Atlee, John Light
was born Nov. 2, 1799, in Pennsylvania. Dr. Atlee's operation for double ovariotomy in 1843 was the first in the history of medicine. He was one of the founders of the Lancaster City and County Medical society in 1843, and twice served as its president. He assisted in organizing the Pennsylvania Medical society in 1848, and became its president in 1857, and was also one of the organizers of the American Medical association in Philadelphia, and was elected vice-president in 1865, and president in 1882.
At the union of Franklin and Marshall colleges, in 1853, he became professor of anatomy and physiology, and continued there until 1869. He died Oct. 1, 1885, in Pennsylvania.
AT LEE, SAMUEL JOHN, soldier, statesman, was born in 1738. He commanded a Pennsylvania company in the French war; and in 1776 commanded an advanced battalion on Long Island; was made prisoner and remained some time in the hands of the British. He was afterward a commissioner to treat with the Indians; was a delegate to the continental congress from 1778 to 1782, and one of the committee on the meeting of Pennsylvania troops in 1781. He died November, 1786, in Philadelphia, Pa.
ATLEE, WASHINGTON LEMUEL, surgeon, author, was born Feb. 22, 1808, in Lancaster, Pa. He was a noted surgeon of Philadelphia, and the author of Ovarian Tumors and Ovariotomy. He died Sept. 6, 1878.