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MARCY. MAKUEN. 395 hospital for women, which is still in suc- cessful operation. He participated ac- tively in the seventh international Med- ical Congress held in London in 1881, was a contributor to the eighth, held in Copen- hagen in 1884, and president of the Gynae- cological section of the ninth congress held in Washington in 1887. He has contributed largely to surgical literature, and is an active worker in the American Medical Association, to the vice- HENRY O. MARCY presidency of which he was elected in 1879. In 1882 he was president of the section of obstetrics and gynaecology, and for some years a member of the judicial council of the association. He is a mem- ber of various medical and scientific or- ganizations in both Europe and America, and was president of the American Acad- emy of Medicine in 1884. In [886 Dr. Marcy published, in two volumes, the translation of the works of Prof. Ercolani of Bologna, Italy, upon the " Reproduction Processes," besides which he has published bis own special studies of the uterine mucosa during pregnancy. His best known publications are : " Plastic Splints in Surgery," "Aspiration of the Knee Joint," " Histological Studies of the Development of the Osseous Callous in Man and Animals," " Cure of Hernia by the Antiseptic Use of the Animal Suture," "The Best Methods of Operative Wound Treatment," "The Histology and Surgical Treatment of Uterine Tumors," " The Comparative Value of Germicides," " The Relations of Micro-Organisms to Sanitary Science," "Medical Legislation," "The (lunate of the Southern Appalachians," " The Surgical Advantages of the Buried Animal Suture," " Exploratory Laparoto- my," "General Treatise on Hernia," and " The Perinaaum, its Anatomy, Physiol- ogy and Methods of Restoration after In- jury." The Wesleyan University conferred, in 1887, the honorary degree of LL. D. upon Dr. Marcy, in recognition of his skill and literary merit. MARDEN, George Augustus, son of Benjamin and Betsey (Buss) Marden, was born in Mt. Vernon, Hillsborough county, N. H., August 9, 1839. His father was a mechanic, and the son was taught his father's trade, that of shoe- maker, at an early age; and such time as was not spent in school, until he was sixteen, was occupied with work at the bench and in farming. He fitted for college meanwhile, attending Appleton Academy, which had been established in his native town in 1851 (now known as McCollom Institute). During his college course (Dartmouth, 1861) he paid his way mainly by his own exertions in working at his trade and teaching school. In November, 1861, he enlisted as a private in company G, 2d regiment, Ber- dan's United States sharpshooters; and on the organization of the company, Decem- ber 12, 1861, when he was mustered into the United States service, received a war- rant as second sergeant. In April, 1862, he was transferred to the 1st regiment of United States sharpshooters, and was with that regiment during the Peninsular cam- paign under McClellan from Yorktown to Harrison's Landing. On the 10th of July. the same year, he was commissioned by the governor of New Hampshire 1st lieuten- ant and regimental quartermaster, in which capacity he served with the regiment until the 1 st of January, 1S63, when he was ordered on staff duty as acting assistant adjutant-general of the 3d brigade, 3d division, 3d corps. He served in this capacity until August, 1S63, taking part meantime in the battles of Chancellors- ville, Gettysburg and Wapping Heights. He was then ordered to Riker's Island, New York harbor, on detached service, but was soon returned to his regiment