Laws of Life," 1870, 1; "Report on the Diseases of Indiana for the Year 1872, with a Brief Outline of the Medical Topography and Climatology of Different Localities," 1873, 61; "A Report on Trichinosis, as Observed in Dearborn County in 1874," 1875, 109; "On the Reduction of Dis- location of Hip-joint by Manipulating the Femur as a Lever Over a Fulcrum Placed in the Groin," 1876, 139; "Placenta Previa," 1878, 111; "Parasites, and Their Effects Upon the Human System," 1883, 53, and "A Review of the Epidemics That Have Occurred in South- eastern Indiana During the Last Fifty Years, and the Observations on Change of Type in Our Endemic Malarial Diseases," 1885, 104. Every one of these reports was prepared with extreme care and all are valuable. Under the head of "Epidemics," I have referred to the valuable paper of Dr. Sutton, "Remarks on an Epidemic Erysipelas Known by the Popular name of 'Black Tongue,' which prevailed in Ripley and Dearborn Counties. Indiana." Western Lancet, Novem- ber, 1843. This whole article was reproduced in "Nun- neley on Erysipelas," ed. 1844, 95. Various other med- ical papers, as well as articles on scientific subjects, have been contributed from time to time by Dr. Sutton. For biography see Robson. 293; Stone. 686: Am. Bio- graphical History of Eminent and Self-made Men of the State of Indiana, 1880, Fourth District, 65.
SUTTON, JAMES A .- Argos (1840-1893). S. T. 1894. 216. Served as a private soldier from August, 1862, to July 19, 1865, in the Fifth Reg. Ind. Cav. Studied medicine after his return home.
SUTTON, WILLIS E .- Aurora (1848-1879). S. T. 1880, 242. R. M. of Ind., Dist. 4, p. 70.
SUMMERS, OSA R .- Middletown (1874-1904). S. T. 1905, 458.
SWAFFORD, BENJAMIN F .- Terre Haute (1833- 1901). I. M. J., Vol. xix. 318. Was surgeon of the Eleventh Reg. Ind. Cav. R. M. of Ind., Dist. 8, p. 47.
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SWARTS, DAVID J .- Auburn (1832-1905). S. T. 1905, 459. He enlisted in the 100th Reg. Ind. Vols., was commissioned a lieutenant, and later assistant sur- geon of same regiment.
TAGGART, SAMUEL C .- Charlestown (1828-1901). S. T. 1901, 500.
TEAL, NORMAN .- Kendallville (1829-1899). S. T. 1899, 403. Dr. Teal was assistant surgeon of the Eighty-eighth Reg. Ind. Vols. from Aug. 30, 1862, until the regiment was mustered out of service. I. M. J., Vol. xvii, 405.
TERRILL, WILLIAM H., SR. - Petersburg, Ky. (1829-1885). S. T. 1886, 210.
TERRILL, WILLIAM H., JR .- Lawrenceburg (1852- 1887). S. T. 1888, 200.
THOMAS, ANDREW J .- Evansville (1840-1898). Was an ex-superintendent of the Southern Indiana Hos- pital for the Insane. See I. M. J., Vol. xvii, 36, for interesting memoir by Dr. E. C. Reyer.
THOMAS, MARY F .- Richmond (1816-1888). S. T. 1889, 210. Dr. Thomas was a faithful worker in every- thing that aimed to make the human race better. She was an industrious writer and contributed a number of articles to the State Medical Society: "Women Physi- cians in Hospitals for Insane Women," Trans. 1880, 184; "Report of Committee Regarding the Employment of Female Physicians in Hospitals for the Insane," 1882, 80; "The Influence of the Medical Colleges of the Regular School of Indianapolis on the Medical Educa- tion of the Women of the State," 1883, 228; "Women Physicians for Insane Women," 1884, 203; "Some Thoughts on Post-Partum Hemorrhage," 1885, 125; and "Heredity," 1887, 97.
THOMAS, WARREN H .- Elkhart (1837-1906). S. T. 1907, 481.
THOMAS, WILLIAM H .- Indianapolis (1834-1903). I. M. J., Vol. xxii, 189.
