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GREEN, HOEACE. 



Synod of Constantinople, terminated in tho 

 formal recognition of the entire independence 

 of the Church in the Principalities, by the 

 Patriarch of Constantinople and his Synod. 



The Church in the Ionian Isles continued to 

 hold out against being incorporated with the 

 Ohurch of the Kingdom of Greece. 



The number of churches built with the aid 

 of the Russian Government for the Russian 

 residents in foreign countries, is to be increased 

 by one in New York. It was reported that 

 $2,000 have been subscribed by Russian and 

 Greek residents in that city. The $18,000 

 which are wanting will be provided by the 

 government, who are also to find the salaries 

 of the officiating priests, and defray the entire 

 expenditure of the establishment. To free the 

 members of this clerical mission from the re- 

 straints incidental to an official capacity, it is 

 proposed not to place them under the exclusive 

 control of the Russian Ambassador at Wash- 

 ington. Divine service in the new church will 

 be conducted in Greek and Russian. 



It is a curious circumstance that the Greek 

 Charch has of late begun to gain some converts 

 in the countries of Western Europe. The best 

 known of these converts is Abb6 Guettde, the 

 author of a, " History of the Church of France " 

 (the largest work on the subject), a " History 

 of the Jesuits " (three volumes), a refutation of 

 Rcnan's Vie de Jesus, and many other works. 

 Abb6 Guette, while a Roman Catholic priest, 

 had decidedly Gallican views, and all his works 

 had on that account been censured by Rome. 

 Six years ago he founded, in conjunction with 

 the Rev. Archpricst Wassilieff, titular head of 

 the Russo-Greek Church in France, and espe- 

 cially attached to the Russian Church in Paris, a 

 weekly publication entitled V Union Chretienne, 

 and having for its object the union of the non- 

 Roman churches holding the doctrine of apos- 

 tolical succession. His latest work, undertak- 

 ing to prove a schismatic character in the 

 papacy, was published in 1866, and translated 

 at once into English* and Russian. 



Another work in defence of the doctrines of 

 the Greek Church was published in England 

 by the Rev. J. J. Overbeck, like the former 

 one, a member of the Roman Catholic com- 

 munion. 



GREEN", HORACE, M. D., LL. D., a distin- 

 guished physician, medical professor, and au- 

 thor, born at Chittenden, Rutland County, 

 Vt., December 24, 1802 ; died at Greenmount, 

 Sing-Sing, N. Y., November 29, 1866. He was 

 educated at the High School, Brandon, Vt., and 

 at the classical school at Rutland, Vt. It was 

 his desire to take a collegiate course, but cir- 

 cumstances prevented. Having decided to be- 

 come a physician, he entered with zeal upon 

 his studies ; attended faithfully the lectures of 

 the professors of Castleton College, Vt. ; and 



* "The Papacy; Its Historic Origin and Primitive Rela- 

 tions with the Eastern Churches." With an introduction by 

 Bishop A. C. Coxe, and a Biographical Sketch of the Author. 

 Hew York, 1867. 



was graduated M. D. at Middlebury, Vt., iu 1824. 

 While yet a student, he entered his brother's 

 office, and after receiving his diploma he became 

 a partner with him, and continued to practise 

 six years. Not feeling altogether satisfied with 

 his opportunities of observation, he visited Phil- 

 adelphia, and there attended two courses of lec- 

 tures, returning to Rutland, where he followed 

 his profession for five years more. About 1838 

 he decided to take up his residence in New 

 York city; but before settling down as a prac- 

 titioner in that metropolis, he desired to add to 

 his attainments a knowledge of the hospitals 

 abroad. He therefore left America for Europe, 

 and after having visited English hospitals ex 

 tensively, made a very profitable sojourn in 

 Scotland. He then travelled on the Continent, 

 and spent several months in Paris, where he 

 made it a conscientious practice to visit the 

 principal hospitals daily. This sojourn abroad 

 proved of great benefit to his health, and added 

 much to his knowledge of disease. It was so 

 fully appreciated by him, that in 1851 he made 

 another trip, remaining absent from this country 

 about three months, during which period he 

 passed his time most satisfactorily. While 

 making a careful investigation of the course of 

 treatment in the principal cities of Great Brit- 

 ain and France, and spending a short time in 

 Switzerland, much of his pleasure during his 

 tour in Europe was due to the courteous atten- 

 tion which he received from members of the 

 medical profession. Dr. Green was particularly 

 interested in the diseases of the throat and air- 

 passages, and their treatment by what is known 

 as topical medication. He made these the sub- 

 ject of close investigation during the last fifteen 

 years of his life. In 1856 he published a re- 

 port on 106 cases of pulmonary diseases treated 

 by injection into the bronchial tubes, with a 

 solution of nitrate of silver, and was consulted 

 by many persons on the subject. In 1840 he 

 was elected professor in Castleton Medical Col- 

 lege, and continued to lecture to the students 

 till 1843. In 1850 he lent material and efficient 

 aid in founding the New York Medical College, 

 and was appointed President of the Faculty and 

 Trustees ; holding, also, the responsible position 

 of Professor of the Theory and Practice of Med- 

 icine, and subsequently that of Emeritus Pro- 

 fessor. In 1854 he associated himself with 

 others in establishing the " American Medical 

 Monthly," being intimately connected with the 

 editorial department till" 185 7; after which 

 period he continued to contribute occasional 

 articles till it was given up. Dr. Green re- 

 signed his Professorship in the New York 

 Medical College in 1860, at the earnest solicita- 

 tion of his family, as his health seemed to be 

 impaired by continuous labor. From that 

 time symptoms of consumption were apparent, 

 and in 1863 an attack of paralysis induced him to 

 try the effect of the climate of Cuba. He passed 

 the winters of 1864 and 1865 in that island, and 

 received great benefit to his health, though it 

 proved but temporary. The degree of LL. D 



