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GEORGE I. BENNETT, was born November 15, 1809. He graduated at the University of the City of New York in 1842. Practiced in Brooklyn dur- ing his professional career, 1842 to 1875. He was the first outdoor temper- ance orator in Brooklyn, lecturing at Fort Greene plaza on Sunday after-
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GEORGE MARVIN, M.D.
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noons, and using the stomachs of patients who had died of alcoholism (as prepared by Dr. JOHN G. JOHNSON, of this city) to illustrate his text. He was a member of the Kings County Society, 1842 to 1875. The Vice-President in 1851; Censor in 1858; Librarian in 1859 to 1869, and President in 1855.
TIMOTHY ANDERSON WADE. Born --. Graduated from Berkshire Med- ical Institute, 1843. He practiced medicine from 1844 to 1866. Was phy- sician to the Brooklyn Dispensary, 1846 to 1850; physician to the Kings County Penitentiary, 1849 to 1859. A member of the Kings County Medi- cal Society from 1845 to 1856. Was Secretary, 1847 to 1848 and 1849. Censor in 1849; President in 1856 ; Delegate to the American Medical Associ- ation in 1855. He died in Brooklyn, April, 1866.
SAMUEL BOYD, born in New York City, 1806, began studying medicine in New York City, 1825, with Dr. Alexander Stephens. Graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1828; post-graduate studies were conducted in the hospitals of Dublin, Edinburgh and Paris. Began private practice in New York City, 1829. In 1844, he moved to Staten Island, where he remained until 1848; also had an office in Brooklyn from 1830 to 1860. Health Officer of the City of Brooklyn from 1857 to 1859, and Visiting Physician in the City Hospital, 1840 to 1843. Member of the Kings County Medical Society, 1834 to 1860. Was President in 1857. Delegate to the State Society in 1835. Physician to Seamen's Retreat, Staten Island, 1844 to 1848; a surgeon in the Seminole War, and the only member that contri- buted a pamphlet on the yellow fever of 1856 as prevalent in New Utrecht.
DANIEL BROOKS, M.D., born in Westmoreland, N. H., 1813, took degree of A. M. from Yale University in 1839; took the degree of M. D. from the Ver- mont Medical College in 1845 ; was interne at the Insane Asylum at Hartford, Conn., 1845 to 1846; practiced medicine in Brooklyn, 1846 to 1861; attend- ing physician at the Brooklyn Dispensary, 1846 to 1850; member of the Kings County Society, 1847 to 1861; Vice-President, 1859; President, 1860; delegate to the American Association, 1860; died December 24, 1861.
CHRISTOPHER RABORG MCCLELLAN, born in Baltimore, Md., 1813; graduated from Yale University, 1833. Received the degree of M. D. in the University of Maryland, 1835; was interne at Baltimore City Hospital and County Almshouse, 1835 to '36 ; practiced medicine in Brooklyn, 1837 to 1887; Health Officer of Brooklyn, 1841 to 1842; attending physician City Hospital, 1845 to 1850; consulting physician, St. Peter's Hospital, 1877 to 1887; member of the Kings County Medical Society, 1839 to 1887; Censor in 1842; Vice-President, 1850 to 1860; President, 1861; member N. Y. Mutual Aid Association, N. Y. Academy of Medicine, State Medical Association, and in 1866 he was a delegate to the American Medical Association; Professor of Botany in the New York College of Pharmacy in 1839 ; he died in Brook- lyn January, 13, 1887.
SAMUEL HART, born in Wakefield, Mass., November 27, 1796; graduated at Harvard University (A. B., 1817; A. M., 1820; M. D., 1821). Began the practice of medicine at Beverly, Mass., in 1821. In 1828, he removed to Os- wego, N. Y., and in 1855, he removed to Brooklyn, where he died, September
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ANDREW OTTERSON, M.D.
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3, 1878. He was a member of the Kings County Medical Society 1858 to 1878, and Censor in 1861, '63 and '70. Was President in 1862. He was a member of the Oswego Medical Society, 1829 to 1855, also a member of the American Medical Association and of the New York State Medical Society and Fellow of Massachusetts Medical Society. He was Curator of the Medi- cal Department of the University of Buffalo, and Surgeon to the Riflemen of Oswego, N. Y. He bequeathed his library to the Kings County Medical Soci- ety in 1878.
