The physicians and surgeons of the United States / edited by William B. Atkinson.

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1878
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    Islington Lane, Philadelphia, with which re- quest he complied, and was appointed surgeon in charge of ihe new hospital, remaining at this post until the end of the war. He is at present one of the physicians to the Musical Fund soc, Philadelphia, and one of the attend- ing physicians at the Presbyterian hosp. in West Philadelphia. He married, in 1859, Margaret W., daughter of the late George W. Fobes, of Philadelphia. REESE, JOHN JAMES, Philadelphia, was born in Philadelphia, June 16th, 1818. Educated at the univ. of Pa., he graduated from the dep't of arts, and in 1839 received his degree of M. D. from the dep't of med. He established himself in genei^al practice in Philadelphia, acquiring an ex- tensive practice and a prominent position in his profession. He is a fellow of the coll. of phys., Philadelphia; honorary member of the N. Y. medico-legal soc.; also physician of St. Joseph's hosp.; of the Philadelphia orphan asylum; and of the gynjecological hosp. and infirmary for diseases of children. His contributions to standard medical litera- ture have been of an important character, in- cluding his Analysis of Physiology; American Medical Formulary; Manual of Toxicology; and a number of papers in the leading professional journals. He also was editor of the seventh American edition of Taylor's Medical Jurisprudence. In 1861 he entered the U. S. army as surgeon of volunteers, being put in charge of the U. S. army hosp., Christian street, Philadelphia. He is at present prof, of med. jurisprudence and toxicology in the med. and legal dep'ts of the univ. of Pa. lENROSE, RICPIARD ALEXANDER F., Philadelphia, was boin in Carlisle, Pa., March 24th, 1827. He is the second son of Hon. Charles B. and Valeria Fullerton Penrose. His early education was received at Dickinson coll., where he graduated with the degree of A. B. in July, 1846, his medical studies being pursued in the med. dep't of the univ. of Pa., from which institution he graduated with honor in 1849. ^^e began the practice of medicine in Philadelphia in 1853, and rose rapidly to eminence. He was one of several members of the profession through whose instrumentality the wards of the Philadel])hia hosp., which had previously been closed to the profession, were opened to medical instruction in 1854. He was soon after elected consulting physician of that in- stitution, and in a short while commenced a series of lectures on the diseases of women and children. These he made thoroughly subserve their purpose by the introduction of illustrative cases selected from the wards of the hospital, thus strengthening the effect of his teachings by the presentation of examples whose princi[)les he was elucidating. As a private teacher of medicine he was very suc- cessful, his lectures on obstetrics especially attracting very large classes by their concise- ness and practical character. In 1856 he took prominent part in the successful en- deavor to found the children's hosp. of Phila- delphia. In 1S63 the trustees of the univ. of Pa. elected him to the professorship of obstetrics and diseases of women and chil- dren, a position made vacant by the resigna- tion of Prof. Hugh L. Hodge. The degree of LL.D. was conferred upon him by Dickin- son coll. in 1875. ZIEGLER, GEORGE JACOB, Phila- delphia, was born, March 6th, 1821, at Long-a-Coming (now Berlin), New Jersey. He is the third child of George E. and Eliza- beth Ziegler, who removed to Philadelphia when he was young. He was educated at the public schools of Philadelphia, and under private tuition, supplemented by self-culture, reading medicine subsequently with Dr. George W. Patterson, and graduating in the med. dep't of the univ. of Pa. in 1850, his thesis on the occasion being recommended for publication. He settled in Philadelphia. He devotes his attention to practice of medi- cine, more particularly including diseases of women and children, and especially to nen'- ous, pulmonary, and chronic diseases in general. He is a member of the Philadelphia CO. med. soc.; the Am. med. asso.; and the Philadelphia acad. of nat. sciences. His contributions to medical literature include publications on Zooadynamia; Re- searches on Nitrous Oxide ; and Human Rights, as exemplified in the Natural Laws of Marriage, Legitimacy, and Life in Gen- eral ; with articles on Tuberculosis ; Re- production and Reparation of Bone; and many other subjects. He was for years an editor of the Dental Cosmos, and later was. the editor and publisher of the Medicos Cosmos. He was accoucheur and afterward physician to the Philadelphia hosp., but was compelled to resign on account of ill health, the state of his health indeed having long been such as greatly to restrict his professional and literary efforts. THOMAS, THEODORE GAILLARD, of New York, was born on Edisto Island, S. C, Nov. 21st, 1832. His general education was obtained in Charleston coll., and his medical education at the med. coll. of
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