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Rh FLINN, Andrew, clergyman, b. in Maryland in 1778; d. in Charleston, 8. C., 24 Feb., 1820. When he was an infant his parents removed to Mecklen- burg county, N. C. He was graduated at the Uni- versity of North Carolina in 1799, studied theology, and was licensed to preach by the presbytery of Orange in 1800. In 1803 he was ordained pastor of the church at Fayetteville, N. C, but was obliged to divide his duties by teaching, in order to support himself. In 1811 he was installed pas- tor of the Scotch Presbyterian church of Charles- ton, S. C, and became known through the state as an attractive pulpit orator. In 1812 he was moderator of the general assembly of the Presby- terian church. lie continued pastor of the church in Charleston till the time of his death.

FLINT, Abel, clergyman, b. in Windham, Conn., 6 Aug., 1765 ; d. in Hartford, 7 March, 1825. He was graduated at Yale in 1785, and in the following year was appointed tutor in Brown, where he remained until 1790. He then studied theology, and in 1791 became pastor of the 2d Congregational church in Hartford, Conn, He was secretary of the Connecticut missionary so- ciety at its organization in 1798, and held this office for several years. He was an editor of the " Connecticut Evangelical Magazine " in 1800, and about this time assisted in the preparation of the " Hartford Selection of Hymns," which passed through several editions. He was one of the founders of the Connecticut Bible society in 1809, and was actively engaged in its management. The degree of D. D. was conferred upon him by Union in 1818. He published " Geometry and Trigonometry, with a Treatise on Surveying" (ISUO), and a selection and translation from Massil- lou and Bourdaloue's sermons.

FLINT, Austin, physician, b. in Petersham, Mass., 20 Oct., 1812; d. in New York city, 13 March, 1886. He studied at Amherst and Har- vard, and was graduated at the medical depart- ment of the latter institution in 1833. His pro- fessional career began in Northampton, and was continued in Boston until 1836, when he removed to Buffalo, and remained there till 1844. He then accepted a call to the chair of the institutes and practice of medi- cine at the Rush medical college in Chicago, but a year later re- turned to Buf- falo. In 1846 he established the "Buffalo Medi- cal Journal," which he subse- quently con duct- ed until 1856. In connection with Dr. James P. White and Dr. Frank H. Hamilton, he founded, in 1847, the Buffalo medical college, in which, for six years, he was professor of the principles and practice of medicine, and clinical medicine. In 1852 he was called to fill a similar chair in the Louisville uni- versity, but in 1856 returned to Buffalo and be- came professor of pathology and clinical medicine. From 1858 till 1861 he spent the winters in New Orleans as professor of clinical medicine in the school of medicine there, and visiting physician to the Charity hospital. In 1859 he removed to New York, and two years later was appointed professor of pathology and practical medicine in the Long Island college hospital, in which relation he continued until 1868. At the same time he be- came professor of the principles and practice of medicine in the Bellevue hospital medical college, and also visiting physician to the hospital itself. These offices he held until his death. Dr. Flint was also consulting physician to the Charity hospi- tal, to the Hospital tor the ruptured and crippled, to St. Mary's hospital, and to St. Elizabeth's hos- pital. In 1872 he was elected president of the New York academy of medicine, and held that office until 1885, when he resigned, on the adop- tion of the medical code sanctioning consultations with physicians of other than the *' regular " school, and he was president of the American medi- cal association in 1884. Besides being a correspond- ing member of numerous medical societies abroad, he was connected with many American medical and scientific bodies, and his name was on the rolls of the county and state medical associations from the time they were organized. In 1876 he was a delegate to the International medical con- gress which met in Philadelphia, and delivered an address on " Medicine." He attended the medi- cal congresses held in London in 1881 and in Co- penhagen in 1884, and had been elected to preside at the congress to be held in Washington in 1887. His contributions to medical literature were very large, and Ms essays *' On the Variations of Pitch in Percussion and Respiratory Sounds " and " On the Clinical Study of the Heart Sounds in Health and Disease " received the first prizes of the American medical association in 1852 and 1859. His larger works include •' Clinical Reports on Continued Fever " (Buffalo, 1852) ; " Clinical Re- port on Chronic Pleurisy " (1853) ; " Clinical Re- port on Dysentery" (1853); "Physical Explora- tion and Diagnosis of Diseases affecting the Respi- ratory Organs " (Philadelphia, 1856 ; 3d ed., 1868) ; " Practical Treatise on Diseases of the Heart " (1859 ; 2d ed., 1870) ; " Treatise on the Principles and Practice of Medicine," of which more than 40,000 copies have been sold (1866 ; 5th ed., 1881) ; " Contributions Relating to Camp Diseases " (New York, 1867) ; " Essays on Conservative Medi- cine and Kindred Topics " (Philadelphia, 1874) ; " Phthisis, its Morbid Anatomy, Etiology, Symp- tomatic Events and Complications, Fatality and Prognosis, Treatment and Physical Diagnosis " (1875) ; " Manual of Auscultation and Percussion " (1876) ; " Clinical Medicine, a Systematic Treatise on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases" (1879) ; " Physical Exploration of the Lungs by Means of Auscultation and Percussion " (1882) ; and " Medical Ethics and Etiquette " (New York, 1883). — His son, Austin, physician, b. in North- ampton, Mass., 28 March, 1836, accompanied his parents to Buffalo, where he received his early education. He entered Harvard in 1852, but left at the end of his first year, and spent some time in the study of civil engineering. In 1854 he began his medical studies in Buffalo, continued them in Louisville, and was graduated at the Jefferson medical college, in Philadelphia, in 1857. Subse- quently, until 1860, he edited the " Buffalo Medi- cal Journal," which afterward was transferred to New York and merged in the " American Medi- cal Monthly." In 1858 he was appointed one of the attending surgeons of the Buffalo city hospital, and during the same year was appointed professor of physiology in the Buffalo medical college. He came to New York in 1859, was elected to the chair of physiology in the New York medical