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tus professor of chemistry and toxicol- ogy, conferred on him the degree of doctor of philosophy and he was interested in and intimately connected with sanitary matters in the District of Columbia.

Some of his numerous contributions to medical and scientific literature were papers on "Soils of Ireland," Royal Dublin Society, 1S40; "On Sanitary Improve- ment of the City of Dublin," 1847; " Manual of Elementary Geology," Dublin 1846; "Outlines of Irish Geology," Dub- lin, 1847; Manual of Agricultural Chem- istry," Dublin, 1847; "Treatise on the Tea and Coffee Plants," Dublin, 1847; "Addresses on the Philosophy of Manu- factures," delivered at Castle Garden, New York City, during the twenty-second annual fair of American institutes, Octo- ber, 1849; "Relations of Physical Geog- raphy to Agriculture," 1850, in "Trans- actions, American Agricultural Associa- tions" ; " Home Cyclopedia of the Arts and Manufactures," New York, 1852; "Appli- cations of Chemical Science to Agricul- ture," 1859; "Photogenic and Hydrocar- bon Oils," New York, 1859; "Geological Reconnoisance of Southern California and Arizona," in "United States, Ex- plorations and Surveys," vol. vii, Wash- ington, District of Columbia, 1856. " Con- stitution and Source of Bile," " American Journal of Medical Science," Philadelphia, January 7, 16S4; "Reports on the Sani- tary Condition of Washington," Medical Society, District of Columbia, 1864; "Epizootic of Horned Cattle," "Transac- tions American Agricultural Association," 1861; "Report of Committee on Medical Education to the American Medical Asso- ciation," 1865; "Cultivation of Cin- chona," 1SG7; "On the Value of the Sewerage of the City of Washington," included in the "Report of United States Agricultural Department," 1869; Intro- ductory and Valedictory Addresses in Medical Colleges at Washington, six in number, from 1854 to 1871; "The Cur- rents of the Pacific Ocean," 1876."

Among other degrees and appoint- ments were: A. B., Trinity College, Dublin; Ph. D., 1881, Georgetown; M. D.,

1839, London and Dublin Lying-in Hos- pital; surgeon, United States Volunteers; medical director, Twelfth Army Corps. He was extra professor to The Dublin Royal Society, 1S45-48; member of the Royal College of Surgeons, England; Royal Dublin Society; Geological Society of Dublin. In 184S professor of chem- istry in Berkshire (Massachusetts) Medi- cal College; in 1854 professor of chemistry at the Medical College at Woodstock, Ver- mont, and Pittsfield, Massachusetts; bri- gade surgeon, United States Volunteers, 1861-1865; medical director, Twelfth Army Corps; surgeon-in-charge, Hare- wood Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia; surgeon-in-charge of sick and wounded officers in Washington, District of Columbia; brevetted colonel for faith- ful and meritorious services during the war. He was mustered out of service in October, 1865.

From 1866 to 1871 he was chief chemist of the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture, and in 1869-70 professor of chemistry to the Maryland Agricultural College. He was a member of the Medical Association of the District of Columbia. D. S. L.

Atkinson's Physicians and Surgeons, 1878, Minutes of Medical Society, D. C, June 15, 1893; Bull. Philos. Soc. Washington, xiii, 1896; Yearbook U. S. Department of Agri- culture, 1899; Annual Report Smithsonian Institute, 1904, Journal American Medical Association, 1893, vol. xxi.

Antony, Milton (17S9-1S39).

Milton Antony was born August 17, 1789, the place of his birth not being recorded, but it is known that his father when young came to Georgia and settled in Jasper County. His family must have been in limited circumstances, as the boy had no more than two and a half years schooling. At sixteen he began to study medicine with Dr. Joel Abbot, presumably at Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia.

At nineteen he went to Philadelphia for medical studies, but lacking means, was able to attend only one course, the