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NAME CONNER 246 CONNOR for duty in the Department of the Gulf, being one of the board that paid an official visit to General Cortina at Matamoras, Mex- ico, opposite Brownsville, Texas, in 1864. During the winter of 1864-5 he was at Ft. Columbus, New York Harbor. There he was in charge of the Confederate prisoners from Fort Fisher. After leaving Fort Columbus in the spring of 1865, he was made medical direc- tor in the Department of North Carolina. Late in the fall of 1865 he resigned and came home, having received the brevet of major for meritorious services. In 1866 he was appointed professor of sur- gery in the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery. In 1867 he became professor of chemistry in the Medical College of Ohio, and in 1868 he was made professor of physics and medical chemistry. In 1869 he was trans- ferred to the chair of surgical anatomy. Later he was professor of anatomy, and from 1879 to 1902 he was professor of surgery, being dean of the faculty for the last two years. He was on the surgical staffs of the Cincin- nati and Good Samaritan Hospitals for many years. The complete removal of the stomach was first performed by Conner in 1883. This was reported to the Cincinnati Academy and was mentioned in the Centralblatt fiir Chirur- gie for 1885. After Schlatter's operation twelve years later Conner again brought his report before the medical profession in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 1898. In 1884 Dartmouth College conferred on him the LL.D. degree. He was professor of clinical surgery in Dartmouth Medical College from 1875 to 1899, lecturing there in the summer terms. At the Centennial exercises in Dart- mouth, in 1897, Dr. Conner delivered the Cen- tennial address, which was published by the college. It was a work of 127 pages, and, in addition to being a complete history of the college, is full of most interesting notes on the status of medical education during that period. Dr. Conner married December 17, 1873, Julia E. Johnston of Cincinnati. She died in 1899, leaving three children. Dr. Conner was a member of the Academy of Medicine of Cincinnati from October 1, 1866, until his sudden death March 25, 1909, and its president in 1887. He was a member of the Ohio State Medical Association, and of the American Medical Association ; and was also a member of the Loyal Legion ; of the Sons of the Colonial Wars ; and of the Sons of the Revolution. Although he never published any large works, he was a most voluminous writer, his papers appearing in all the prominent journals. A. G. Drury. Connor, Leartus (1843-1911) Leartus Connor was born at Coldenham, Orange County, New York, January 29, 1843, son of Hezekiah and Caroline Corwin Connor. His ancestors on both sides emigrated to New England about the middle of the seventeenth century and soon afterward came to New York. Dr. Connor's early education was ob- tained in the Walkill Academy, Middletown, New York, and Williams College, Massachu- setts, from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1865 and Master of Arts in 1868. He taught for two years as assistant principal of Mexico Academy, Mexico, New York, and at the same time began the study of medicine under Dr. George L. Dayton. During 1867-8 he studied in the medical de- partment of the University of Michigan, pay- ing especial attention to the practical work in the chemical laboratory. The following two years he spent in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York City, taking the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1870. He was especially fortunate at this time to be under the instruction in ophthalmology of Cornelius Agnew (q.v.) and Hermann Knapp (q.v.) in their several institutions. He began the practice of medicine in Sears- ville. New York, but on February 28, 1871, moved to Detroit to fill the chair of Chem- istry in the Detroit Medical College. Here he spent the remainder of his life, teaching and practising his profession. In 1872 he was ■ made professor of physiology and clinical med- icine ; in 1878 professor of diseases of the eye and ear. From 1871 to 1879 he was attending physician to St. Mary's Hospital ; from 1881 to 1894 eye and ear surgeon to Harper Hos- pital, and from 1894 to 1906 consulting eye and ear surgeon ; from 1887 to his death he served as attending and consulting eye and ear surgeon to the Children's Free Hospital ; and from 1881 to 1890 he was consulting eye and ear surgeon to the Woman's Hospital. From 1871 to 1895 Dr. Connor edited a medical journal known at different times as the Detroit Review of Medicine and Pharmacy; Detroit Medical Journal; Detroit Lancet; and the American Lancet. His interest in medical societies and the advancement of the profession never failed and for him the election to any office meant simply an enlarged responsibility and increased opportunity for service. From 1876-83 Dr. Connor was secretary of the Association of American Medical Colleges ; from 1875-81