THOMPSON, DANIEL A .- Indianapolis (1862- 1904). S. T. 1905, 460. Dr. Thompson was a native of Rush county, Indiana. As a specialist in diseases of the
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eye he took a high rank. In 1890 he succeeded to his father's position as professor of diseases of the eye, in the Medical College of Indiana. Dr. Thompson was noted for his charity work to the poor, and was a favorite with his pupils. "He was not a frequent writer, but he was a clear and forceful teacher, both didactic and clinical-an actor rather than a declaimer in the drama of our profession." His article on "The Iris," Trans. 1891, 195, is a most excellent contribution to our medical literature. See I. M. J., Vol. xxiii, 205. (Picture. )
THOMPSON, JOHN H .- Otterbein (1817-1883). S. T. 1884, 215.
THOMPSON, JOHN J .- Sullivan (1824-1899). S. T. 1899, 406. I. M. J., Vol. xvii, 405.
THOMPSON, WILLIAM C .- Indianapolis (1812- 1897). He was present at the formation of the State Medical Society in 1849. He practiced at several places before finally locating permanently at Indianapolis. He was commissioned surgeon of volunteers by Presi- dent Lincoln. For several years he was a member of the State Legislature. He had retired from active prac- tice. See Stone, 688, with portrait. Also I. M. J., Vol. xv, 470.
THORNE, J. C. F .- Kokomo (1857-1908). J. I. S. M. A., Vol. i, 330.
TILFORD, SALEM A .- Martinsville (1827-1893). S. T., 1894, 221.
TILLSON, HOSEA .- Centerville (1830-1902). S. T. 1903, 356. Dr. Tillson was a faithful soldier, and later assistant surgeon, in the Fifty-seventh Reg. Ind. Vols.
TINGLEY, URIAH B .- Harrisburg (1816-1899). I. M. J., Vol. xvii, 324.
TODD, LEVI L .- Indianapolis (1830-1901). S. T. 1902, 425. See also I. M. J., Vol. xx, 226; Stone, 690. He contributed to the Transactions, "The Therapeutic Properties of Opium," 1877, 79; and "Modern Thera- peutics," 1886, 123.
TODD, ROBERT N .- Indianapolis (1827-1883). S. T. 1884, 209. Born in Kentucky, he came with his
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parents to Indiana in 1834. He graduated at the In- diana Central Medical College in 1850. Practiced for a time at Southport. Was surgeon of the Twenty-sixth Reg. Ind. Vols. In 1869 he was chosen as teacher of theory and practice, in which he continued until the spring of 1874, when he was assigned to the same de- partment in the College of Physicians and Surgeons until 1878, when he was elected to the chair of princi-
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ples and practice of medicine, which he continued to hold until his death. Was elected president of the State Medical Society in 1870, and presided in 1871. The presidential address was on "The Medical Profession and the Administration of Justice," Trans. 1871, 1. See Stone, with portrait, 510. See I. M. J., Vol. ii, 65.
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TOMS, ALPHEUS .- Goshen (1841-1906). I. M. J., Vol. xxv, 297. A veteran of the Civil War.
TREMBLEY, G. D .- Bippus (1846-1888). S. T. 1889, 209.
TROWBRIDGE, WILLIAM V. - Burnetts Creek (1833-1897). S. T. 1898, 374.
TUCKER, THOMAS M .- Salem (1828-1895). S. T. 1896, 257.
TURNER, GEORGE W .- Freedom (1864-1900). S. T. 1901, 501. Served for some time in the hospital corps in a Porto Rican hospital.
VAN BUSKIRK, AARON E .- Fort Wayne (1847- 1904). S. T. 1904, 364. In the Fort Wayne College of Medicine he was for a number of years an active mem- ber of the faculty, and taught at various times the fol- lowing branches: anatomy, physiology, pathology, sur- gery, theory and practice, and diseases of the nervous system. See I. M. J., Vol. xxii, 417.
VAN NUYS, S. C .- Bloomington (18- 1898). He was for many years at the head of the department of chemistry in the State University, Bloomington. While there he wrote a text-book on the analysis of the urine.
VICKREY, ABSALOM M .- Tipton (1822-1886). S. T. 1886, 212.
VICKREY, MARTIN V. B .- Tipton (1838-1897).
VINCENT, HENRY C .- Guilford (1826-1891). S. T. 1891, 287; and 1892, 280. Was assistant surgeon for a time in the Eighty-third Reg. Ind. Vols.
WALKER, DAVID R .- Lebanon (1844-1002). S. T. 1902, 426.
