THE AMERICAN iJ(lii??ar> 



MONTHLY \- V > 



MICROSCOPICAL JOURNAL. 



Vol. XVIII. JANUARY, 1897. No. 1 



William Cline Borden, M. D., F. R. M. S. 



CAPTAIN, MEDICAL DKPARTMHNT, U. S. ARMY. 



WITH FRONTISPIECR. 



Dr. Borden was born in Watertown, N. Y., May 19, 

 1858. His ancestry is American since 1635 when Rich- 

 ard Borden, known in the family annals as ''The Emi- 

 grant" emigrated from Borden, Kent Connty, England, 

 and settled at what is now Portsmouth, Rhode Island. 

 From there his direct ancestors moved to New Jersey 

 where the family name is perpetuated in the town of 

 Bordentown, and thence to New York. 



His early education was in the public schools, later he 

 entered the Hungerford (Collegiate Institute at Adams, 

 N. Y., and there pursued an elective, academic and 

 scientific course. 



In 1879, he began the study of medicine and March 15, 

 1883, he received the degree of M. D., graduating from 

 the Medical Department of the Columbian University, 

 Washington, D. C. A few months later he passed the 

 examination required for admission to the Medical 

 Department of the United States Army and December 3, 

 1883, he was given a commission as Assistant Surgeon 

 with the rank of First Lieutenant. His first service was 

 in the Department of the Platte at Fort Bridger, Wyom- 

 ing, then at Fort Douglas, Salt Lake City, Utah. In 1888 

 he was transferred to the Department of Texas and pro- 

 moted to the rank of Captain. He remained in Texas 

 until 1891, serving at San Antonio, Fort Ringgold and 

 Fort Davis, when he was ordered to Jackson Barracks, 

 New Orleanis, Louisiana. While on duty there he was sent 



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