DE WITT CLINTON ENOS, M. D., was born at De Ruyter, N. Y., March 17, 1820. Died in Brooklyn, N. Y., December 14, 1868. Received his medical ed- ucation in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, graduating in 1846. He was professor of General and Descriptive Anatomy in the Long Island College Hospital, 1860 to 1867. Professor of operative and clinical surgery, Long Island Hospital, 1867 to 1868. He was President of the Med- ical Society of the County of Kings in 1863. He practised medicine in the city of Brooklyn from 1847 to 1868.
JOSEPH CHRISMAN HUTCHISON, born in Howard County, Missouri, February 22, 1827, died in Brooklyn, N. Y., July 17, 1887. Graduated M. D., University of Pennsylvania, 1848, receiving the degrec of LL. D. from the University of Missouri in 1880. Was Professor of operative surgery and sur- gical anatomy of the Long Island College Hospital from 1860 to 1867. Pres- ident of the Collegiate Department, 1886 and 1887. President of the Medical Society of the County of Kings, 1864; New York State Medical Society, 1866; New York Pathological Society, 1871; and Health Commissioner of Brooklyn from 1873 to 1875, where he practiced medicine from 1853 to 1887.
JOHN TERRY CONKLING, M. D., born in Smithtown, L. I., March 19, 1825, died in Brooklyn, March 17, 1898, thus rounding out a useful life of more than the allotted time of three-score years and ten. His preliminary ed- ucation was received in the schools at the place of his birth, and at the State Normal School of Albany, graduating from there in 1847. Shortly after this he came to Brooklyn, and in 1852 began the study of medicine in the office of De Witt Clinton Enos, M. D. Dr. Conkling matriculated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, attending lectures during the winters '53, '54 and '55, graduating in 1855. He began the practice of medicine in Brooklyn, 1855, and continued until incapacitated by sickness. Was Superintendent of the Metropolitan Board of Health from 1864 to 1870, and was made President of the Brooklyn Board of Health in 1873. Was a member of the Board of Ed- ucation, 1864 to 1870 ; member Council of the Long Island College Hospital, 1886 to 1893; Physician to the Brooklyn Dispensary and Eye and Ear Infirm- ary and Consulting Physician of the Long Island College Hospital. Member of the Long Island Historical Society ; became a member of the Kings County Medical Society, 1859; Censor, and President in 1864, serving one term.
WILLIAM W. REESE was born of Quaker parentage, about eighty-seven years ago, near Philadelphia, Pa. He received the degree of M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1845. After coming to this city, he became a member of the Medical Society in the County of Kings in 1861. Six years
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JOHN TERRY CONKLING, M.D.
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after joining our society, he was elected to the Presidency, which office he held during the year 1867. Dr. Reese was one of the constituent members of the New York Physicians' Mutual Aid Association. Was the first Vice- President, his term extending from 1871 to '92. From 1874 he was also an active member of the Committee on Applications for Membership. Besides holding the office of President, he was Librarian from 1870 to 1878 and later held the office of Assistant Secretary. He was elected a delegate to the New York State Medical Society, for the years 1870 to '73; a delegate to the American Medical Association from 1870 to '79, and the National Quar- antine and Sanitary Commission in 1866. He died on October 20th, 1894.
