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DRAPER 330 DRAPER was present al the surrender of General John- ston. He resigned from the army in June, 1865, holding the position of acting assistant adjutant general, 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 25th Army Corps. He wrote an interesting account of his service in the army, under the title "A Sol- dier's Narrativie," which was published by his native town. Soon after leaving the army. Dr. Draper entered the Harvard Medical School, from which he graduated with honors in 1869, having served a year as house surgeon at the Boston City Hospital. He entered upon general practice at once, and soon became assistant editor of the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal and lecturer on hygiene at the Har- vard Medical School. In 1877 the old coroner system in Massa- chusetts was supplanted by the present efficient medical examiner system, proving to be a model for the rest of the country. Dr. Draper was the first appointee, in the large Suffolk District (Boston), and established the new law upon its present firm foundation and brought the work to the high standard it has since occupied. It is his monument and merits all praise. He held the position twenty-eight years, or until failing health compelled his re- tirement, and during tliis time investigated over 8,000 deaths and performed more than 3,000 autopsies. He summarized his experience in his book entitled "A Text Book of Legal Medicine," published in 1905. He lectured on hygiene at the Harvard Medical School from 1875 to 1878, and on forensic medicine from 1878 to 1884, becoming assistant professor of legal medicine in the latter year, and professor from 1889 to 1903. When in 1877 the Massachusetts Medico- Legal Society was formed. Dr. Draper took a prominent part in its deliberations, and was its secretary for several years. He was a member of the State Board of Health for six years, 1886-1892, and was also visiting physician at the Boston City Hospital, 1874- 1886, and the Children's Hospital, 1873-1874. He always took an active part in the affairs of the Massachusetts Medical Society, serving as councillor, 1873-1905; secretary, 1873-1875; president, 1900-1902, and for sixteen years was its efficient treasurer, 1875-1891. For many years Dr. Draper was one of our most prominent medical experts, and saw much service in the courts in that capacity. The character of this work is shown by the remarks often heard from attorneys to the effect that they did not care which party called him so long as he was in the case, his evidence being regarded as always fair and impartial. As a writer. Dr. Draper was unusually clear and forceful and a model in style, and as a lecturer he was succinct and interesting. He belonged to various societies, in which he was a valuable member and was always avail- able for important service. He married Miss Fanny Jones in the early seventies, and had two sons, one of whom became a physician. Liberal in his religious views and deeply rev- erential in all sacred things, Dr. Draper had few enemies, and yet he was firm in his con- victions and had the courage to express them upon all proper occasions, having the rare faculty of differing pleasantly and leaving no sting or scar. Modest, lovable and most com- panionable, he was a rare spirit, never to be forgotten by all who knew him. Failing health from arterio-sclerosis grad- ually lessened his activities for three or four years, terminating finally in cerebral hemor- rhage. He was calm and philosophical to the last, as might have been expected of such a character. His remains were cremated. Gkorge W. G.y. History Harvard Medical Scliool, T. F. Har- rington, 1905. History Harvard Medical School, H. C. Ernst, 19U6. Boston Med. and Surg. Jour., 1909, vol. clx, 558- 559. Draper, Henry (1837-1882). Henry Draper was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia, March 7, 1837. His father, John William (q. v.), was widely known as a chemist, physiologist, political philosopher, and .more especially as the author of "The Intel- lectual Development of Europe." Three years after the birth of Henry, his second son, ihe elder Draper accepted the chair of chemistry in the University of the City of New York. After a course in the primary and preparatory schools, Henry was admitted, at the age of fif- teen, to the academic department of the Uni- versity. A medical department having been founded by his father, the son graduated from it in 1858. The following year he spent in Europe, visiting and studying, as few tourists do, places and institutions connected with great scientific investigations. What particu- larly attracted his attention was the six-foot reflecting telescope of Lord Rosse, and to the interest excited and the field of enterprise sug- gested are largely due his subsequent achieve- ments in celestial photography. LTpon his return to New York he was appointed a mem- ber of the medical staff attached to Belle- vue Hospital, and for eighteen months dis- charged tlie varied duties. His tastes, how-