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1803 .- DR. JOSEPH TRUMBULL, born in Suffield. Conn., October 12, 1756, and for a long time in prac- tice in Petersham, came to Worcester and, in partner- ship with Isaiah Thomas, managed the drug-store originally established by Dr. Paine, and afterwards in the hands of Drs. Levi Sheppard and Eben Hunt, and of " Drs." Abraham Lincoln and Benjamin Green. He was married, February 14, 1786, to Elizabeth, daughter of Hon. Timothy and Sarah (Chandler) Paine, this marriage being the first solemnized in the Second (Unitarian) Church, and died at his residence in Trumbull Square, March 2, 1824. A martyr to gout, which, for seventeen years, confined him to his chair, he was unable to follow the active life of a physician, and in Worcester, when able to do any- thing, devoted himself to his drug business.
1804 .- WORCESTER DISTRICT MEDICAL SOCIETY .-
The Worcester Medical Society had for several years been before the Legislature by petition and commit- tee for an act of incorporation, but had been constantly thwarted by the Massachusetts Medical Society, which considered such action detrimental to its inter- ests. A conference was finally held with a committee of the Worcester society, and after an act of Legisla- ture (approved March 8, 1803) had been obtained, by which the powers of the older society were extended, it was agreed that four districts should be established- Middle, Southern, Eastern and Western ; Worcester district to be the western, and to include those fel- lows living in the counties of Worcester, Hampshire, Hampden, Franklin and Berkshire. At a meeting of the County Society held September 26, 1804, an or- ganization after this plan was effected; fourteen mem- bers of the local society became fellows of the Massa- chusetts Medical Society, elected officers and acquired the right to establish their own regulations "so that they be not repugnant to the hye-laws of the general society," to hold property and to dispose of the same. Although by the act the "Western District" included the physicians of five counties, all but one of the three hundred and forty-eight names on the rolls are those of Worcester County men, and no loss of members by the establishment of new districts occurred until the Worcester North District was set off, in 1858. Meet- ings, always in Worcester, were at first held semi-an- nually in June and September; later there were quar- terly meetings, and still later a meeting was held every two months. Officers elected annually in May consist of a president, vice-president, secretary, treas- urer, librarian, five censors (who examine candidates for admission) and a variable number of councillors, who represent the society at the general meeting of council- lors in Boston. The present membership is one hundred and twenty-three. In 1845 six thousand dollars was given to the society by the Hon. Daniel Waldo, and in 1851 Dr. Charles W. Wilder, of Leominster, left five hundred dollars in his will. The income of these sums, together with that of a bequest of one thousand dollars from the late Harrison Bliss and the interest of another small sum of money called the Available Reserved Fund, is now devoted to the increase of the library, the third largest medical library in the State.
The presidents of the society since 1804 have been : Oliver Fiske, of Worcester, 1804-07; Thomas Babbitt, of Brookfield, 1807-13; Abraham Haskell, of Ashby, 1813-14; Jonathan Osgood, of Gardner, 1814-20; Abraham Haskell, of Ashby, 1820-25; Stephen Baclı- eller, Jr., of Royalston, 1825-29; John Green, of Wor- cester, 1829-37; Edward Flint, of Leicester, 1837-40; Benjamin F. Heywood, of Worcester, 1840-42; Charles W. Wilder, of Leominster, 1842-44; Joseph Stone, of Hardwick, 1844-46; William Workman, of Worcester, 1846-49 ; John G. Metcalf, of Mendon, 1849-51 ; Ben- jamin Pond, of Westboro', 1851-53; Thomas R. Bou- telle, of Fitchburg, 1853-55; Charles M. Fay, of Charlton, 1855-57 ; Joshua J. Johnson, of Northboro',
ton, of Lancaster ; Samuel Willard, of Uxbridge; Thomas Babbitt, of Brookfield ; and Thaddeus Maccarty, of Worcester.
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HISTORY OF WORCESTER COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS.
