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Quimby, Isaac Newton

physician, surgeon, was born Aug. 5, 1831, near Basking Ridge, N. J. For many years he was engaged in the flour and milling business at Somerville and Zanesville, Ohio. In 1859 he graduated in medicine; and during the war served as a volunteer surgeon with General McClellan's forces. In 1866-68 he was a lecturer in the university Medical college of New York city. He was the originator of Christ's hospital in 1868, and was surgeon to the same until 1873. He is also one of the attending surgeons of the city hospital of Jersey City. He is the author of valuable papers on medical subjects, and a member of the leading medical bodies of Europe and America.