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The Sunday Bell, by A. P. Kelly, was started in 1884 and survived but a few months.
I am told by a journalist that in recent years the number of newspaper enterprises unwisely started is far less than it was in the earlier part of our city's history.
CHAPTER XII.
LOWELL-(Continued).
MEDICAL.
BY LEONARD HUNTRESS, M.D.
THE physicians of Middlesex County did not enjoy the advantages of a local medical society until the formation of the Middlesex District Society in 1844. Meetings of the Massachusetts Medical Society (in- corporated in 1781) were held in Boston, and the Act of March 10, 1803, dividing the State society into four districts-Middle, Southern, Eastern and Western- did not mend the matter, for this county was placed in the Middle District, consisting of Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex and Middlesex Counties, and the business of the district society was all transacted in Boston.
There was an association in this county called the Middlesex Medical Association formed some time late in the last century, but no records are extant. In the communications of the Massachusetts Medical So- ciety,1 in an obituary notice of Dr. Josiah Bartlett, of Charlestown, we read that "he delivered two dis- courses of a medical nature, one before the Middlesex Medical Association, and the other before the Massa- chusetts Medical Society. Quoting from the last- named discourse :2 "In 1785 corresponding and ad- visory committees were appointed for the different counties, in several of which3 associations were formed for professional conversation, reading dissertations and communicating useful cases."
In 1829 another society, likewise called the Middlesex Medical Association, was formed, but the records have been lost. The first meeting was held in Lexington, in May, 1829, when the associa- tion was organized, and in May of each year meetings were held and an annual address was delivered until the dissolution of the association in 1833. Dr. John O. Green, of this city, delivered the last annual address at Charlestown, in May, 1833. That this association, meeting but once a year and necessitating a journey from one end of the county to the other, was short- lived, was in the nature of things.
On the 8th of March, 1839, the Lowell Medical As- sociation was formed. The following physicians: Elisha Bartlett, John C. Dalton, James W. Ford, J. W. Graves, William Grey, J. P. Jewett, Gilman Kim- ball, George Mansfield, Daniel Mowe, Hiram Parker, Otis Perham, Harlin Pillsbury, J. D. Pillsbury, J. W. Scribner, Benjamin Skelton and Daniel Wells, assem- bled in the office of Dr. J. D. Pillsbury and organized a society for mutual improvement. The records are now in the archives of the Middlesex North District Medical
1 Vol. iii. p. 419.
2 Dissertation by Josiah Bartlett, of Charlestown, before Mass. Med. Soc., June 6, 1810.
3 Middlesex, Worcester, Bristol and Kennebec.
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Society. Meetings were held in the offices of the members at first every week, later once in two weeks, and after the first ycar not so frequently. There are no records after February 4, 1841.
In November, 1844, the Massachusetts Medical So- ciety, in answer to a petition from many prominent physicians, granted a charter to those members of the State society living in Lowell and fiftcen neighboring towns (Acton, Ashby, Billerica, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Concord, Dracut, Dunstable, Groton, Littleton, Pep- perell, Shirley, Tewksbury, Townsend and Tyngs- boro'), thus establishing the Middlesex District So- ciety.
At first the meetings were held in the Assessors' Room, City Hall, afterwards in the Committee Room of the same building, and on July 12, 1848, the society established itself in the Natural History Rooms in Mechanics' Building, where they remained for thirty years. For the past twenty years it has been the custom of the society to meet in one of the large hotels of this city, usually at the American House.
In studying the records of the early days of the society we notice several striking features. Funds for carrying on the work of the society were solicited from citizens of Lowell by a committee on donations. The first committee was appointed April 22, 1845, consisting of Drs. Green, Dalton, Huntington, Harlin Pillsbury, J. D. Pillsbury and J. W. Graves.
An orator was elected annually to deliver a public address in the City Hall. Dr. A. H. Brown was invited by the society to address the citizens of Low- ell, Feb. 26, 1845, and his effort was so excellent and so well received that the society decided to estab- lish the custom of having an annual public oration. Dr. J. D. Pillsbury was the orator in May, 1845; Dr. Josiah Curtis in '46 ; Dr. J. P. Jewett in '47 ; in '48 there was no oration, and in '49 Dr. Augustus Mason delivered the last public address.