1857-58; Alfred Hitchcock, of Fitchburg, 1858-59; Oramel Martin, of Worcester, 1859-62; Calvin P. Fiske, of Fiskdale, 1862-64; Joseph Sargent, of Wor- cester, 1864-66; Moses D. Southwick, of Blackstone, 1866-69; Rufus Woodward, of Worcester, 1869-70; Chauncy A. Wilcox, of Uxbridge, 1870-72; Thomas H. Gage, of Worcester, 1872-74; Joseph T. O. West, of Princeton, 1874-76; Henry Clarke, of Worcester, 1876-78; Frederick D. Brown, of Webster, 1878-80; Emerson Warner, of Worcester, 1880-82; Edwin B. Harvey, of Westboro', 1882-84; Albert Wood, of Worcester, 1884-86; George C. Webber, of Millbury, 1886-88; J. Marcus Rice, of Worcester, 1888.
The following physicians have been members of the society :
Nume and residence.
Admitted.
Died,
Jonathan Osgood, Garduer
1804
1822
Israel Whiton, Winchendon.
1804
1815
John Green, Worcester
1804
1808
JoDatban Learned,
1804
Eben H. Phillips, Charlton ..
1804
1837
JoliD Frink, Jr., Rutland
1804
1811
Austin Flint, Leicester,
1804
1850
Josiah Howe, Templeton.
1804
1843
Mason Spooner, Templeton
1804
1816
John Field, Rutland
1804
1815
Oliver Fiske, Worcester.
1804
1837
Tilly Rice, Brookfield
1804
1824
Thomas Babbitt, Brookfield
1804
1813
Abraham Haskell, Ashby
1807
1833
Samuel Willard, Uxbridge
1808
1811
Israel Allen, Sterling.
1808
1817
Joho Flint, Petershamn
1808
1809
George Hoyt, Athol. 1830
C. C. Field, Leominster. 1839
Geo. Chandler, Worcester. 1839
Wm. M. Benedict, Millbury .1839
1847
Ilenry Bigelow, Worcester .. 1839
1864 ......
Alex. Poole, Northboro', 1840
11. F. Johoson, Worcester. 1840
Joseph Sargent, Worcester,
1840
1888
Abe llaskell, Jr., Lunenburg
1810
1829
J. J. Johnson, Northboro' 1840
1884
Samuel Manning, Lancaster
1817
1822
llenry G. Davis, Worcester 1840
1850
Ezekiel Wood, East Donglas .. 1841
1842
Henry Lincoln, Lancaster. 1842
1860
Edward Flint, Leicester
1820
Daniel Green, Ward
1820
1861
Austin E. Taft, Uxbridge. 1843
...
llenry Carpenter, Upton 1844
Charles G. Safford, Rutland
1844
1848
Charles W. Wilder, Templeton.
1822
1851
Benj. Heywood, Worcester 1844
1860
Samuel F. Green, Worcester. 1845
1884
J. E. Ewing, 1845
R. L. ITawes, Worcester.
1845
1867
F. Leland, Milford. 1845
1867
Benj. F. Heywood, Worcester
1822
1869
Calvin Newton, Worcester
1845
1853
Jss. A. Tenney, Worcester. 1845
Calvin P. Fiske, Sturbridge. 1847
1874
Alonzo W. Bennett, Uxbridge. 1847
1888
Leonard Spaulding, Millbury 1847
...
William Terry, Sutton ... 1847
Henry G. Bates, Worcester 1846
1870
Rowse R. Clarke, Whitinsville, 1847
1888
John M. Smith, West Boylston 1824
1847
Amos Parker, Bolton
1824
1861
Frederick lleywood, Worcester.
1848
1856
Pierre B. Mignanlt, Worcester 1849
...
Silas Marshall, Templetou.
1826
Abel Wilder, Mendon
1827
1862
Henry A. Jewett, Northboro' 1849
Osmun L. Inntley, Fitchburg. 1850
Jonas A. Marshall, Fitchburg 1850
....
William Workman, Shrewsbury 1831
1885
Alfred Hitchcock, Fitchburg. .1850
...
Adolphns Brigham, Shrewsbury. .1831
1859
Charles W. Wilder, Fitchburg 1850
...
Thomas R. Boutelle, Leominster 1832
1869
Alvah Godding, Winchendon, 1850
...
