MEDICAL SCHOOL CLASS OF 1865

Dr. George Canning Howard died at North Attleboro, Mass., March 19, 1911, of diabetes. Dr. Howard was born in Pomfret, Vt, August 24, 1840, the son of Samuel and Amanda (King) Howard. His preliminary education was obtained at Colby Academy, New London, N. H. He studied medicine with Dr. W. D. Buck of Manchester, N. H., his studies being interrupted by military service. In 1863 he was appointed medical cadet, and after eight months' service was promoted to acting surgeon, United States Army, and was on hospital duty in New York and at Portsmouth Grove, R. I., till the close of the war, being mustered out June 15, 1865. Dr. Howard was in successful practice in Salem, N. H., for twelve years, and then for twentyseven years in Lawrence, Mass., where he was a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society, of the Lawrence Medical Club., and of the North Essex Medical Association, and served on the staff of Lawrence General Hospital. For eight years before his death he was an invalid. He was married September 5, 1865, to Georgiana W. Smith, who survives him, with two of their three children.