386 GEORGE HINCKLEY LYMAN. 



the Division commanded by General Fitz John Porter, and afterward 

 of the entire Fifth Corps, comprising twenty-six thousand men. Pros- 

 trated for a time by the severe fatigues and exposures ensuing after 

 the exhausting marches and sanguinary battles at Gaines's Mill and 

 elsewhere, Dr. Lyman was upon his recovery appointed one of six 

 Medical Inspectors of the Army, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel ; 

 and ordered to inspect the great hospitals at Baltimore, Washington, 

 Philadelphia, and New York. Next he was given supervision of the 

 Medical Department which included Kentucky, Tennessee, West Vir- 

 ginia, and Ohio, and as far southward as our army lines extended; 

 finding in Nashville and some other large cities the churches, ware- 

 houses and many dwellings overflowing with the wounded. Afterwards 

 he travelled more than three thousand miles by rail through the Depart- 

 ment of the East, to investigate alleged hospital abuses ; and was then 

 transferred to the Department of the South, to inspect the hospitals, 

 and to await the arrival of Sherman's army on its march to the sea, 

 and report on its sanitary condition. 



In the important positions he held on the Army surgical staff, 

 Dr. Lyman worked indefatigably to organize and to improve the 

 supply, ambulance, and hospital services. 



At the close of the war, Dr. Lyman by no means reposed on his 

 laurels, but returned with fresh zeal to his home life and professional 

 work. In addition to his private practice, he filled until his decease 

 the post of Visiting Physician to the Boston City Hospital, where his 

 wide experience, his devotion to the patients under his charge, and his 

 courteous relations with his colleagues of the staff, caused his loss to be 

 deeply felt. 



In 1875 Dr. Lyman delivered the Annual Oration before the Massa- 

 chusetts Medical Society, on " The Interests of the Public and of the 

 Medical Profession"; in 1870 he was its Anniversary Chairman; and 

 in 1879-80 he received the highest honors in the gift of the profession, 

 in his election for the two years as President of the Society, where 

 his administrative talent, and his tact, dignity, and courtesy as a pre- 

 siding officer did much to promote its interests. 



Dr. Lyman was one of the founders and officers of the Massachusetts 

 Medical Benevolent Society, instituted to aid such worthy members of 

 the profession, or their families, as had through illness or misfortune 

 fallen into distress. He was also one of the founders of the American 

 Gynecological Society, and an active member of the Boston Obstetrical 

 Society, of the Boston Society for Medical Improvement, of the Mili- 

 tary Historical Society of Massachusetts, and of the Military Order 



