Surgeon; born in
Annapolis, Md., Aug. 28, 1828; graduated at the
University of the
City of New York in 1848; was in the medical service of the regular army in 1849-60, when he was appointed
Professor of Anatomy and Physiology at the
University of
Maryland.
When the
Civil War opened he re-entered the army, and in April, 1862, was commissioned surgeongeneral.
In August, 1864, he was tried before a court-martial on a charge of official irregularities, and was dismissed
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from the army.
This ban rested on him till 1878, when Congress passed a special bill directing the
President to review the proceedings of the court-martial.
As a result of this examination, he was honorably restored to his former rank in the army, and then placed on the retired list.
Later, he became
Professor of the
Nervous System and Diseases of the Mind in the New York and
Baltimore medical colleges.
His professional writings include
Military hygiene;
Physiological essays;
Sleep and its Derangements;
Lectures on Venereal diseases;
Insanity in its Medico-legal relations;
Physics and Physiology of spiritualism;
Neurological contributions, etc. He also published the novels
Robert Severne;
Lal;
Dr. Grattan;
Mr. Oldmixon;
A strong-minded woman;
On the Susquehanna;
A son of perdition, etc. He died in
Washington, D. C., Jan. 5, 1900.