John G. Metcalf, Mendon 1832
Name and residence.
Admitted.
Died.
Albert J. Bellows, Paxton
.1832
Addison Knight, Oxford. .1834
Joseph Stone, Hardwick. 1834
1849
Benj. Pond, Jr., Westboro' 1835
1857
Henry II. Rising, Westboro' 1836
1870
James W. Robbins, Uxbridge
1836
1879
John Andrews, Boylston.
1836
....
William Thornton, Grafton.
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John S. Butler, Worcester
183G
John Starkweather, Upton.
1836
Wn. D. Peck, Sterling.
1837
Chandler Smith, Worcester. 1837
1843
Thomas Taylor, Holden. 1837
Levi Rawson, Grafton 1837
Alphonso Brooks, Princeton 1838
Delano Pierce, Grafton .. 1838
1871
Warren Partridge, Princeton 1836
1853
John Plaot, Northbridge 1838
...
David Parker, Gardner 1838
Angnstns Robbins, Holden 1838
1855
Erasmus D. Miller, Worcester 1838
Samuel B. Woodward, Worcester. 1838
1838
Joel Burnett, Southboro'
1838
1845
David S. C. II. Smith, Sutton 1839
1859
George Willard, Uxbridge,
1839
1846
Charles M. Fay, Charlton
1839
1868
Samuel Hartwell, Southboro' 1839
1839
1861
Samuel C. Hartwell, Southboro'.
1839
Oliver H. Blood, Worcester, 1839
1858
Charles Cutler, Grafton. 1839
1840
Amory Hunting, Millbury
1839
1870
John W. Tenney, Webster.
1839
1848
Lawson Mirick, Brookfield 1839
1860 1866
Peter Snow, Fitchburg ..
181]
1824
John Green, Worcester.
1811
1866
Seth Field, Brookfield.
1812
1850
Henry Bagg, Princeton.
1818
J. Il. Flint, Petershamn.
1846
Seth Knowlton, Shrewsbury
1815
1832
Setlı Fobes, Oakbam,
1813
1814
Stephen Ball, Northborough.
1837
1850
Silas Allen, Leominster 1818
1840
Dan Lamb, Charlton 1819
1853
Ephraim Lovell, West Boylston.
1843
1869
Daniel Brigham, Berlin
1821
1837
John Homans, Brookfield.
1821
1868
Silas Pearson, Westminster
1822
1824
James McFarland, Jr., Rutland ..
1822
1823
Loammi Harrington, Paxton
1822
1840
Stephen Batcheller, Jr., Royalston
1822
1848
Nath. Peabody, Lancaster
1822
1855
George Estabrook, Holden
1822
1846
Asa Jones, Spencer.
1822
1827
Alexander Thayer, Jr., Mendon
1822
1830
Moses Phelps, Jr., Hubbardston ..
1823
......
James Stine, Jr., Phillipston,
1823
1857
Gustavns D. Peck, Milford. 1826
Moses D. Sonthiwick, Blackstone 1849
1875
llenry Parker, Grafton
1827
1856
P. T. Kendall, Sterling. 1831
1862
J. W. D. Osgood, Templeton, 1851
... ...
...
...
1850
Joshua Porter, North Brookfield.
Wm. S. Saunders, Sturbridge.
N. Quincy Tirrell, Sutton.
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WORCESTER.
Name and residence. Admitted.
Died.
Name and residence. Admitted. Died.
E. B. Harvey, Westboro' 1866
......
James P. C. Cummings, Fitchburg .1851
1858
D. M. Fulton, Grafton. 1866
......
Steplien Tracy, Worcester 185 1
...
Jerome Wilmarth, Upton. 1866
Thomas K. Whittemore, Grafton. 1867
1877
Thomas T. Griggs, Grafton 1851
...
Henry Y. Simpson, Worcester. 1867
1867
Ambrose Goulet, Worcester 1852
Alfred Miller, Ashburnham. 1852
... ...
