. History of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia, 1817-1909. 59. 6o DISTRICT OF COI^UMBIA 233 1842 67. ^WILLIAM HOLMES VAN BUREN. [There is no record of VanBurens election, but he was recognized as a member.] Born April 5,1819, Philadelphia, Pa. A. M., 1S66, LL. D., 1878, Yale; M. D., 1840,Univ. Penna.; appointed Asst. Surg., U. S. A., June 15, 1840; resignedDec. 31, 1845. Removed to New York City ; died March 25, 1883. Hecame of a family of physicians. [Great-great-grandson of Dr. JohannesVan Buren (a pupil of Boerhaave); graduate of Univ. Leyden; emigratedto New York in 1700; phy
. History of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia, 1817-1909. 59. 6o DISTRICT OF COI^UMBIA 233 1842 67. ^WILLIAM HOLMES VAN BUREN. [There is no record of VanBurens election, but he was recognized as a member.] Born April 5,1819, Philadelphia, Pa. A. M., 1S66, LL. D., 1878, Yale; M. D., 1840,Univ. Penna.; appointed Asst. Surg., U. S. A., June 15, 1840; resignedDec. 31, 1845. Removed to New York City ; died March 25, 1883. Hecame of a family of physicians. [Great-great-grandson of Dr. JohannesVan Buren (a pupil of Boerhaave); graduate of Univ. Leyden; emigratedto New York in 1700; physician to the N. Y. City Almshouse. Great-grandson of Dr. Beekman Van Buren and grandson of Dr. Abraham VanBuren.] Educated in Philadelphia and at Yale College. Spent eighteenmonths at Charite Hospital, Paris. While in U. S. Army, served inFlorida, on Canadian frontier and in the Surgeon Generals OfBce, Wash-ington. In 1845 became Prosector to Chair of Surgery, Med. Dept. Uni-versity City of New York ; in 1852, Prof. Anatomy. Was ConsultingSurgeon to St. Vincents Hospital
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