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Salisbury, James Henry

physician, author, was born Oct. 13, 1823, in Scott, N. Y. In 1864 he settled in Cleveland, Ohio, where he assisted in establishing the Charity Hospital Medical college, before which he lectured till 1866 on physiology and histology. He has been president of the institute of Micrology since 1878. Among his publications are a prize essay on the Anatomy and History of Plants; and one on the Chemical and Physiological Examinations of the Maize Plant during the Various Stages of Its Growth.

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