WALKER, EDWARD .- Delphi (1829-1908). J. I. S. M. A., Vol. i, 112.
WALKER, GEORGE B .- Evansville (1807-1887) . S. T. 1888, 206. "Report on Diseases and Displace- ments of the Uterus."-Trans. 1855. p. 37.
WALKER, ISAAC C .- Indianapolis (1828-1906). Dr. Walker first practiced in Peru, and removed to Indianapolis in 1872. He was professor of diseases of the mind and nervous system in the Indiana Medical College for thirty-three years. I. M. J., Vol. xxv, 195.
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Contributed to the State Medical Society: "Final Ill- ness of Dr. James S. Athon. Post-Mortem Examina- tion and Remarks Upon the Preventive Treatment of Apoplexy." Trans. 1875, 122. Also, "Case of Anom- alous Growth of the Brain." Trans. 1880, 44.
WALKER, JAMES K .- Loogootee (1842-1887). S. T. 1887, 197. Served through the Civil War as a Con- federate soldier, and came from Kentucky to Loogootee in 1871, where he continued to practice until a short time before his death.
WALKER, JOHN C .- Indianapolis (1828-1883). He was for a time editor of the Laporte Times. In 1853 was elected to the State Legislature. In 1855 became a joint owner of the Indianapolis Sentinel. He went to the front as colonel of the Thirty-fifth Reg. Ind. Vols., and served one year in that capacity. In 1879 he was appointed assistant physician in the In- diana Hospital for the Insane, but died soon after from hasty consumption. Condensed from Stone, 521.
WALL, DAVID .- Indianapolis (1836-1903). I. M. J., Vol. xxi, 440.
WALTER, C. G .- Lawrenceburg (1820-1895). S. T. 1896, 252.
WARDNER, HORACE .- Laporte (1829-1905). S. T. 1905, 461. Served as a surgeon in several capacities with Illinois regiments in the Civil War.
WARFORD, FRANKLIN M .- Cicero (1834-1909). He resided in Cicero for forty-four years, and thirty- nine years of that time was an active practitioner. He served a short time in the 40th Reg. Ind. Inf., and later as Ass't Surg. of the 3rd Reg. Iowa Cav., and later in the 4th Arkansas Cav. At the close of the war he located in Cicero. See Robson, p. 528.
WASHBURN, ISRAEL B .- Rensselaer (1838-1903) . I. M. J., Vol. xxii, 287. Was surgeon of the Forty- sixth Reg. Ind. Vols. in the Civil War.
WASHBURN, ROBERT R .- Waldron (1833-1900) . S. T. 1901, 502. Was a soldier of the Civil War.
WATERS, JOHN C .- Indianapolis (1830-1884). S. T. 1885, 222.
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WATTS, EBER K .- Richmond (1854-1905). S. T. 1905, 462.
WEDDINGTON, SAMUEL C .- Jonesboro (1823- 1886). S. T. 1886, 217. Dr. Weddington was assist- ant surgeon of the 147th Reg. Ind. Vols. He con- tributed the following named articles to the State Medical Society: "Cancer," Trans. 1877, 103; "A Case of Placenta Previa," 1877, 119; "Kakonemia, or Pernicious Anemia," 1880, 35; and "Tumors of the Breast," 1885, 187. See Robson, 592.
WEEKS, JOSEPH. - Mechanicsburg (1820-1908). Practiced in Mechanicsburg from 1856 to date of his death. J. I. S. M. A., Vol. i, 477.
WEIST, JACOB R .- Richmond (1834-1900). S. T. 1900, 341. Dr. Weist was assistant surgeon of the Sixty-fifth Reg. Ohio Vols., and later was transferred to other Ohio regiments, where he served in the med- ical service until the close of the war. He was elected president of the Indiana State Medical Society in 1879. and presided at the session of 1880. He was professor of railroad surgery in the Indiana Central Medical College for a number of years. He contributed a num- ber of papers to the State Medical Society, one of them being a prize essay of great value to the profession. All are found in the State Transactions: "A Contri- bution to the Statistics in Relation to Foreign Bodies in the Air Passages," 1867, 70; "The Causes, Nature and Treatment of Cerebrospinal Meningitis," prize essay, 1868, 123; "Report on Board of Public Char- ities," 1870, 129; "President's Address-Problems in Relation to the Prevention of Disease," 1880, 1; "Hot Water in Surgical Practice," 1882, 29; and "Civil Mal- practice Suits; How Can the Physician Protect Him- self Against Them ?" 1884, 132. See Robson, 111.