The society advertised for frce patients, and two physicians were selected at each meeting to examine them, thus establishing a clinic. At a meeting held June 6, 1845, it was voted: "That all persons living in this city and vicinity wishing for medical or surgi- cal advice or surgical operations can receive the same gratuitously by presenting themselves before the society at their next quarterly meeting, and that the secretary give four weeks' notice of the same in two public papers printed in this city." At a meeting held Aug. 27th, of the same year, eight patients pre- sented themselves and were examined by a commit- tee consisting of Drs. Dalton and Huntington. This practice seems to have ceased in 1847, and at a meeting held in February, 1848, it was voted that reports of cases be read and discussed, writers to be appointed alphabetically. Dr. Nathan Allen presented the first paper March 22d.
In 1848 two towns, Stow and Westford, were joined . to the society, and since then Ashby, Ayer (Groton), Concord, Shirley, Stow and Townsend have been taken
from us. In 1855 threc district societics were estab- lished in this county-Middlesex North, East and South District Medical Societies-the Middlesex Dis- trict Society being henceforth called the Middlesex North.
The following physicians have served as president of the society :
Nehemiah Cutter, of Pepperell, 1844-47 ; Elisha Huntington, of Low- ell, 1848-49 ; John C. Dalton, of Lowell, 1850-52; Nathan Allen, of Lowell, 1853-55 ; Hanover Dickey, of Lowell, 1856-57 ; John W. Graves, of Lowell, 1858-59 ; Charles A. Savory, of Lowell, 1860-62 ; John C. Bartlett, of Lowell, 1863-64; Jonathan Brown, of Tewksbury, 1865-67 ; Jeremialı P. Jewett, of Lowell, 1868 ; Joel Spalding, of Lowell, 1869-70 ; Gilman Kimball, of Lowell, 1871-72; Levi Howard, of Chelmsford, 1873-74; Daniel P. Gage, of Lowell, 1875 ; Lorenzo S. Fox, of Lowell, 1876-77 ; George H. Pillsbury, of Lowell, 1878-79 ; George E. Pinkham, of Lowell, 1880-81 ; Charles Dutton, of Tyngsboro', 1882-83 ; William Bass, of Lowell, 1884-85 ; Walter H. Leighton, of Lowell, 1886; Nathan B. Edwards, of Chelmsford, 1887-88 ; Hermon J. Smith, of Lowell, 1889- 90.
It will not be within the scope of this paper to in- clude all the physicians who have practiced in Lowell, and biographies of only the more prominent ones can be given. Of the present generation short sketches of the older men will be offered. A special chapter of this book will be devoted to practitioners of the homeopathic school in this city, and our attention will be confined to members of the Massachusetts Medical Society.
The following list comprises all members of this society who have practiced in Lowell :
Admitted.
Retired or resigned. Died.
Age.
1822. Moses Kidder ..
1832
1855
63
1827. John Orne Green
1885
86
1831. John Call Dalton. .
1864
68
1832. John Wheelock Graves
1873
63
1832. George Mansfield .
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1869
61
1832. John Burgin Wadleigh .
1853
62
1833. Elisha Bartlett
1855
51
1833. William Graves.
1843
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1834. John Taylor Gilman Leach .
1889
. .
1834.
Charles Gordon. .
1872
62
1834. Jolin Dale Pillsbury.
1856
49
1835. Patrick Paget Campbell.
.
. .
81
1838.
Gilman Kimball .
1838. Hiram Parker
1873
1877
68
1839. Daniel Clark
1839. Abraham Drake Dearborn
1839.
James W. Ford.
.
1839. Elisha Huntington
1865
69
1839. Jeremiah Peabody Jewett
1870
72
1839.
Austin Marsh.
.
.
1839. Daniel Mowe
1854
1860
70
1839. Otis Perham .
1863
50
1839. Harlin Pillsbury .
1871
1877
79
1839.
Isaac White Scribner
.
1864 58
1839.
Benjamin Skelton
1843
1867
84
1839. David Welles.
.
1877
72
1840. John Baker .
. .
. .
1841. Jeremiah Horne
. .
1842. Nathan Allen. .
1889
75
1842. John Butterfield
1847
30
1843. William Gray. .
.
. .
1843. Cyrus Sweetser Mann
. .
.
1843. Hervey Backus Wilbur .
. .
1883
62
.
