The physicians and surgeons of the United States / edited by William B. Atkinson.
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- 1878
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Credit: The physicians and surgeons of the United States / edited by William B. Atkinson. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![med. ■soc. of Paris; of the Am, nied, asso., was Its vice-president iu 1864; of the Ohio State med. soc, is now its vice-president^ of the Cincinnati acad, of med,; and of his county med. soc. In 1855 he held the posi- tion of surg. of St. John's hotel for invalids; in 1863 he was appointed surg. of the Cin- cinnati hosp.; and in 1865 prof, of surgery in the Miami med, coll,—the last-named two jjositions he still holds. He was commis- sioned brigade surg. in Oct., 1861, and lieu- tenant-colonel and med, inspector U. S. army in June, 1862; has been surgeon-general of the State of Ohio since 1866. He is presi- dent of the natural history soc. of Cincinnati, and member of the board of education of that city. He has donated to the public library, Cincinnati, five thousand volumes and twenty-five hundred pamphlets as a nucleus of the Mussey Medical and Scientific Libraiy, designed as a memorial of his celebrated father, and is devoting his energies towards making the collection one of the most com- j^iete in the country. In May, 1857, he mar- ried Caroline W, I-indsly, of Washington, D. C, MASON, THEODORE LEWIS, Brooklyn, N. Y., was born at Coop- erstown, Otsego co., N. Y., Sept. 30th, 1803. His father, David Mason, a lawyer, was a lineal descendant of the famous John Mason, one of the founders of Norwich, Conn., and for years a member of the council, the lieu- tenant-governor, and commander-in-chief of the military of the State. His mother was a daughter of Rev. Dr. Lewis, of Greenwich, Conn. He graduated from the coll. of phys. and surg. of New York in 1825. After pr,-,c- tising a while in Wilson, Conn., he moved to New York, and settled in Brooklyn in 1834. Brooklyn had then no public provision for the medical relief of the poor, and he at once set about supplying the want. A memorial from the med, soc. of Kings co., ]-irepared by him, was presented to the common council of the city, urging them to take action in conformity with a i)Tovision of the city char- ter, but ■without any immediate results. But on the accession to the mayoralty of Hon. C. P. Smith, in 1839, the subject was again ngitated, and the council appropriated a small annual sum to the support of a city hospital, called from its location the Adams street hosp. Dr. Mason became the senior surg., and president of the board ; and, in conjunc- tion with its other members, demonstrated by its successful management the great necessity of such an institution. On a change in the municipal legislation, however, the fund was withdrawn, and the hospital closed. But the public appreciated the necessity; a public meeting was called, and a committee ap- pointed to take measures for the permanent establishment of a Brooklyn city hosp. Of this committee Dr. Mason was a member, and influential in giving shape to the charier of the hospital, and in the selection of iis direc- tors, and of its medical staff. As senior surg. he labored until his private professional en- gagements and feeble health compelled his resignation. But in 1858 several of the medi- cal residents in the western district of the city, recognizing the need cf a hospital in that section, proposed to establish one, having in connection with it a teaching department. Dr. Mason was called upon to aid, and be- came councillor of the institution, and presi- dent of the collegiate dep't of the Long Island coll. hosp. A most important object which its founders proposed to attain, by the connection of the college with the hospital, was to make clinical teaching a reality. By bringing the college and the hospital into the same edifices, and imder the same authorita- tive control, great advantages were gained, and a new feature was introduced into the methods of instruction in the medical col- leges of this country. Dr. Mason has also manifested great interest in the treatment cf inebriety as a disease; is president of the ine- briate home of Kings co.; and since 1S75 has each year been elected president cf the Am. asso. for the cure of inebriates. lie is a resident fellow of the New Yoik acad. cf med.; a member of the med. soc. of the county of Kings, and was president in 1S42 and 1843; permanent member of the Am. med. asso.; and of the med. soc. of the State of New York; one of the founders, life-member, and director of the Long Island historical soc.; member of the Am. coloniza- tion soc, and its vice-pi-esident in 1S74. DUDLEY, WILLIAM HENRY, Brook- lyn, N. Y., was born in Ireland in Oct., 1811, His education was obtained in that country, and in due course he matricu- lated at the Royal coll. of surg., Dublin, in 1832. In 1834 he went to Jamaica, W^est Indies, where he was elected a fellow of the Iving's coll. cf phys. and surg. of Jamaica; began and continued practice until 1S41, when he came to the United States. During his residence in the island he held the posi- tion of health officer and surg. to the marine hosp. at Port Maria. In 1845 he settled in Brooklyn, having received, in 1S42, a di- ploma from the coll. of phys. and sure, of New York. Elected curator cf the New York med. coll. in 1851, he served in Ihr.t capacity for several years. lie was one of](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21039161_0791.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