WELBORN, GEORGE W. - Stewardsville (1844- 1905). S. T. 1905, 463, Served in the hospital corps of the Sixtieth Reg. Ind. Vols.
WELMAN, RICHMOND M .- Jasper (1824-1884). S. T. 1884, 218. In 1861 he entered the military service as captain of Company K, Twenty-seventh Reg. Ind. Vols. Later he was commissioned surgeon of the
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Ninth Reg. Ind. Cav., and served in that capacity until the close of the war.
WERMUTH, ADOLPH F .- Ft. Wayne (1877-1901). S. T. 1902, 427.
WEST, CALVIN .- Hagerstown (1806-1863). He was born in Pennsylvania, August 9, 1806, and died at Hagerstown, August 25, 1863. He came to Hagers- town about the year 1834, and practiced there until the date of his death. In the Adjutant-General (Ind. iana) Report, he is accredited as "additional assistant surgeon pro tem" of the 57th Reg. Ind. Inf. He was vice-president of the State Medical Society in 1857, 1861 and again in 1863.
He contributed the following named articles to the State Society: "Amputation at the Shoulder Joint," 1857, 41; "Fracture at the Base of the Acromion," 1858, 48; "Report on Microscopy," 1858, 51; 1859, 40, and 1861, 34.
WEST, VINCENT T .- Princeton (1812-1889). S. T. 1889, 217.
WETHERILL, CHARLES M .- Lafayette (1825- 1871). Dr. Wetherill was born in Philadelphia, Pa., November 4, 1825, and died in South Bethlehem, Pa., March 5, 1871. He was a graduate of the college de- partment of the University of Pennsylvania, and had an honorary degree of M.D. from the New York Med- ical College, 1853. He was a resident of Lafayette from 1855 to 1862. He was never in active practice but devoted his life to original research in organic chemistry.
He also pursued his studies as a student in the Royal College of France, and later at the University of Giessen, Germany, under the tutorage of Justus von Liebig. In 1865 he was appointed chemist to the Agricultural Department in Washington, where he remained one year. He became professor of chemistry at Lehigh University in 1866, and continued in that position until his death. At the time of his death he had been chosen professor of chemistry in the College department of the University of Pennsylvania.
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He contributed more than thirty scientific articles relating to chemistry, in various German and Ameri- can periodicals. One, a very interesting article on "Artificial Lactation," was contributed to the State Medical Society at the session of 1860. Trans. 1860, 24 .- From notes furnished by Dr. R. B. Wetherill,- son-Lafayette.
WHITCOMB, JAMES H .- Indianapolis (1840- 1893). S. T. 1894, 217.
WHITE, J. F .- Kosciusko county (1857-1883). S. T. 1883, 277.
WHITESELL, PHILIP P .- Clarksville (1823-1896). S. T. 1896, 264. For a time in the Civil War, was cap- tain of Company E, Thirty-ninth Reg. Ind. Vols., and afterwards assistant surgeon, and surgeon of the 101st Reg. Ind. Vols.
WILES, WILLIAM V .- Spencer (1827-1892). S. T. 1893, 252. Dr. Wiles was assistant surgeon of the Eighty-fifth Reg. Ind. Vols.
WILKINSON, JAMES J .- Orland (1842-1906). S. T. 1907, 491.
WILLIAMS, CHARLES S .- Columbia City (1842- 1905). S. T. 1906, 489.
WILLIAMS, ELKANAH .- (1822-1888). It is not generally known that the justly celebrated ophthal- mologist, the late Dr. Williams of Cincinnati was a native of Indiana. He was born in Lawrence county, Indiana, Dec. 19, 1822. He was a graduate of Asbury University, studied medicine at Bedford, graduated in medicine at the University of Louisville, 1850, and for the next two years was engaged in general practice in Indiana. In the spring of 1852 he located in Cincin- nati, but soon went abroad to study ophthalmology. In the spring of 1855 he returned to Cincinnati, and commenced practice as an exclusive specialist in dis- eases of the eye and ear. He is said to have been the first physician in America who confined his practice strictly to these branches. As practitioner, author, and teacher, he has hardly been excelled. (For details of his work see Stone, 553).
