. The development of ophthalmology in America, 1800 to 1870; a contribution to ophthalmologic history and biography; an address delivered in abstract before the section of ophthalmology of the American medical association, June 4, 1907 . sketched. He was the sonand grandson of physicians, and studied medicine inHartford, and subsequently in Philadelphia under Ben-jamiin Eush. After being admitted to practice he settledin his native town, Goshen, Conn., and engaged in thepursuit of his profession until 1812, when he removed toNew London, Conn. He was a man of progress and wasamong the earliest
. The development of ophthalmology in America, 1800 to 1870; a contribution to ophthalmologic history and biography; an address delivered in abstract before the section of ophthalmology of the American medical association, June 4, 1907 . sketched. He was the sonand grandson of physicians, and studied medicine inHartford, and subsequently in Philadelphia under Ben-jamiin Eush. After being admitted to practice he settledin his native town, Goshen, Conn., and engaged in thepursuit of his profession until 1812, when he removed toNew London, Conn. He was a man of progress and wasamong the earliest to practice vaccination in the UnitedStates, being the first to introduce vaccine matter in NewYork City, sending it to Dr. Edward Miller of that New London he devoted special attention to diseasesof the eye, and in 1817 established there the first eye in-firmary in this country. According to information fur-nished me by Dr. Walter E. Steiner, of Hartford, Conn.,Dr. North in 1839 published a book entitled TheScience of Life. In it he refers to his work and insti-tution as follows: We had attended to eye patients be-fore that time (1817), but it occurred to us then thatwe might multiply the number of cases of that descrip-. BLISHA NORTH (1771-1843). OPHTHALMOLOGY IN AMEBWA. 53 tion and hereby increase our knowledge, advertising thepublic in regard to an eye institution. This was done,and ^^e succeeded, although not to our wishes in a pe-cuniary view of the case. Our success or exertions prob-ably hastened in this country the establishment of largerand better eye infirmaries (i. e., for larger cities).^ Lit-tle is really known of Dr. Norths institution or his oph-thalmic practice, but the fact that he was thus interestedin ophthalmology is worthy of record here. Philip Stng Physick.—In making special note ofthe early general surgeons who should be rememberedin connection with the development of ophthalmologythe name of Philip Syng Physick should, perhaps, comefirst. He
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