Henry Sargent, Worcester. 1852
1858
Benj. F. Clough, Worcester. 1869
Rufus Woodward, Worcester. 1852
1885
Joseph W. Hastings, Warren 1869
Henry Clark, Worcester. 1852
1880
E. C. Park, West Boylston .1869
Charles W. Whitcomb, Worcester. 1852
1852
1854
John O. Marble, Worcester. 1870
T. W. Wadsworth, Fitchburg
1852
1853
Geo. A. Bates, Worcester
1853
1885
George W. Davis, Worcester. 1870
E. M. Wheeler, Paxton 1853
188]
Fred. Il. Thompson, Laucaster. 1870
George M. Pierce, Leominster, .1853
1853
1856
James G. Shannon, Oakham.
1870
John E. Hathaway, Worcester
1853
1862
F. E. Corey, Westboro' 1870
George C. Webber, Millbury
1871
Chauncey A. Wilcox, Uxbridge 1854
1885
Charles H. Davis, Worcester 1871
Lewis S. Dixon, Worcester. 1871
Charles H. Hamilton, East Donglas. 1872
. Levi White, East Donglas. 1872
Albert G. Blodgett, West Brookfield 1872
G. D. Jordan, Worcester. 1872
Leonard Wheeler, Worcester 1872
Barnard D. Eastman, Worcester 1872
Myron L. Chamberlain, Sonthbridge. 1872
Charles A. Bemis, Spencer. 1872
Hosea M. Quinby, Worcester. 1873
Herbert Shurtleff 1873
Watson E. Rice, N. E. Village 1873
George L. Brown, Barre 1873
Charles A. Peabody, Worcester.
1873
George J. Bull, Worcester. 1874
Frank H. Kelley, Worcester 1874
John A. Greenleaf, Worcester. 1875
William H. Workman, Worcester 1875
Thorn Willmot, Worcester. 1875
Edward R. Spanlding, Worcester .1875
J. Bartlett Rich, Worcester 1877
Enoch Q. Marsten, Worcester 1876
Thomas J. O'Sullivan, Worcester 1878
Josialı N. Bixby, West Warren 1878
JI. S. Knight, Worcester. 1878
W. T. Sonther, Worcester. 1877
Peter E. ITubon, Worcester 1860
1880
Joseph O. West, Princeton 1860
1887
W. E. Brown, Gilbertville. 1878
Samnel B. Woodward, Worcester 1878
Wm. H. Raymenton, Worcester. 1879
Perley E. Corney, Clinton. 1879
Albert R. Moulton, Worcester. 1879
Walter P. Bowers, Lancaster. 1879
Charles L. Clarke, Oxford. 1879
Oliver H. Everett, Worcester. 1880
Charles II. Gront, Webster. 1880
Patrick H. Keefe, Worcester 1880
Thomas J. Garrigan, N. Brookfield 1880
George Loring Tobey, Shrewsbury .. 1880
Thomas P. O'Callaghan, Worcester .1880
George E. Adams, Worcester. 1880
Daniel W. Niles, Worcester. 1880
M. G. Halloran, Worcester. 1SS)
J. G. Thomas, Worcester.
1881
C. W. Stickney, Holden,
1881
E. T. Aldrich, West Boylston 1881
Everett Flood, Worcester.
1882
Ernest V. Scribner, Worcester 1882
John A. Houston, Worcester .. 1882
William B. Cushman, Oxford. 1882
Jonathan H. Woods, Barre 1882
George M. Morse, Clinton. 1882
J. G. Park, Worcester 1866
......
Frederick Scott, Worcester, 1882
...
Henry Gillmore, Brookfield 1854
......
Nelson Carpenter, Warren 1854
Warren Tyler, West Brookfield, 1854
Dan S. Fiske, Brookfield 1855
1878
John Barns, Milford. 1855
J. M. Rice, Worcester. 1855
George M. Burgess, Blackstone. 1855
1859
Seth Rogers, Worcester 1855
......
