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FARRELL

sity, his medical studies in the med- ical department of the university and afterwards in Germany, then com- pleted them at the College of Physi- cians and Surgeons of New York City, whence he received his diploma in 1S62. On graduating he entered the United States Army as a volunteer and was stationed at the Lawson General Hos- pital in St. Louis, Missouri, later be- ing detailed to the barracks at the east end of Clinton Street, Detroit, and St. Mary's Hospital, places for transfer of soldiers on their way to the front. In 1864 a commission as assistant surgeon in the regular army was given and he was transferred to Harper Hospital, Detroit. In 1866 he formed a partnership with Dr. Zina Pitcher. Until 1871 by special permit he was contract surgeon of the Detroit troops. From its origin till his death in 1883 he was surgeon to Harper Hospital, Detroit, and a member of the Michigan State Medical Society in 1866 a leading spirit in the erection of Harper Hospital building; its training school for nurses was named after him, also one of the Detroit public schools. As he was quick of perception, of thought and execution, he accomplished a vast amount of work.

In September, 1866, Dr. Farrand married Elizabeth Trombly, who with two daughters and a son survived him. The son became a physician, the father died in Detroit, Michigan, March 18, 1SS3, with cerebral infection from a chronic suppurating ear.

His writings were not many, they included:

"Urethral Fistula of Traumatic Ori- gin — Successfully Treated by Urethrot- omy." ("Detroit Review of Medicine and Pharmacy," vol. i.)

"Ligation of Subclavian Artery for Subclavian Aneurysm." ("Detroit Re- view of Medicine and Pharmacy," vol. i.)

"Successful Ligation of Femoral Ar- tery." "Detroit Review of Medicine and Pharmacy, " vol. ii.)

" Tetanus." (" Detroit Review of Medi- cine and Pharmacy," vol. ii.) L. C.

Cyclopedia of Mich. Biog. West. Publishing

Co., 1900.

Mich. Pioneer Recollections, vol. i.

Farrand, Elizabeth M. (1852-1900).

Born at Ann Arbor, Michigan, March 31, 1852, she was the daughter of Lucretius S. and Francis Shaw Farrand, her grandfather being Bethuel Farrand, the first probate judge in Washtenaw County, Michigan. After a general education at the Ann Arbor public schools she graduated at the Ann Ar- bor High School in 1872 and during the next fourteen years served as as- sistant librarian at the University of Michigan, meantime preparing a history of the University which she published in 1885. She had her M. D. from the department of medicine and surgery of the university, and in 1888 she was resident physician in the De- troit Woman's Hospital. She then set- tled in Port Huron, Michigan, and practised till her death. In 1893 she was president of the North Eastern District Medical Society; and member of the Michigan State Medical Society.

She died at Port Huron, Michigan, August 17, 1900, from cancer of the breast. L. C.

Trans. Mich. State Med. Soc, 1901.

Farrell, Edward (1843-1901).

Edward Farrell was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, September 23, 1843, and after practising in that city for about thirty-five years, died there January 1, 1901.

His literary education was obtained at St. Mary's College, in his native city, his professional training with Dr. W. J. Almon, Halifax, and at the Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, from which he received his M. D. in 1864. For the next two years he was one of the house surgeons at Bel- levue Hospital, New York.

He was elected president of the Med- ical Society of Nova Scotia in 18S0, president of the Maritime Medical As- sociation in 1S94, and vice-president