1844. Augustus Mason
1882
58
1845. Josiah Curtis.
1883
67
1865 60
1836. Henry A. Dewar
1838
1837. Moody Mansur
1839
1889
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. .
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LOWELL.
Admitted.
Retired or resigned. Died.
Age.
Admitted.
Retired or resigned. Died.
Age.
1845. Reuben W. Hill . . .
1870. Ezra Barnes Aldrich . .
1845. Floyer Galen Kittredge
1870. George Harlin Pillsbury
1845. Peter Manning.
1855
64
1870. Charles Barton Sanders
1845. John McCrillis
1870. Vernon Otis Taylor. .
1845. Thomas Womersley
1871. Albert Manley Ballard .
.
1846.
Hanover Dickey .
1870
1873
63
1871.
William Henry Waru. .
1546.
Daniel Holt
1874
1883
72
1871.
William Harrington Warren
1846.
John Little. .
1872. Abner Wheeler Buttrick
1882
39
1846.
Daniel Morrill .
1872. Cyrus Mentor Fisk
1846.
Luther Blodgett Mors
1SSS
67
1872.
Alfred Willis Lavigne.
1847.
George Henry Whitmore
1869
47
1872. Hermon Joseph Smith
1847.
Oscar Burbank
1873. Albert Shaw Herrick
.
1881
1847.
Charles A. Davis
1862
52
1873. Frederick Augustus Warner.
1878
.
1847.
Henry M. Hooke
1874.
Valentine Plunkett Dillon.
1847. Rufus Shackford
1874. Robert James Halloran
1847.
John B. Wadleigh
1853
32
1874. William Michael Hoar .
1890
40
1847.
Henry Womersley
.
. .
1875. Burnham Roswell Benner.
184S. Walter Kidder .
1871
48
1875. John Carroll Irish
1549. Henry S. Babbitt.
1875. John Erastus Weaver
1549. Benjamin Dixon Bartlett
1853
63
1876. Francis Watts Chadbourne
1849. Abner Hartwell Brown
1851
34
1876. Leonard Huntress .
1849.
Leonard French
1876. William Henry Lathrop.
1549.
C. W. B. Kidder .
1876. Charles Parker Spalding.
1549.
Ebeu Kimball Sanborn
1862
35
1877. John Jay Colton .
1949.
Joseph Thomas Odiorne West .
1877. David Nelson Patterson
1950. Ambrose Goulet
1877. Edwin Weston Trueworthy
1850. Peter Pineo ..
1878. Benjamin Benoit, Jr.
1550.
Charles Augustus Savory
1878. Edward Hyde .
1850.
Elisha Bacon Shapleigh. .
1851
·
.
1878. Hartwell Augustus Sibley.
1651. Ira Loviston Moore.
1878. Clarence Albertus Viles .
1852.
Henry Whiting.
1857
35
1852. Lucius Campbell Den. Woodman.
1883
59
1553.
Jeremiah Blake.
1858
1879. Arthur Quinn Phelan.
1853. Siduey Smith Merrill .
.
1879. Frank Reader Rix .
1854.
Edward Angustus Perkins.
1856. Daniel Parker Gage .
1877
48
1880.
William Benjamin Jackson
1856.
Franklin Augustus Wood
. .
1880.
Herbert Perry Jefferson
1859. Deodat Mignault
1862
29
1880. Albert Clarence Lane
1859.
Harlin Henry Pillsbury.
1880. Charles Frederick Ober
1859. William B. Proctor .
1881. Eben True Aldrich .
1660. Henry Holton Fuller
.
1863
37
1881. William Terrence Carolin
1860. Moses Warren Kidder.
·
1881. John Alexander McKinnon
1860.
John William Pearson
1881. Henry Phelps Perkins.
1860. Peter Prins.
1882. Herbert Shattuck Johnson
1860.
Charles Warren.
.
1882. Charles Henry Ricker.
1861. James Gerrett Bradt
1868
30
1883. Ralph Marcus Cole
1861. George F. Brickett
·
1883. William Augustus Johnson
1861. Abraham Drake Dearborn.
1883. Edward Aaron McGannon.
1861. Charles G. A. Eayrs. .
1883. William Henry McOwen
1862. William Henry Bradley
1883. Omer Pillsbury Porter .
·
1862.
