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HOWARD 566 HOWARD Dr. Howard was a fhient and copious talker, and was fond of society, in which he was very popular. At the same time, he was a hard student, a profound and original thinker. As a writer he could hardly be excelled, and it is a cause of regret that he wrote so very little. His friends all speak of a "fatal habit of procrastination" which caused him to be forever putting off much work of a medico- literary character. He was a lover of nature, of music, and of poetry. Sunsets and sun- rises were almost objects of worship to him, and he used to go long distances in order to find some spot from which a glorious sun- rise could be observed to especial advantage. His favorite lines (and the fact is character- istic of the man) were those of Wordsworth : Here you stand, Adore and worship when you know it not; Pious beyond the intention of your thought: Devout above the meaning of your will. Dr. Howard came to his death by drowning, September 5, 1881. Thomas Hall Shastid. Trans. Amer. Med. Assoc., 1882, J. Morris. Trans. Med. Chirurg. Fac. Mary., Balto., 1822. T. S. Latimer. Private Sources. Howard, Henry (1815-1889). Henry Howard, Canadian alienist and opli- fhalmologist, author of the earliest text-book on the eye to be issued in the Dominion of Can- ada, was born at Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland, December 1, 1815, and received his early education in his native town. He studied his profession at Dublin, receiving the degrees of M. D. and M. R. C. S., the latter in 1838. After practising in Dublin for a very short time, he emigrated to Canada in 1841. For a time he engaged in general practice on Am- herst Island, Upper Canada, then at Kings- ton. At length he removed to Montreal, where he practised the eye, ear, nose and throat exclusively. From 1845 until his death he contributed a number of articles on the eye, ear, nose and throat to the Dublin Medical Journal. He also wrote at some length and rather frequently for the British American Journal of Montreal. About 1860 he wrote a brochure entitled "The Physiology of Insanity, Crime and Responsibility." In 1861 he was appointed medical superintendent of the Luna- tic Asylum, of Fort St. John's, Lower Canada. With very inadequate buildings, he maintained the hospital until 1875, when it was closed and the patients transferred to Longue Pointe. There he continued as superintendent, being clothed with additional powers as a result of an act passed by the Canadian Parliament in 1885, and died in office, March 28, 1889. The following is extracted from Dr. How- ard's obituary notice in the Canada Medical Journal : "Advancing years never took from him the keen interest in scientific matters which he had pursued with such zest as a younger man and nothing gave him such pleasure as to take part in the discussions of our Medical Societies, or privately with his younger med- ical friends. At such meetings the familiar figure of the stately old doctor, with flowing patriar- chal beard, will long be missed. His kindly wit, free from all tinge of malice, his animated discourse, his thorough honesty of purpose and his manly straightforwardness made him respected and beloved by all who knew him." A few years previous to his death he was elected president of the Montreal Medico- Chirurgical Society, a position he filled with great credit to himself and the society. One of Dr. Howard's sons graduated in medicine at McGill L'niversity in 1872, an- other was a member of the Provincial Cabinet of Manitoba. The chief ophthalmic writing of Dr. How- ard was his text-book, entitled, "The Anat- omy, Physiology, and Pathology of the Eye," London and Montreal 1850. The style of the book is simple and clear. The arrangement of the matter throughout the volume is no less excellent, and, in a word, this little book of Henry Howard's constituted a very auspicious beginning for Canadian ophthalmography. In 1882 he pub- lished "The Philosophy of Insanity, Crime and Responsibility." Thomas Hall Shastid. Bibliotheca Canadensis, 1867. Private Sources. Howard, Richard H. L. (1809-1854). Richard H. L. Howard, a prominent phy- sician and teacher in Columbus, Ohio, was born in Andover, Vermont, in the year 1809. The details of his early education are unknown, but he took his medical degree from the Berkshire Medical Institution, at Pittsfield, Massachusetts, in 1831. Removing to the West, he first settled in Windham, Portage County, Ohio, but after a brief stay in this place, removed to Elyria, in Lorain County, where he practised for about eight years. In 1844 he came to Columbus, Ohio, and in that city remained until his death. In 1847 Dr. Howard accepted the chair of surgery in the Willoughby Medical College, then just removed to Columbia, and when this college was merged into the Starling Medical College he retained the same posi- tion in the new institution.