Obstetrical Society of Boston : historical sketch / Cotting. Biographical sketches ; Wellington.

  • Cotting, Benjamin Eddy, 1812-1897.
Date:
1881
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Credit: Obstetrical Society of Boston : historical sketch / Cotting. Biographical sketches ; Wellington. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ant surgeon in the navy, and for twenty-two years was a practitioner in Boston. Coming here a stranger, he soon had patients and friends, who appreciated his ability and acquirements. He was an early member of this society, and was esteemed for his social qualities and his medical attainments. In 1862, he offered his professional services to the Government, and was in service for several weeks in the memorable campaign of the Army of Vir- ginia. Obliged by sickness to return home, he went back to the work in November of the same year, and visited the military hospitals in Tennessee and Kentucky as an inspector of the Sanitary Com- mission. He contracted disease in those malarial regions, from which he never recovered. He was for many years an officer in the Massa- chusetts Medical Society, and an instructor in the Harvard Medical School. He was the author of a little work entitled, Hints on Health,'' very pleas- antly written, and full of valuable suggestions on a variety of subjects. He was a good physician, and a genial, true-hearted man. He died suddenly in April, 1865. Dr. Calvin G. Page died May 29, 1869, at the age of thirty-nine years. He finished his work in