Otis Milton Humphrey
·
1883. Henry Albert Rice Rundlett.
1862. Alfred Livingstone .
1877
39
1883. Sumner Phinney Smith.
1863. Walter Burnham
1883
75
1883. James Francis Sullivan
1863. George Cowles Osgood.
1884. Robert Eddy Bell .
1864. Kirk Henry Bancroft
1869
31
1884. James Brainard Field .
1864. William Bass.
1884. Timothy Edward McOwen.
1865. Lorenzo Smith Fox
. .
. .
1884. Oliver Augustus Willard
1865.
John Henry Gilman
1890 54
1885. James Arthur Gage.
1865.
George Edwin Pinkbam.
1885. Rodrigue Mignault .
1865.
Francie Charles Plunkett
1885. Royal Blood Prescott
1888.
James G. Maxfield .
1885. Charles Edward Simpson
1866.
Moses Greeley Parker.
·
1885. Charles Warren Taylor
1867.
Walter Henry Leighton.
1885. Arlin Edouard Zephirin Vincelette
1887. Franklin Nickerson ..
·
1885. Jacob Brackett Wentworth .
1868. Joseph Edward Langlois
1869
26
1888. Joseph Haveu Smith
1885
79
1886. Lawrence John McDonough. .
1886. Matthew John McGannon. .
. .
1800. James Daley
1886. Thomas Gerald McGannon
. .
1886. Robert Lester Qua
.
I Honorary member.
1887. John Cochrane
1888
40
.
.
1874. Havilla Marcena Rackliff
1875
184S.
Josiah Crosby 1
1875
. .
.
1878. James Joseph McCarty
1551. Paris B. Brown. .
1853
. .
1879. Wyllis Gilbert Eaton, Jr.
1879. Harvey Knight. .
·
1890
..
1880. Henry Rupert Brissett .
1881. Gerrett James Bradt .
1960. Henry John Harwood.
1863. Edward Dillon Ireland
. .
1883. James Joseph Sullivan
1885
28
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.
.
. .
.
. .
1872.
Orris O. Davis .
1846. Joel Spalding .
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. .
.
. .
1886. Mary Ann Hall.
1869. David Coggin.
.
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Admitted. Retired or resigned. Died. Age.
1888. Arthur Earnest Gillard . . . .
1888. Frank Harcourt Koyle .
1888. William Patrick Lawler. .
1889. Thomas Francis Harrington. . .
JOHN ORNE GREEN was the son of Rev. Aaron and Eunice (Orne) Green, of Malden, Mass., where he was born, May 14, 1799.
His preparatory education was received at the acad- emy of Dr. Homans, in Medford, Massachusetts, and he was graduated at Harvard College with honors in the class of 1817, at the age of eighteen, with George Bancroft, Caleb Cushing and Rev. Dr. Tyng, During college he paid particular attention to theological studies, intending to enter the ministry. But after teaching school for a year in Castine, Mc., he entered the office of Dr. Ephraim Buck, of Malden, and commenced the study of medicine. In the winters of 1818 and '19 he attended lectures at the college on Mason Street, Boston, entering the office of Dr. Edward Reynolds, of Boston, in October, 1821.
March 10, 1822, he received his degree of M.D. from Harvard, and on the 23d of April he came to Lowell, where he remained in active practice until his death, a period of nearly sixty-four years.
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Dr. Green's place will probably never be filled in this city. Dr. Huntington was undoubtedly a more popular man, Dr. Bartlett was more widely known, but as an ideal family physician Dr. Green's position was unparalleled.
He gave his whole life to his profession, taking little part in politics, although his early training and his love of letters induced him to identify himself prominently with school matters. He was a member of the School Board for twelve years, and for nine years was its chairman, and wrote its reports. In 1870 he delivered the address at the dedication of the new Green School, which took the place of the old building on Middle Street.
In the American Journal of Medical Sciences for July, 1830, he reported two cases of fracture of the liver, which were re-published in Germany.
In the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal for De- cember, 1837, he wrote an account of an epidemic of small-pox in Lowell. He also rendered valuable aid by his investigations to Dr. Elisha Bartlett, in his work on fevers, the second edition of which was dedi- cated to him.
