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known, but it is true, that Dr. Ford was a sui-j^eon of ability and of no 

 little skill, as well as an anatomist. His perfect knowledge of the rela- 

 tions of the different tissues in every region of the body made his advice 

 and assistance to the general ])ractitioner, who, when called upon to do 

 a surgical operation often finds his knowledge of anatomy less extensive 

 than he had supposed, of the greatest service, and in western New York 

 he was often called, not only to advise and assist, but to do the opera- 

 tion. He ligated some of the larger arteries a number of times, reduced 

 fractures and made amputations. 



After coming to Ann Arbor Dr. Ford was not called upon to do much 

 surgery until Dr. Gunn went to the front as an army surgeon, and dur- 

 ing this time Dr. Ford did all the operations at the surgical clinic. The 

 late Dr. Skene, of Brooklyn, New York, who was a student in the Uni- 

 versity of Michigan at that time, has testified to the fact that Dr. Ford 

 handled the knife with equal judgment and skill as an anatomist and as 

 a surgeon. Dr. Ford died at his residence in Ann Arbor April 14, 1894, 

 of cerebral apoplexy. He had given his last lecture of his fortieth year 

 of service in the Medical Department of the University only two days 

 before he passed away. V. C. V. 