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WILLIAMS, HUGH T .- Rising Sun (1812-1879). S. T. 1880, 244. He participated in the chase of the rebel General, Morgan, through Indiana, and "was afterward complimented by Governor Morton for the gallantry and skill displayed on that occasion." He served one term in the legislature, representing Ohio and Switzer- land counties.
WILLIAMS, JOHN .- Clay county (1811-1909).
WILLIAMS, JOSEPH B .- Grafton (1844-1901). S. T. 1901, 503.
WILLIAMS, LEROY B .- Deedsville (1847-1880). S. T. 1881, 230.
WILLIAMS, LEWIS .- Marion (1825-1906). S. T. 1906, 494.
WILLIAMS, T. B .- J. I. S. M. A., Vol. i, 29.
WILLIAMSON, W. T .- Fort Branch (1844-1908) . J. I. S. M. A., Vol. i, 330. .
WILSON, J. H .- Plymouth ( 1838-1899). S. T. 1900, 343. He contributed in 1897 an article on "The Early Treatment of Slight Injuries," Trans. 1897, 312. At this meeting he showed three links of a trace chain that had been driven into the chest of a man in 1866, and remained until his death in 1897, when they were dis- covered at a post-mortem examination. Report of case. I. M. J., Vol. xvi, 21. See ib., xviii, 237.
WILSON, ROBERT Q .- (1822-1902). S. T. 1902, 428.
WIMMER, JAMES M .- Marion (1853-1897). S. T. 1898, 383.
WINANS, HENRY C .- Muncie (1829-1884). He was for a time surgeon of the Twenty-fifth Reg. Ill. Vols.
WINTON, HORACE .- North Manchester (1831- 1893). See Am. Biog. Hist. of Eminent and Self-made Men of the State of Indiana, 1880, Eleventh Dist., p. 80. Contributed to the State Medical Society: "Two Sur- gical Cases." Trans. 1859, 45.
WINTON, ROBERT .- Muncie (1820-1885). S. T. 1886, 201. See also Am. Biog. Hist. of Eminent and Self-made Men of Indiana, 1880, Sixth Dist., p. 90.
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WISHARD, JOSEPH M .- Greenwood ( 1838-1905). S. T. 1905, 464. Was surgeon of the Fifth Reg. Ind. Cav. For several months was a prisoner in Libby Prison.
WOODBURN, FREDERICK C .- Indianapolis (1866- 1898). The records show that Frederick C. Woodburn, private Hospital Corps, United States Army, who gave his occupation as physician at the date of his enlist- ment, June 7, 1898, died Sept. 29, 1898, at General Hospital, Ponce, Porto Rico .- War Department, Jan. 12, 1910. See "Diagnosis and Treatment of Valvular Disease of the Heart." Trans. 1891, 168.
WOODBURN, JAMES H. - Indianapolis, 1822- 1901). S. T. 1901, 504. For four years, 1860-1864, he was superintendent of the Central Hospital for the Insane. For eight years he was a member of the city council of Indianapolis. In 1884 he was elected presi- dent of the Indiana State Medical Society, and presided at session of 1885. His address was on the subject, "Have We Really Advanced in Knowledge and Im- proved in Practice?" Trans. 1885, 1. See Stone, 704; I. M. J., Vol. xix, 444; on page 445 his picture is shown by the side of Dr. W. H. Wishard, for whom he was thought to be when he died suddenly in a street car in Indianapolis.
WOODEN, JOHN L .- Greensburg (1826-1886). S. T. 1887, 194. He was surgeon of the Sixty-eighth Reg. Ind. Vols. Was captured at Chickamauga and con- fined in Libby Prison for three months. After his release was made a brigade surgeon.
WOODEN, WILLIAM H .- Greensburg (1857-1903). S. T. 1903, 357.
WOODWORTH, BENJAMIN S .- Fort Wayne (1816- 1891). S. T. 1892, 294. For forty years was a noted practitioner of Fort Wayne. Was elected president of the State Medical Society in 1860, and presided in 1861. He contributed the following papers to the State Society: "President's Address," Trans. 1861, 12; "Dysentery, as it Prevailed in Allen County, Indiana,
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1864," Trans. 1865, 40. See Robson, 36. R. M. of Ind., Dist. 12, p. 81.
