Ellis, Calvin
physician, was born in 1826, in Boston, Mass. In 1863 he became adjunct professor of the theory and practice of medicine in Harvard, and in 1865 adjunct, and in 1867 regular, professor of clinical medicine, which chair he held till his death. Among his publications the most important are papers on Obstruction of Lung, Caused by Pressure on the Primary Bronchus; and The Tendency of Disease in One Part to Excite it in Another; and clinical lectures on Capillary Bronchitis. He died Dec. 14, 1883, in Boston, Mass.