RICHARD CRESSON STYLES, born in Philadelphia, Pa., October 4, 1830, died at Westchester, Pa., April 17, 1873. In 1851, he took the degree A. B. from Yale University, and in the following year began the study of medicine in the office of Thomas Turner, M. D., of Flatbush, L. I., matriculating with the University of Pennsylvania, and receiving the degree of M. D. in 1854. The years 1855 to 1856 were spent in the Paris Hospitals. Returning to this country, he began the practice of medicine in the State of Vermont, where he continued until 1862, receiving in that year the appointment of surgeon of volunteers. In 1863 to 1864, he was surgeon in Hancock's corps, coming to the City of Brooklyn. In the same year he engaged in the practice of medi- cine, his office being at 16 Court street. He accepted an appointment as resi- dent physician to the Kings County Hospital, remaining until 1866. During the years 1865 to 1866, he held the position of Superintendent to the Hospi- tal. Under the Metropolitan Board of Health, he held the office of Registrar of Kings County in 1866, and was Assistant Sanitary Superintendent from 1868 to 1870. Previous to his coming to our city, he filled the following posi- tions: Lecturer on Physiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, 1861 to 1862; Professor of Physiology and Pathology, Vermont Medi- cal College, 1857 to 1865; Professor of Physiology, Berkshire Medical Insti- tution, Mass., 1858 to 1862. His affiliation with medical societies has been as follows: Medical Society, County of Kings, 1865-1873; Vice-President, 1867; President, 1868-'69; Censor, 1870; Brooklyn Pathological Society, 1870-'73; of which he was one of the organizers. New York Academy of Medicine, 1865 to 1873. Delegate to the American Medical Association, 1865. In this connection, it may be interesting to note that Dr. Styles had given some time to the study of Texas cattle disease, and discovered the para- site which caused the malady, and which Professor Haller, of Jena, named the fungus Conisthecium Stilesianum, in honor of the discoverer.
WILLIAM HENRY THAYER, born in Milford, Mass., June 18th, 1822, became a member of the class of 1841, Harvard University, taking his A. B. in regular course. He received his M. D. from the Harvard Medical School in 1844. He was an interne of the Massachusetts General Hospital during his student period. For about ten years he practiced at Boston and at Newtown Centre, Mass. From 1854 to 1862 he resided at Kecne, New Hampshire. Was a member of the State Medical Society, New Hampshire and Vermont, and a surgeon of the New Hampshire volunteers. From 1862 to 1865 was
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WILLIAM WOODWARD REESE, M.D.
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Medical Director of New York, the second division of the U. S. army corps, being mustered out in July, 1865. He joined the Medical Society of Kings County in 1866, filling various offices from 1867 to 1878, and holding its presidency in 1872 and 1873. In 1869 or 1870 he, with his friend, Dr. R. C. Styles, and nine others, laid the foundation of the Brooklyn Pathological Society. In 1892 he gave up the practice of the profession on account of deaf- ness, and removed to Lanesboro, Mass. There he spent the last five years of his life in the enjoyment of outdoor freedom. He died December 22d, 1897.
WILLIAM WALLACE, born in Cork, Ireland, May 14, 1835; he began the study of medicine in Edinburgh in 1851. He graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons in 1856, and the Royal College of Physicians in 1860. During 1855 he was acting Assistant Surgeon to the Royal Navy, in the Russian war. After the completion of his medical course, Dr. Wallace entered the service of the Cunard Steamship Company, and for seven years served as surgeon. In 1864 he began practice in Brooklyn. He held the office of attending physician to the Out-door Department of the Long Island College Hospital. Subsequently he became visiting physician to the following institu- tions: Long Island College Hospital, St. John's Hospital and Home for Consumptives. Consulting physician to Long Island College Hospital and St. Mary's Hospital, and medical director to the college dispensary, were the important titles conferred upon him. His appointment as a member of the Council of Long Island College and Hospital Committee of St. John's Hos- pital, and the Board of Managers of the Church Charity Foundation, shows the confidence reposcd in him by the general public. In the Kings County Medical Society he was elected Censor, Trustee, and President, and dele- gate to the State Society, and President of the Brooklyn Pathological Society. He died in 1897.
WM. SCHROEDER, M.D. Secretary of the Historical Committee.
A list of the Books written by former and present members of the Society will be found on another page.
NOTE.
The Press Committee was under contract with the advertisers (whose names appear in this book) to furnish a History of the Medical Society of the County of Kings. The Business Chairman, finding that the history furnished by the Literary Chairman was inadequate to the demands of the contract, invited the aid of the Secretary of the Historical Committee of the Medical Society of the County of Kings, who kindly provided, in the emergency, the authentic notes for the history.
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FLOOR PLANS AND DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW BUILDING OF THE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF THE COUNTY OF KINGS.
Description and Cuts by courtesy of Brooklyn Medical Journal.