Thomas H. Gage, Sterling 1855
George K. Nichols, Saundersville 1856
James R. Wellman, Fitchburg 1856
1862
Fred. A. Sawyer, Sterling. 185G
Albert D. Smith, Holden. 1853
1858
Enoch H. Pillsbury, Hubbardston 1856
1857
Albert Potter, Charlton
1857
Albert B. Robinson, Holden 1858
S. F. Haven, Jr., Worcester. 1858
1862
Almon M. Orcutt, Hardwick 1858
Eben N. Chamberlain, Millbury .1858
Fred. H. Jewett, Shrewsbury 1859
D. Mills Tucker, Grafton 1859
Joseph S. Ames, Holden. 1860
J. N. Bates, Worcester. 1860
1883
E. G. Burnett, Webster
1860
Merrick Bemis, Worcester 1862
Henry C. Prentiss, Worcester 1862
E. D. Lord, Sterling 1862
L. H. Hammond, Oakham 1862
George W. Ward, Upton .. 1863
S. P. Martin, New Braintree 1863
B. H. Tripp, Rutland. 1863
F. D. Brown, Webster 1863
1886
Emerson Warner, Worcester. IS64
Charles W. Barnes, Grafton .. 1864 James T. Rood, Brookfield 1864
F. H. Rice, Worcester. 1864
W. H. Lincoln, Hubbardston 1864
L. F. Billings, Barre 1864
Silas P. Holbrook, East Douglas 1865
Marquis Hale, Spencer. 1865
1884
George E. Francis, Worcester 1865
F. W. Brigham, Shrewsbury. IS65
...
Albert Wood, Worcester. 1865
Joseph Draper, Worcester. 1866 ...
C. H. Perry, Webster. 1866
A. L. Stickney, Sutton 1866
...
George Brown, Barre. 1866
......
Wm. H. Parker, Milford, 1866
1883
...
Harris O. Palmer, Worcester. 1867
Samnel Griggs, Westborn' 1851
...
Oramel Martin, Worcester.
1851
L. W. Loring, Petersham.
D. W. Hodgkins, East Brookfield. 1868
E. B. Flagg, Worcester. 1868
Wesley Davis, Worcester. 1870
H. M. Lincoln, Westminster.
Warren Pierce, Sterling 1870
George O. Warner, Leicester 1870
1885
Edward Layng, Worcester.
Jonathan Nichols, Oxford 1854
George W. Burdett, Clinton.
1854
1862
Elam C. Knight, Sterling .1851
John Heard, Leominster .1851
J. Henry Robinson, Southboro' 1800
W. B. Maxwell, Farnumsville. 1878
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HISTORY OF WORCESTER COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS.
Name and residence. .Idmitted.
Died.
Orlando Mixter, Worcester 1882
...
Francis L. Banfield, Worcester
1882
Charles A. IInse, Worcester
1882
1884
Roscoe W. Swan, Worcester. 1882
Lemuel F. Woodward, Worcester.
1882
Chas. Mackin, Milford.
1883
Edgar C. Atkins, Milford ... 1893
William C. Fogerty, Worcester. 1883
1883
Eben M. Perkins, Worcester
1883
William G. Reed, Sturbridge
1883
Fred. F. Bigelow, Worcester 1883
Deun S. Ellis, Worcester
1883
Fred. G. Sanborn, Holden
1883
Geo. F. Woodbury, Worcester.
1883
Edward R. Wheeler, Spencer. 1883
Geo. N. Foskett, Dana 1883
William C. Stevens, Worcester. 1883
Fred. H. Daniels, Worcester 1883
Cassins H. Darling, Worcester
1883
Charles S. Bradley, Westboro' 1883
Joseph II. Kelley, Worcester. 1884
William J. Delahanty, Worcester. 1884
David Harrower, Jr., Worcester 1884
E. L. Sawyer, Oakham .. 1884
Geo. A. Brown, Barre, 1884
Wm. Dan Lamb, Southbridge 1846
Rebecca Barnard, Worcester 1883
Mary V. O'Callaghan, Worcester 1885
Edward H. Trowbridge, Worcester. 1885
Albert C. Getchell, Worcester 1885
1I. F. M. Smith, Worcester 1885
C. A. Deland, Warren. 1880
Ira C. Guptill, Northboro' 1886
Jobn T. Duggan, Worcester.
1886
Lawrence T. Newhall, Brookfield
1886
William Il. Danforth, Worcester. 1886
Charles II. Brockway, Worcester. 1874
F. C. Jillson, Sterling.
1887
E. W. Norwood, Spencer
1887
Chas, L. French, Clinton.
