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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1848. (search)
m. . . . . To great physical strength he added the most delicate touch with the pencil, and the tenderest manipulation of the sick. . . . . But the chief obstacle to his medical career came from a source the last to be suspected by any one not intimately acquainted with his character,—extreme tender-heartedness. Fearless of gods and men, the plaintive weakness of a sick child appalled, and its death while under his care completely unnerved him. His other professional teachers were Dr. Jeffries Wyman and Dr. Henry J. Bigelow. He took his degree at the Harvard Medical School in 1857, and was for a time House Surgeon at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and also Dispensary Physician. But the spirit of adventure was still strong in him, and at the outbreak of the war he was one of the first to volunteer for the post of regimental Surgeon, and was the first man commissioned in that capacity in Massachusetts. His regiment was the Second (Infantry), Colonel Gordon; he was commission
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1858. (search)
ptions of what had most interested him abroad, his vivid imagination, his lively and genial humor, and his intense enjoyment of everything that was striking and beautiful in life, imparted a singular glow and charm to his conversation. On his return from Europe, at the close of the year 1853, he was fitted for Harvard College by Mr. Samuel Eliot, and entered the Sophomore Class in July, 1855. He graduated with his Class, and after leaving college commenced the study of medicine with Professor Wyman and Dr. Nichols at Cambridge. At this period an incident occurred, strikingly illustrating his kind feelings, his fearlessness, and his disregard of self. A fellow-student, with whom he was but slightly acquainted, was suddenly attacked with a severe form of small-pox. Being at a distance from his relatives and friends, he suffered much from want of suitable attendance and nursing; and the nature of his disease and his limited means rendered it difficult to obtain assistance. Edwar
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, Biographical Index. (search)
Willard, Captain, II. 463. Willard, Joseph, I. 235. Willard, Robert, Dr., II. 159, 160;. Willard, Sidney, Major, Memoir, 295-251. Also, II. 304. Willard, Simon, Major, I. 235. Willard, Susanna H., I. 235. Willett, Major, I. 93. Williams, Sergeant, I. 264. Williams, J. O., Capt., II. 50, 236;. Williams, Le Roy, I. 94. Williams, Preston, II. 463. Williams, Robert, Col., I. 134,136. Williams, Roger, II. 250. Williams, W. B., Capt., II. 186. Wilson, Sergeant, II. 463. Wilson, Henry, Hon., II. 383. Winder, J. H., General, I. 209, 210;. Winthrop, R. C., Hzzz II. 51. Winthrop, Theodore, major, II. 410. Wirz, I. 209. Wistar, Colonel, I. 186. Wool, J. E., Maj.-Gen., I. 212. Wright, Daniel, II. 237. Wright, Elvira, II. 237, 238;. Wright, Lieut.-Col., II. 292. Wright, Thomas, Hon., I. 138. Wyman, Jeffries, Dr., I. 134, 409;. Y. Yates, Ann, II. 237. Yates, William, II. 238. Yates, William, Jr., II. 238.