The building, which is located on Bedford avenue, near Atlantic, covers the entire property owned by the Society, and in plan is equivalent to a rectangle, 59 x 85 feet. The construction is to be fireproof, with special provision for the safety of the library. As shown by the accom- panying cuts of the drawings, the building has a basement and three stories, and may be described briefly as follows:
Front .-- Colonial in design and executed in brick, with stone trim- mings.
Basement .- Since bicycles are now considered physicians' necessities, space is made available for storage for the convenience of any one while con- sulting the library or attending meetings. Approach is had from the exterior by a stairway and inclined plane. A toilet-room adjacent is convenient, also, to the first-story entrance-hall. The heating- and ventilating-apparatus, coal- storage, and elevator machinery occupy other parts of the basement.
First Story .- From Bedford avenue one passes through the main entrance and vestibule to the main entrance-hall, which, being treated with some architectural pretension, gives the visitor a good first impression of the building. This hall serves as a foyer for the auditorium, which is entered through three doorways. At the right is an office, the desk of which com- mands a view of all entrances; also, the stairs and elevator. Convenient to this same entrance-hall is a reception-parlor, a ladies' room, and a cloak-room. The auditorium will seat nearly 400, and is lighted chiefly from skylights, extending across the building over the speaker's platform.
Second Story .- From the entrance-hall one ascends by elevator or stairs ,
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to the reading-room, which occupies the entire front of the second story. The ceiling is sixteen feet high, and the windows are large enough to give ample light. With the fire-places, tables, current-journal easc, the card catalogue, a cabinet for photographs and rare books, three private-study aleoves, etc., it can be seen that this room is designed to be the most attractive feature of the building. Adjacent to the reading-room is a conversation-room, a working-room for the librarian, and an office for the directory of nurses. To the rear of these rooms is the stack room, which has a capacity of about 100,000 volumes. The way in which the angularity is concealed, and the methods of lighting the stack rooms and the rooms adjacent, can be seen by studying the plans in connection with the longitudinal section. A mezzanine floor (not shown) above the packing room gives space for a toilet room convenient to the reading room.
Third Story .- Quarters are provided for office and storage ofthe BROOK- LYN MEDICAL JOURNAL, the official organ of the Society. A convenient suite of apartments is provided for the librarian or custodian of the building, while the front half of this story is occupied by two large section-rooms, which can be used separately or in conjunction.
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Program of the Graeco-Roman Festival
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During the Middle Ages, those centuries of darkness and superstition, the knights and ladies spoke of Athens with its wisdom and culture in an awed whisper. "But it couldn't last," they said, "it was too ideal for this earth; a few must understand the mysteries of learning, but the rest must fight-for Might is Right. Then Rome, that temple of justice and power, aroused more admiration than reverence. A shout of praise instead of the silence of awe would resound through the banquet hall as a knight with clanking spurs would shout "To the fairest of cities-Rome." "Yes," another would respond, "as long as she was young, but so-called justice disfigured her old age, thus Power, that charm of her youth was lost-for Might is Right," and with glistening armor and foaming horse the lords would ride to battle to do or die.
We, in this age of wonders untold, in this the best and most glorious of countries, far from the sunny skies of Athens and Rome, have accomplished the almost impossible-the union of Might with Right. Athens, with its culture, and Rome with its power, are found united in this our country to-day; thus in one of the homes of our country's glorious defenders, Rome and Athens are peacefully resting, side by side-Rome at the entrance, as a symbol of the strength which guards the beauty and culture within ; then Athens, cultured Athens, with its temples on either side, each a stepping stone to that pinnacle of wisdom and beauty, the pride of all Athens, the Parthenon.
Entering the Thirteenth Regiment Armory one steps into a Roman fruit and flower mart, with its myriads of blossoms and flower girls; every- thing pertaining to the garden is on sale-flowers, fruits, birds, garden-seats, Roman lanterns, jardinieres, tents, etc. Children, always dear to the Roman heart, are bountifully provided for by the Goose, sacred to Rome, and golden crowned Hours, who bestow gifts on those beloved of the gods. Sweet singing birds, a special blessing from Jupiter, are here in almost countless numbers.
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