1887
Henry J. Kenyon, Worcester
1883
M. B. Warriner, North Brookfield,
1887
Bessie C. Earle, Worcester.
1887
Geo. W. H. Libby, Worcester
1887
J. II. Maynard Bellerose, Worcester
1887
J. J. Brennan, Worcester
1887
Alfred 1. Noble, Worcester 1887
Ray W. Green, Worcester.
1897
Charles G. Stearns, Leicester
1887
Geo. O. Ward, Worcester 1888
Daniel P. Cilley, Westboro' 1888
Homer Gage, Worcester.
1888
Even of those physicians claiming Worcester as a home it will be manifestly impossible to mention all. An attempt will be made to give attainable particulars of the leading men only.
1807 .- JOHN GREEN, M.D., A.B. (Brown, 1804), born in Worcester, April 19, 1784, who began practice in 1807, less than a year before the death of Dr. John Green, his father, and but eight years after that of the Revolutionary Dr. John Green, his grandfather, is destined to be longer remembered than either ; for, with that enduring monument, a public library, his name will always be associated. Having early decided to devote a liberal portion of his fortune to the founding of such an institution, he was, for many years, personally engaged in collecting books, which, in 1859, he presented to the city, adding continually
to the number afterwards, and leaving, by will, thirty thousand dollars as a fund for further increase. He studied medicine with his father, succeeded on the latter's sudden death to his large practice, and con- tinued for more than half a century the recognized leader of the profession in the county. Prudent and cautious almost to a fault, he is said to have realized Thomas Fuller's idea of the " good physician " : " He hansels not his new experiments on the bodies of his patients, letting loose mad receipts into the sick man's body to try how well nature in him will fight against them, while himself stands by and sees the battle."
Holding no public office, and devoting himself entirely to his profession, few men were better known than Dr. John Green. "His name," says Judge Thomas, " was a household word. Not to have seen him, as, under that brown, broad-brimmed soft hat, he rolled from side to side, in that old time-honored gig, through the streets of the village, town and city, was to have missed one of the most striking institu- tions of Worcester."
His personal appearance, at least in old age, is well-known to all frequenters of the "Green library," where statue and picture well represent his slight and stooping figure and intelligent features. His modesty was such that he wished this statne removed, as it seemed to him to suggest a " kind of arrogance " that he did not feel. His manner was quiet ; his tastes simple; he cared nothing for display.
In 1815 he was granted the degree of M.D. by Harvard College, and in 1826 Brown followed the example of her sister university. Of the district medical society he was three years treasurer, seven librarian, five vice-president, and seven president, when he declined further service. He was vice- president of the American Medical Society in 1854. He was the first president of the Horticultural Society, councillor of the Massachusetts Medical and of the American Antiquarian Societies, and an early and constant patron of the Natural History Society. Feeble health and increasing age compelled him to retire from active practice about ten years be- fore his death, which took place after several weeks' illness, October 17, 1865, he being then in his eighty- second year. Early in life he married Dolly, daughter of David Curtis, but survived her many years. He left no children, and was the last of the line of doctors of his name' that, for more than one hundred years, had been largely responsible for the health of the in- habitants of Worcester.
1808 .- DR. BENJAMIN CHAPIN, son of Captain Thaddeus Chapin, was born in Worcester, May 29, 1781. He studied medicine with the second Dr. Green, practised in Marlborough until 1808, when he returned to Worcester, and remained here until his death, January 15, 1835, at the age of fifty-four. His
1 Ilis nephew, John Green, is a distinguished ophthalmologist in St. Louis, Missouri.
Chas. W. Ilurwood, Worcester.
1883
Thomas E. Roche, Clinton,
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WORCESTER.
office and drug-store stood at the corner of Front and Carlton Streets. He was town clerk from 1818-1833 and in 1830 a member of the Legislature.
