Silas L.
Loomis, M.D.
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Silas L. Loomis, A.M., M.D.,
was born in North Coventry, Conn., May 22, 1832; son of Silas and Esther
(Case) Loomis; educated at the public schools of his native town till
fourteen years of age ; studied six months at Wesloyun Academy,
Wilbruhain, Mass., three years at Lolliston, Mass. ; graduated at
Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., at the ago of sixteen ; taught
school ; elected teacher of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at
Lolliston Academy in 1839; held that position during preparatory and |nul
of his collegiate studies ; in connection with his brother, established
the Adelphia Academy in North Bridgewater (now Brockton) in 1844, of
which he was associate principal for ten years ; was elected member of
the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1853, at the
Cleveland meeting ; principal of Western Academy, Washington, D. C.,
1856; graduated Doctor of Medicine, Georgetown College, 1856 ; accepted
the appointment of chief astronomer of the United States Lake Survey
Expedition in 1856; published the " Normal Arithmetic" and " Analytical
Arithmetic" in 1859 ; elected professor of Chemistry, Physiology, and
Hygiene of Georgetown College in 1861, and the same year was elected
president of the Washington Scientific Association .
In 1862 was
appointed assistant surgeon U. S. A., and accompanied the Union army of
Gen. McClellan from Fortress Monroe to Harrison's Landing, and
afterwards stationed at the United States general hospitals; in 1863,
elected to the chair of Chemistry and Toxicology, Medical Department,
Georgetown College, and has written various articles upon medical and
scientific subjects, many of which are highly recommended by the press
and distinguished men of all classes.
Prof.
Silas L. Loomis, A. M., M. D., now surgeon in the U. S. Army,
Prof. L. C. Loomis, A. M., M. D., now president of the Wesleyan Female
College, Wilmington, Delaware,
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From the Medical and Surgical History citation:
Collins, T., Pt., E, 136th
Pennsylvania. Dec. 13, 1862. Shot comminution of the right humerus near
the upper third. Dec. 25, 1862. Amputated. by
A. A. Surgeon S.L. Loomis.
Disch'd May 9, 1863; pensioned.
(The personal edited research
notes of Michael Echols, the source of which may or
may not be completely documented)
