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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![gen. hosp. Returned to private practice in Houston in 1864. Is a member of the Am. med. asso., and of Texas State med. asso., of which he was chosen treasurer in 1872, and re-elected in 1875 for five years. In 1865, 1865, and 1875 he was elected health officer of the city of Houston. At present he is one of the proprietors of the Houston infirmary. Was married, in 1862, to Marie Pasdeloup, of New Orleans. DARLING, WILLIAM, New York city, was born in Berwickshire, Scotland, in 1815. After s])ending several years at a private seminary in acquiring a knowledge of the Greek and Latin languages, and of math- ematics, he went to the univ. of Edinburgh, where he obtained a prize by competitive ex- amination for his proficiency in the classics. Abandoning his original intention of entering into holy orders, in 1S34 he became the pri- vate pupil of the late Dr. Valentine Mott, and attended the lectures of the coll. of phys. and surg. in the city of New York for six years, being at the same lime a regular attendant at the city hosp. In 1840 he was appointed ass't phys. to Bellevue hosp., and while acting as such had charge of the male and female penitentiary hosps., and also of the small-pox hosp. situated on Blackwell's island. His term of service at Bellevue having expired, and following his preceptor. Dr. Valentine Mott, in 1S41 he entered as a pupil of the med. dep't of the univ. of the city of New York, from which he was graduated M. D. in 1842. A few weeks after receiving his de- gree he was appointed prosector of surg. in the same institution, which position he held until 1845, when he was appointed by the late Prof. G.-anvdle Sharpe Pattison demons, of anat. This appointment he held until 1853, when he became senior ass't phys. to the quar- antine hosp., Staten island. In the session of 1851-52, after the death of Prof. Pattison, who delivered only six lectures of the course, he was acting prof. In 1855 he was ap- pointed senior ass't surg. to the emigrants' hosp.. Ward's island, where he remained one year. Matters of business demanding his presence in London, he repaired there in 1856, and on the 21st of November, of the same year, he was admitted a member of the Roval coll. of surg. of England. He remained in Earope for ten years, most of the time in London, in daily attendance at the lectures and cliniques at the various hosps.; and also the lectures at the coll. of surg., the Royal in- stitution, Gresham coll., school of arts, and school of mines, etc. During the same period he spent some time in Paris, Edinburgh, Glas- gow, etc., employing it in attendance on lec- tures, visiting museums, reading-rooms, etc. In 1862 he received the degree of A. M. from the univ. of the city of New York. In 1866 he was appointed prof, of anat. in the univ. of New York, and bfcfore leaving London to return to New York he obtained what had long been the object of his ambition, viz., the fellowship of the Royal coll. of surg. He was admitted to examination on the recommenda- tion of the late Sir William Fei-gusson, Mr. John Wood, and Mr. Henry Smith, and hav- ing been found qualified received his diploma of fellowship June 14th, 1866. In 1850 he was elected senior member of the medico- chirurg. soc. of Philadelphia. In 1863 lie was chosen censor of the New York coll. of veterinary surg. In 1871 he was acting, and in 1873 was appointed, prof, of anat. in the univ. of Vt. In 1877 the R. I. med. soc. elected him an lion, mem., and on Nov. 8ih, 1877, he was elected foreign correspondent of the Societe D'Anthropologie of Paris. MONTGOMERY, JOHN, Chambers- burg, Pa., grandson of James j^.Iont- gomery, who emigrated from the north of Ireland in. 1798, and son of James Montgom- ery, of Chambersburg, was born in West Chester, Chester co.. Pa., Dec> 29th, 1835. He was academically educated at Litiz acad., Lancaster co., and at Chambersburg acad., and after studying medicine at the Jefferson med. coll., Philadelphia, he graduated from that institution in March, 1858. He located himself in Chambersburg, where he pursued a general practice, and where he subsequently, after 1864, entered into a partnership with Dr. John Curtis Richards, in v.'hose office he had been a student, with whom he continued in practice for eight years. He is a member of the Pa. State med. soc, and was its vice- president in 1874; was president of the med. soc. of Franklin co., and its recording secre- tary in 1877. In 1862 he married C. A., daughter of Peter Brough, Esq., of Cham- bersburg. VELDER, LOUIS, Elmira, N. Y., was born in Haibach, Austria (Superior), Europe, Sept. 9th, 1816. His father was a native of Wurtemburg; his mother a native of Austria. He received his academical and philosophical education in the Catholic mon- astery of the order of St. Benedict, at Krems- munster, Austria Superior, and his medico- surgical education at the univ. of Vienna, graduating from the latter in 1847. On ar- riving in this country he settled first in Dan- ville, N. Y., and afterwards in Elmira, N. Y., where he still resides. He is a general prac- titioner, and in his career he has met with](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21039161_0806.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
