. Leslie's history of the greater New York . ate prac-tice, confining himself to surgicalwork. He lias Ix-en Assistant Sur-geon to Iioosevelt IIos]>ital since 1885, Attending Surgeon to tlieNew York Hospital since , andConsulting Surgeon to the NewYork Cancer Hosjiital since 18U1!.Ironi 188!l to 18!>2 he was Attend-ing Surgeon to Bellevne soiue time he has also been In-structor in (>]ierative Surgery u]i- on the CadaviM- in tlie New Sork College of PJiysicians and is President of the New York Surgical Society, and a member ofthe New York Clinical Sociity.
. Leslie's history of the greater New York . ate prac-tice, confining himself to surgicalwork. He lias Ix-en Assistant Sur-geon to Iioosevelt IIos]>ital since 1885, Attending Surgeon to tlieNew York Hospital since , andConsulting Surgeon to the NewYork Cancer Hosjiital since 18U1!.Ironi 188!l to 18!>2 he was Attend-ing Surgeon to Bellevne soiue time he has also been In-structor in (>]ierative Surgery u]i- on the CadaviM- in tlie New Sork College of PJiysicians and is President of the New York Surgical Society, and a member ofthe New York Clinical Sociity. the .Meilico-Chirurgical Society, theDermatological Society, the (Jenito-T^rinary Society, and the NewY(nk Pathological Society. He is a nuinber of the University is the antiior of valuable ]iapers. esjxcially ujjou the subjects ofthe extirpation (d the spleen ami the liiyroid gland. He originatedthe new nudhod of incision ui>on the neck, involving operating in tlienatural cleavage of the skin, exposing the anterior and the pos-. FR.^NK H.\KTLKV, 478 HISTORY OF THE GREATER NEW YORK. terior triangles of the neck so that diseased processes may be re-moved in an anatomical manner and leave the slightest observablescar. He also originated the method of removing the Gasserianganglion for inveterate trigeminal neuralgia, an operation which be-comes necessary in critical cases where operations upon the terminalnerves, as well as all medications, have failed to relieve persistentpain. Dr. Hartley was born in the city of Washington, June 10, 1856,the son of John Fairfield Hartley and Mary D. King. His ancestorson both sides are of colonial New England stock, the immediate pa-ternal ancestors being natives of Maine. His father was connectedwith the Treasury Department at Washington during the thirty-fiveyears from 1S3S to 1875, in the capacities of Clerk, Chief Clerk, andAssistant Secretary. After holding the position of Assistant Secre-tarj of the Treasury for ten year
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