1815 .- BENJAMIN F. HEYWOOD, M.D., A.B. (Dart- mouth, 1812), son of Hon. Benjamin Heywood, a graduate of Harvard College, officer in the Revolu- tionary army, and judge of the Court of Common Pleas, was born in Worcester, April 24, 1792. He attended lectures at the medical schools of Dartmouth and Yale, graduated from the latter in 1815, and he- gan practice in Worcester immediately afterwards. For more than fifty years he was in active business, twenty of them in partnership with his brother-in- law, Dr. Green, and, at the time of his sudden death, December 7, 1869, at the age of seventy-seven, was the oldest physician in Worcester, and had been longest in practice. A permanent member of the American Medical Association, he held in turn, and for long periods of time, all the offices in the gift of the District Society, and was for many years conn- cillor in the State Society. He was for forty years a trustee of the Worcester County Institution for Sav- ings, and was a director of the Worcester Bank, of which his father was one of the founders. In 1848 he served one term in the Common Council, and from 1848-1856 was a member of the Board of Aldermen. In 1859 he became, by right of his father, a member of the Society of the Cincinnati. His first wife, sister of Dr. John Green, died Aug. 4, 1836 ; his second wife, also a sister of Dr. Green, still lives in this city.
1826 .- O. H. BLOOD, M.D., A.B. (Harvard, 1821), was the son of Gen. T. H. Blood, of Sterling. He studied medicine with Dr. Lemuel Capen, of that place, and attended lectures at the Harvard Medical School, where he graduated in 1826. He practised in Worcester until 1828, when he went to Brookfield. In 1831 he returned, but soon turned his attention to dentistry, in which business he continued until his death, April 8, 1858, at the age of fifty-seven. His wife, now living, is a sister of Mr. H. G. O. Blake.
1829 .- JOHN S. BUTLER, M.D., A.B. (Yale, 1825), is a son of Daniel Butler, of Northampton, where he was born October 12, 1803. From 1825-28 he attended lectures in Boston and Philadelphia, and after receiving his degree spent one more year in study, finally opening his office in Worcester in 1829. Early in his career he became interested in the sub- ject of insanity, and, as he himself says, was "a fre- quent visitor to the newly-established Insane Asylum, and a careful observer in its wards." In 1839 he was appointed resident medical officer of penal, charita- ble and reformatory institutions, and superintendent of the Insane Asylum of Boston, where he remained until 1842. In 1843 he became superintendent of the Hartford Retreat, which position he resigned in 1873, after nearly thirty years' service. He resides in Hart- ford; is a member of the State Board of Health, of the American Academy and of the Medico-Psycholog- ical Society of Great Britain. From 1870-73 he was
president of the Association of Superintendents of American Insane Asylums.
1831 .- GEORGE CHANDLER, M.D., A.B. (Union, 1829), son of Major John W. Chandler, was born in Pomfret, Conn., April 8, 1806. He attended the acade- mies of Dudley and Leicester, spent two years at Brown University and graduated at Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., in 1829. He read medicine with Dr. Holt, of Pomfret, attended lectures in Boston and New Haven, and received his medical degree from Yale College in 1831. The same year he opened an office in Worcester. For part of one year he was in practice in Auburn, and in March, 1833, became Dr. S. B. Woodward's assistant at the Lunatic Hospital. In 1842 he was appointed superintendent of the New Hampshire State Lunatic Asylum, at Concord, erected after the plans submitted by him- self. Three years later he resigned this position against the expressed wish of the trustees, and the next year (1846) succeeded Dr. Woodward as superin- tendent of the Worcester Hospital. This institution was successfully managed by him for ten years, when he gave up his charge and at the same time retired from practice, having devoted twenty-five years to care of the insane. Dr. Chandler has been a mem- ber of the Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Con- necticut State Medical Societies. In 1859 he represented Ward 8 in the Legislature, and in 1862 was a member of the Board of Aldermen. He is a member of the Antiquarian and Worcester Fire Soci- eties and has devoted much time to the voluminous "Chandler family records." In 1862 he responded to the call for volunteer surgeons, went to Fortress Monroe and returned in medical charge of a trans- port. His first wife, Josephine Rose, who died in 1868, was a granddaughter of Dr. Wm. Paine. He married, April 8, 1874, Mary E. Douglass, widow of Charles A. Wheeler.
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