LIFE OF ANDREW JACKSON HOWE. 7 



ate in nature. Dr. Walter Burnham, Professor of Sur- 

 gery in the Worcester School, at this time asked him 

 to take charge of his practice in Lowell during his six 

 months' absence as a member of the Massachusetts 

 Senate. He was also appointed professor of anatomy 

 in the school almost at once after his graduation. This 

 favorable introduction to his professional life led to 

 his opening an office for himself in Worcester, in the 

 vicinity of his early home, and among congenial 

 friends and relatives, with whom he was a great fa- 

 vorite. 



The following autumn he was invited to lecture 

 upon Anatomy in the Cincinnati College of Medicine, 

 but returned at the close of the term with the expec- 

 tation of remaining at Worcester. The next year, 

 however, he was again invited to lecture in Cincin- 

 nati, and with inducements that led him to the decis- 

 ion to make it his permanent home. He did not take 

 this step, so full of importance to him, without mis- 

 givings. He entered upon the duties of his profession 

 in this new field with vigor and enthusiasm, aware of 

 the effort required to be a successful surgeon. He was 

 as diligent as when fully established in practice, occu- 

 pying his time partly with preparing pathological 

 specimens, making anatomical drawings, and obtain- 

 ing an insight into mechanical arts, adding withal in- 

 dustrious reading and steady observation. Soon after 

 coming to Cincinnati, Dr. Howe married Georgiana 

 Lakin, eldest daughter of Mr. George S. Lakin of 

 Paxtori. 



He lectured upon Anatomy in the College of Med- 

 icine, and afterward in the Eclectic Medical Institute, 

 where in the course of a few years he was transferred 

 to the chair of Surgery, which he continued to occupy 



