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by that oi his only son, Lincoln, ii doctor.

Ray was a grave earnest man ; one who reserved his opinion until ho had some- thing worth saying, so his words carried conviction, and his testimony in legal- medical cases found attentive hearkening.

His writings included:

'"Hints to the Medical Witness in Questions of Insanity," 1851.

"Insanity of George III.," 1855.

"A Discour.se . . .on Dr. Luther \. Bell," 1863.

"A Contribution to Medical Pathol- ogy," 1873.

"The Duncan Will Case," 1875.

A fuller list is in the Catalogue of the Surgeon-general, \\'ashington, D. C.

His apjiointments and titles included : M. D., Harvard, 1827; LL. D., Brown University; fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia; president, Rhode Islanil Medical Society; presi- dent. Association of Medical Superin- tendents of America, of Institutions for the Insane.

D. W.

Am. J. Iiisan., Utica, N. Y., lSSl-2, vol.

xxxviii (T. S. Kirkbride).

Am. J. Med. Sc, Phila., 18S1, n. a., vol.

Ixxxii (T. S. Kirkbride).

Boston M. and S. Jour., ISSl, vol. civ

J. Psych. Med. Lond., 18S1, n. s., vol. vii

(W. A. F. Browne).

Med-leg. Jour., N. Y., 1S87-S, vol. v (C.

K. Mills).

Ra5anond-Schroeder, Aimee J. (1857- 1903). Both general practitioner and editor, Aimee J. Raymond-Schroeder was born in Montreux, Switzerland, August 21, 1857. Edward Raymond, the original ancestor of the family in America, Capt. Urial Raymond, of the Revolutionary Army, also John Alden and Gen. South- worth, on the mother's side, are names found on the family tree. She was the youngest daughter of Henry J. Ra3-mond, founder and editor of the " New York Times." This brilliant man was a strong supporter of Drs. Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell in their early struggles for the

n\edical education of women, and this doubtless influenced his daughter in her decision to study medicine.

Most of her early life was passed in France and Italy. As her father's daughter she had access to the best society hero and abroad, so that although her education was desultory, it was really one of the best and broadest. Iler only degree was that taken at the Woman's Medical College of the New York Infirm- ary, in 1S89.

She was a member of the County Med- ical Society of New York, and for several years held a post in the out-patient department of the New Y^ork Infirmary, and was associated with other organiza- tions, being particularly active in agitat- ing and securing the enactment of better laws regulating the conditions for working girls.

Always, regardless of herself when others were in question, her professional work was done with a headlong passion of altruism which her friends found adorabl)' characteristic. Her almost un- reasoning generosity in giving herself to others proved too much for her frail body, and upon her marriage in 1893 to Dr. Henry Harmon Schroeder, of New Y'ork, she retired from active practice, although remaining an earnest student of medicine and devoting her time to its literary side.

She died December 25, 1903, after an operation for appendicitis.

Dr. Raymond-Schroeder was a valued member of the editorial staff of the " New York Medical Record" and "American Journal of Obstetrics." Her one book was "Health Notes for Young Wives." She did much translation from the French and Italian including Pozzi's "A Treatise on Medical and Surgical Gynecology," and translated numerous articles for " The Twentieth Century Practice of Medicine."

A. B. W.

New York .Medical Record, vol. Ixv. Per- sonal information and personal knowledge.

Rea, Robert Laughlin (1827-1899).

Robert Laughlin Rea, a Chicago sur- geon, was born in Rockbridge County,