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ANTISELL and Scientific literature were papers on "Soils of Ireland," Royal Dublin Society, 1840; "On Sanitary Improvement of the City of Dublin," 1847; "Manual of Elementary Geology," Dublin, 1846; "Outlines of Irish Geology," Dublin, 1847; "Manual of Agricultural Chemistry," Dublin, 1847; "Addresses on the Philosophy of Manufactures," delivered at Castle Garden, New York City, during the twenty-second annual fair of American institutes, October, 1849; "Home Cyclopedia of the Arts and Manufactures," New York, 1852; "Applications of Chemical Science to Agriculture," 1859; "Geological Reconnoissance of Southern California and Arizona," in "United States, Explorations and Surveys," vol. vii, Washington, District of Columbia, 1856. "Reports on the Sanitary Condition of Washington," Medical Society, District of Columbia, 1864; "Epizootic of Horned Cattle," "Transactions American Agricultural Association," 1861; "Report of Committee on Medical Education to the American Medical Association," 1865; "Cultivation of Cinchona," 1867; "On the Value of the Sewerage of the City of Washington," included in the "Report of United States Agricultural Department," 1869; Introductory and Valedictory Addresses in Medical Colleges at Washington, six in number, from 1854 to 1871; "The Currents of the Pacific Ocean," 1876.

Among other degrees and appointments were: A. B., Trinity College, Dublin; M. D., Royal College of Surgeons, London, 1839. He was extra professor to The Dublin Royal Society, 1845–48. In 1848 he was professor of chemistry in Berkshire (Massachusetts) Medical Institution; in 1854 professor of chemistry at the Medical College at Woodstock, Vermont; brigade surgeon, United States Volunteers, 1861–1865; medical director, Twelfth Army Corps; surgeon-in-charge, Harewood Hospital, and of sick and wounded officers in Washington, D. C.; brevetted colonel for faithful and meritorious services during the war. He was mustered out in October, 1865.

From 1866 to 1871 he was chief chemist of the United States Department 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.



Antony, Milton (1789–1839)

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 Abbott, 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 requirements for graduation being two courses, so he returned to Georgia without a diploma. Reaching home without funds, he began his professional life with no other asset than determination and ambition, and shortly after moved to Monticello, Georgia, where he began his active professional life, within a short time building up an extensive practice. After the expiration of seven years, desiring a larger field with greater opportunity for study, he moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, staying there, however, but a short time, eventually, in 1819, settling in Augusta, Georgia. A man of broad mind and with an earnest desire for the elevation of his profession, he was active in establishing the State Board of Examiners, whose duty it was to examine and license all applicants for practice in the state. In 1828, in connection with the physicians of Augusta and a few distinguished men in the State he applied to the Legislature at Milledgeville for a charter to organize a medical academy, its object to make the academy a school to more thoroughly prepare students for the northern universities. The school was opened with three professors and a large class, not long after becoming an institute and allowed to confer the degree of bachelor of medicine.

Its success was so great that in 1833 he and his co-laborers asked the State Legislature for a charter for the Medical College of Georgia, the charter carrying with it full power to lecture, examine, and confer the degree of doctor of medicine upon its graduates. His last effort was for a higher standard of medical literature; to accomplish this he established the Southern Medical Journal, and was for several years its editor. Dr. Antony rapidly made a reputation, becoming highly esteemed and honored, and attracting the attention of the profession outside his state, and receiving the honorary M. D. from two distinguished universities. In the school which he