Gilbertus Anglicus, by Henry Ebenezer Handerson docx

[...]... dispelling the tedium by teaching his fellow prisoners Latin and Greek, or perusing a precious volume of Herodotus Henry Ebenezer Handerson was born on March 21, 1837, here in Cuyahoga county, in the township of Orange, near the point now known as "Handerson' s Cross-Roads," on the Chagrin river His mother's maiden name was Catharine Potts His father was Thomas Handerson, son of Ira Handerson The family... is fortunate in being enabled to present to its members and to others of the profession this work of Dr Handerson' s and to create from his own labors a memorial to him who was once its president SAMUEL W KELLEY CLYDE L CUMMER Committee on Publication Biography HENRY EBENEZER HANDERSON Owing to Dr Handerson' s modesty, even we who were for years associated with him in medical college, in organization,... survived by a daughter, two sons by the second marriage, and his devoted wife Among numerous letters received from prominent physicians and authors appreciative of Dr Handerson' s medico- historical labors, one from Dr Oliver Wendell Holmes expresses high praise and requests to have sent to him everything which Dr Handerson might in future write It seems eminently appropriate that the essay on "Gilbertus. .. many even renowned literary works." Dr Handerson practiced medicine in New York City, from 1867 to 1885, removing to Cleveland in 1885 On June 12, 1888, he married Clara Corlett of Cleveland Then in 1889 appeared the American edition of the "History of Medicine and the Medical Profession, by Joh Hermann Baas, M.D.," which was translated, revised and enlarged by Dr Handerson, to whom, in the words of Dr... Handerson, son of Ira Handerson The family immigrated to Ohio from Columbia county, New York, in 1834 Thos Handerson died as the result of an accident in 1839, leaving the widow with five children, the eldest thirteen years of age, to support Henry and a sister were adopted by an uncle, Lewis Handerson, a druggist, of Cleveland In spite of a sickly childhood the boy went to school a part of the time... of that exciting period The bombardment of Fort Sumter, April 12, 1861, followed by the call of President Lincoln for 75,000 troops to suppress the rebellion, found young Handerson again employed as tutor, this time in the family of General G Mason Graham, a veteran of the Mexican war With his friends and acquaintances, Handerson joined a company of "homeguards" consisting mostly of planters and their... cognoscenti, Dr Handerson' s translation of 'Baas' History of Medicine' (1889) is known as 'Handerson' s Book.' He modestly describes himself as its 'editor,' but he is more than that As the witty and effective translator of a witty and effective work, he has added sections in brackets on English and American history which are based on original investigation and of permanent value to all future historians Handerson' s... vicinity." Many years afterward Dr Handerson wrote, in a narrative for his family, concerning this period of his life: "Without any disposition to violent partisanship, I had favored the party of which the standard-bearers were Bell and Everett and the battle cry 'The Constitution and the Union,' and I had grieved sincerely over the defeat by the Radicals of the North, aided by the 'fire- eaters' of the... ended as it should have ended." Mr Handerson then resumed his medical studies, this time in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York, M e d i c a l Department of Columbia University, taking the degree of M.D in 1867 Hobart College conferred the A.M in 1868 On October 16, 1872, he married Juliet Alice Root, who died leaving him a daughter February 25, 1878, Dr Handerson read before the Medical... 278-281 The medical code of Hammurabi, King of Babylon Cleveland Medical Journal, 1908, vii, 72-75 Carcinoma in high life Cleveland Medical Journal, 1908, vii, 472476 Medical Cleveland in the nineteenth (19th) Century Cleveland Medical Journal, 1909, viii, 59, 146, 208 Gilbert of England and his "Compendium Medicine." Medical Pickwick, 1915, i, 118-120 Dr Handerson was Professor of Hygiene and Sanitary . class="bi x0 y0 w1 h1" alt="" The Project Gutenberg eBook, Gilbertus Anglicus, by Henry Ebenezer Handerson This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at. See http://www.archive.org/details/gilbertusanglicu00handuoft GILBERTUS ANGLICUS Medicine of the Thirteenth Century by HENRY E. HANDERSON, A.M., M.D. With