History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . rmed, for the convenience of those living in the westernhalf of the State. The society holds quarterly meetings atsome accessible place, at which practical papers are read anddiscussed and cases and patients presented for advice andtreatment. It now has thirty-six members, of which the fol-lowing is a list, with their places of practice: E. R. Morgan,Shelburne Falls; D. T. Viwing, Conway; A. Harvey, NorthAdams; L. Macfarland, Springfield; H. Tucker, Bratt


History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . rmed, for the convenience of those living in the westernhalf of the State. The society holds quarterly meetings atsome accessible place, at which practical papers are read anddiscussed and cases and patients presented for advice andtreatment. It now has thirty-six members, of which the fol-lowing is a list, with their places of practice: E. R. Morgan,Shelburne Falls; D. T. Viwing, Conway; A. Harvey, NorthAdams; L. Macfarland, Springfield; H. Tucker, Brattleboro,Vt.; J. U. Woods, Holyoke; E. W. Higbee, Northampton;C. F. Sterling, Amherst; J. K. Warren, Palmer; W. , Westfleld; Geo. H. Smith, Holyoke; H. J. Cate,O. 0. Roberts, Northampton; L. W. Cole, Springfield ; Geo. , West Brookfield; J. M. Barton, W. B. Chamberlain,J. H. Carmichael, F. R. Sibley, Worcester; D. B. Whittier,Fitchburg; D. Warren, Winsted, Conn.; G. G. Hitchcock,South Hadley Falls; W. R. Bartlett, Chicopee; W. S. Sever-ance, Greenfield ; J. H. Darling, Thompsonville, ; Wentworth, Photo, by Wm. B. Miles. George W. Swazey, , was born at Exeter,N. H., Aug. 10, 1812. He was seventh son of ThomasSwazey, a carpenter by trade, honest and industrious incharacter. Having passed the first ten years of his life at Exeter,he went, in 1822, to Maine, Pennsylvania, and later to NewJersey, where in various ways he earned a living, embracingevery opportunity to further his ambition for the attainmentof knowledge. His first tuition of any importance wasreceived in the Manual Labor School, Germantown, andafterward at Elizabeth town. In 1832 he entered BowdoinCollege, where he pursued his education with close attention,and finally graduated from the medical department of thecollege at Brunswick, in 1837, and removed to Harwich,Mass., where he acquired a good practice, and later settledin Bucksport, Me., where a large field was open. In


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