WOOLEN, LEVIN J .- Vevay, (1834-1909). Dr. Woolen was born in Dorchester County, Maryland, June 30, 1834, and died at Vevay, April 20, 1909. His professional life was spent in the counties of Jefferson and Switzerland,-Moorefield, Madison and Vevay. He was defeated for Congress in 1876, by Leonidas Sex-
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ton. In 1878 he was elected to the State Senate, rep- resenting Switzerland and Ripley Counties. In 1886 President Cleveland appointed Dr. Woolen as chief of division of swamp lands in the general office at Washington. He resigned this position in 1889, and after practicing his profession for a time in the latter city returned to his Vevay home. After returning
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home he was twice elected auditor of his county. In the Transactions for 1872, p. 25, he contributed, "His- tory of an Epidemic of Parotitis in Switzerland County," also, "A Case of Adenia," Trans. 1884, p. 188. He was also author of a book entitled "The Mother's Hand Book,' which he intended for the use of mothers of households in the State. See tribute to his memory, by Dr. W. R. Davidson, of Madison, from which I have made the above records, Indianapolis Med. Jour., Vol. xii, p. 265.
WRIGHT, CHARLES E .- Indianapolis (1843-1893). S. T. 1893, 255. Dr. Wright had attained a well earned prominence in medicine when his life ended at the early age of 50. At the time of his death he was super- intendent of the Central Hospital for the Insane. He had filled a number of official positions in the city of Indianapolis. He contributed a number of valuable papers to the State Society: "Purulent Aural Catarrh," Trans. 1870, 119; "Paralysis of Accommoda- tion of the Eye," 1871, 93; "Diseases of the Eye and Ear," 1872, 67; and "Report on Diseases of the Eye and Ear," 1873, 22. Biography, I. M. J., Vol. xi, 279 (by Dr. W. B. Fletcher ) and 281 (editorial). Stone (with portrait), 571. Excellent portrait, I. M. J., Vol. xi, facing p. 257.
WRIGHT, CHARLES H .- North Madison (1839- 1889). S. T. 1890, 154. He was a soldier of the Civil War.
YOCKEY, DAVID H .- Richmond (1854-1904). S. T. 1905, 465.
YOHN, EDWIN F .- Valparaiso (1864-1906). S. T. 1906, 499.
YOHN, WILLIAM A .- Valparaiso (1850-1892) . . He was born in Porter county, March 29, 1850, and died at Valparaiso, August 12, 1892. He filled the chair of Science in the Normal School, at Valparaiso, for seven- teen years. He was professor of Chemistry in the Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago, for five years. For several years he was secretary of the County Board of Health. Was a member of the Porter
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County Medical Society .- Dr. G. R. Douglas, Valpa- raiso.
YOUNKMAN, A. B .- Bremen (1835-1899). S. T. 1900, 344.
CHAPTER XXII.
HISTORICAL NOTES AND REFERENCES
At the meeting of the State Medical Society in 1850, a committee consisting of Drs. Davidson, Sloan, Mears, Parry, Dunlap and Harrison, was appointed to report at next annual meeting, "on the use of anesthetic agents." They made a very excellent report at the session of 1851. Transactions 1851, p. 25. This was only five years after the discovery of anesthetics-four years after discovery of chloroform.
They say: "We have heard of no case in Indiana, where death has been connected with the exhibition of chloroform, nor of any disagreeable consequences resulting from its use, other than of a few hours con- tinuance." Dr. W. H. Byford, of Evansville, favored its use in obstetrics. Attempts at local anesthesia failed.
Dr. John Sloan, of New Albany, records the first ovariotomy in the Transactions, 1852, p. 55. The patient was aged 33. It was performed on Feb. 18, 1852, and he was assisted by Drs. Leonard, Shields, Town, Graham, Bowman, and Rucker. Chloroform was administered by Dr. Bowman. Dr. Sloan made an incision in the linea alba five inches in length down to the peritoneum, and this was divided on a director. The tumor being composed of considerable solid sub- stance, Dr. Sloan extended his incision one and one- half inches above the umbilicus, and downward to the pubes. A double ligature was passed through the pedicle and tied on either side. On March 20th, the wound was entirely healed and she was walking about the home.
Dr. J. H. Brower of Lawrenceburg, reports a case of ovarian disease complicated with ascites, which illustrates the natural history of ovarian tumors.
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