He served as alderman of the city of Lowell, and as health commissioner for several years he prepared the bills of mortality which preceded the present sys- tem of registration. He was councilor of the Massa- chusetts Medical Society for many years, and he de- livered the annual address before that body in 1846 on "The Factory System in its Hygienic Relations." He served on the staff of St. John's Hospital for nearly twenty years. He was president of the Lowell Old Residents' Association, and president of the Low- ell Institution for Savings.
Dr. Green was an earnest churchman, and his ex-
tensive practice never interfered with his church duties. He rcad and published papers as follows : 1830, "Fractures of Liver ;" 1837, "History of Small- Pox in Lowell ; " 1846, " Annual Address Massachu- sctts Mcdical Society ; " 1851, " Biography of Calvin Thomas, M.D .; " 1857, " Address at Dedication of Chime of Bells ;" 1866, " Resolutions on the Death of Elisha Huntington, M.D. ; " 1868, " Address before Old Residents' Association ; " 1869, "Memorial of John C. Dalton, M.D .; " 1870, " Address at Dedica- tion of Green School ;" 1876, " Reminiscences at Lowell Semi-Centennial ; " 1877, " Lowell and Har- vard College O. H. R."
Dr. Green was thrice married,-first, to Jane Thomas, of Tyngsboro', September 14, 1826; second, to Minerva B. Slater, of Smithfield, R. I., 6th of March, 1833, and third to Jane McBurney, 25th of April, 1871.
Dr. John Orne Green, of Boston, is his son. Full of years and honor, he died 23d of December, 1885.
ELISHA HUNTINGTON, son of Rev. Asahel and Althea (Lord) Huntington, daughter of Dr. Elisha Lord, of Pomfret, Conn., was born in Topsfield, Mass., 9th of April, 1796. He was graduated from Dart- mouth in the class of 1815, and from the Medical De- partment of Yale in 1823.
He came to Lowell (then East Chelmsford) in 1824, where he lived until his death, a period of more than forty years. He was a busy man, devoting much time to the interests of the city, and never neglecting his professional duties, and in both spheres was he highly honored. He gave especial attention to our schools. When Lowell was a town he served four years as a member of the School Committee, and the same length of time on this board, after the munici- pal incorporation in 1836. He was selectman of the town of Lowell two years, and a member of the Com- mon Council of the city three years.
Dr. Huntington was first elected mayor the 24th of April, 1839, being then president of the Common Council, when the office of mayor was made vacant by the sudden death of Luther Lawrence.
He was re-elected to this office in 1840, '41, '44, '45, '52, '56 and '58. In 1847, '53 and '54 he served as alderman.
In 1852 he was elected Lieutenant-Governor, but declined a re-election for the next year.
He was an overseer of Harvard College from 1860 to 1865, and served one term as inspector of the State Almshouse, at Tewksbury. Huntington Hall was named in his honor.
He never sought office ; it always sought him. In fact, he declined office many times on account of his love for his profession, and during all his years of po- litical service attended a large general practice. He was very regular in his attendance at the meetings of the District Medical Society, and was president of this society in 1848-49. He was president of the State Society in 1855-56.
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Dr. Huntington published several addresses and a most excellent memorial of Prof. Elisha Bartlett (Lowell, 1856). He was elected city physician in 1843, and served the unexpired term made vacant by the resignation of Dr. A. D. Dearborn.
He was married, May 31, 1825, to Hannah, daugh- ter of Joseph and Deborah Hinckley, of Marblehead. He died at Lowell December 10, 1865.
ELISHA BARTLETT, son of Otis and Wait Bartlett, was born in Smithfield, R. I., Oct. 6, 1804. He was graduated from the Medical School of Brown Uni- versity in 1826, after which he spent a year in Eu- rope, and on Dec. 15th entered upon the practice of his profession in Lowell.
He was a man of elegant presence, a finished ora- tor and a writer of rare ability, and he was at once singled out for honor and preferment. He was often called upon to deliver public addresses and orations before the citizens of Lowell. He delivered the Fourth of July oration in 1828, when only twenty- three years of age, and a resident of the town of only six months' standing. When Lowell became a city, in 1836, he was honored by being made the first mayor, and he was re-elected the following year. He regularly contributed editorials to several of the newspapers of this city, and through the medium of the press he vindicated the character, condition and treatment of the factory girls, which had been as- sailed by Boston newspapers.
Although attending to a general practice when in Lowell, he delivered a course of lecturesat the Berk- shire Medical Institute in 1832, and again in 1839.
Dr. Bartlett held professorships as follows: In Transylvania College, Lexington, Ky. (1841); in the University of Maryland (1844); again in Lexington (1846) ; in Louisville (1849), and in the University of New York (1850). From 1851 until his death he held the chair of Materia Medica and Medical Juris- prudence in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York.
The professorships occupied his time during the autumn and winter, and in the spring and summer, from 1843 to 1852, he delivered lectures at the Ver- mont Medical College, at Woodstock.
While in Lowell he started the Medical Magazine. The first number was published in 1832, the editors being A. L. Pierson, J. L. Flint and Elisha Bartlett. This, the first number, was printed in Lowell, but the succeeding numbers appeared in Boston. This maga- zine continued for three years.
Dr. Bartlett wrote " Essay on Philosophy of Medi- cal Science " (1844), "Inquiry into the Degree of Certainty in Medicine" (1848), "The Fevers of the United States " (1850), " Discourse on the Times, Character and Works of Hippocrates " (1852), and a volume of poetry, "Simple Settings in Verse for Por- traits and Pictures from Mr. Dickens' Gallery " (1855). In the Lowell City Library is a copy of his transla- tion from the French, entitled, "Sketches of the
Character and Writings of Eminent Living Physi- cians and Surgeons of Paris " (1831). This transla- tion is a most finished work, and stamps him as an accomplished French scholar.
Dr. Bartlett married, in 1839, Elizabeth, daughter of John Slater, of Smithfield. He died at Smithfield, July 18, 1855.
HARLIN PILLSBURY, son of Samuel and Mary (Currier) Pillsbury, was born at Sandown, N. H., Nov. 30, 1797. He was liberally educated, receiving his degree of A.B. from Dartmouth College in 1823, and in 1826 he received his degree of M.D. from the same institution.
He came to Loweli in January, 1827, and remained here in active practice until within a few years of his death, a gentleman of the old school, a careful, con- scientious physician, an upright man.
He married Sophia Bigelow Pratt, of Brewster, Mass., in 1842. The doctor devoted himself strictly to the practice of his profession, and always eschewed politics, although he was pressed into public service in 1828-29 as a member of the School Board, and in 1840 and 1843 as an alderman. In 1874, after a resi- dence in Lowell of forty-seven years, he removed to Billerica, intending to spend his last days in rest. This was denied him, however, as his services were constantly called in requisition until his death, which occurred at Billerica April 12, 1877.
JOSIAH CROSBY1 was born in Sandwich, N. H., Feb. 1, 1794. He was the son of Dr. Asa and Betsy (Hoit) Crosby. He was educated under the private instruction of Rev. Mr. Hidden, of Tamworth, N. H., and afterwards was sent to Amherst Academy. He was an elegant penman and for some time he tauglit school and gave private lessons in penmanship. He studied medicine with his father and the well-known Dr. Nathan Smith, and was graduated at Dartmouth in 1816.
Dr. Crosby practiced in Sandwich, Meredith Bridge, Epsom and Concord, N. H., until the year 1828, when he came to Lowell. He remained here five years, one of the most prominent physicians of the place. He was one of the founders of the Apple- ton St. Church (now the Elliot Church), and was foremost in many public enterprises. While in Low- ell, Feb. 9, 1829, he married Mary Light Avery, of Guilford, N. H.
In 1833 he gave up the practice of his profession, and for five years interested himself in manufactur- ing. In 1838, however, he resumed his practice, set- tling in Meredith Bridge, and taking the place of his brother Dixi, who was appointed professor in Dart- mouth. In 1844 he went to Manchester, and he stayed here through the remainder of his life, a period of over thirty years. In Manchester he originated and introduced the method of making extensions of fractured limbs by the use of adhesive strips, and
1 Vide " A Crosby Family," publisbed by Natban Crosby.
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later he invented the invalid bed, the celebrated Crosby bed. In 1848 lie was elected an honorary member of the Massachusetts Medical Society. He died in Manchester, January 2, 1875.
JOHN WHEELOCK GRAVES, son of Dr. William Graves, was born in Deerfield, N. H., January 7, 1810. His preliminary education was received at Exeter, N. H., and his medical studies were pursued in his fatlier's office, and at the Medical College at Wash- ington, D. C., where he received his degree of M.D. in 1830.
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