NAVY, UNITED STATES. 



A2S 



-1-uul proving too se- 



;'.ir his In-Hit li, Jio \v ucinnati in 



and I'm- r.nirti-i-n yi-:ir.s tilled the place of 



isor of Stir[,'i-ry iii tho Ohio Medical Col- 



i that MI;, aed this port in 1882, 



ifessor of Hurjrery in tho. Miami 



;iio datios of this 



'.'>, wlu- n ho wont to Boston to 



'iii'ti.1 tin- puMiration of his well-known 



volume, " ilralth its Friends and its Foes," 



taking up his abodo with some of his children 



who won- living there. Ho was an earnest and 



l:thorious student of his profession, in which ho 



iijiuli- M>mo important discoveries. "While a 



it in Philadelphia, ho subjected himself 



to an i-xprritm-nt which demonstrated tho in- 



- of J )r. Rush's theory that the human 



skin hail no power of absorption. But his dis- 



ios and achievements were not confined 



to his youth. In 1830, ho proved what Sir 



y Cooper had said was impossible, that 



intra-capsular fractures could be united. He 



was the first person to tie both carotid arteries, 

 <1 success on more than one occasion . 

 perated, with equally happy results, in a 

 case of that rare and frightful disease, hyper- 

 trophiod tongue. In 1837, he removed the 

 entire shoulder-blade and collar-bone of a pa- 

 tirnt who was suffering from ostco sarcoma, the 

 first operation of tho kind on record. The pa- 

 tient is still living. Out of forty-nine operations 

 in lithotomy, only four were followed by the 

 deatli of tho subjects. He relieved strangulated 

 herniu in thirty-two out of forty cases. Many 

 other instances of his remarkable skill might 

 bo enumerated, but tho foregoing must suffice. 

 Dr. Mussey was early a laborer in the temper- 

 ance cause, and applied the same principles 

 which induced him to discourage the use of 

 wines and spirits, to articles of diet. For a 

 long period ho drank nothing but water, and 

 abstained from animal food. He was a man of 

 large liberality, and gave freely of his profes- 

 sional services to the poor and helpless. 



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NASSAU, until 1866, a German duchy, with 

 an area of 1,802 English square miles, and a 

 population of 468,311. In the German-Italian 

 war Nassau took sides against Prussia, which, 

 consequently, conquered the duchy, and by vir- 

 tue of a patent, dated September 20, 1866, an- 

 nexed it to Prussia. On October 8th, the duchy 

 was formally taken possession of by the Prussian 

 authority. 



NAVY, UNITED STATES. The attention 

 and efforts of the Naval Department of the Gov- 

 ernmdat during the year were given to the re- 

 duction of the navy from tho war standard, and 

 to organize and establish efficient squadrons 

 abroad. At the close of the year the number 

 of vessels in commission was one hundred and 

 fifteen, carrying one thousand and twenty-nine 

 guns. Of the remaining vessels there were : 



Number. Guns. 



Iron-clads laid up 54 147 



" not completed 7 40 



Stenm vessels not completed 19 836 



Ssiili' f ' .... 2 



Wooden vessels on hand 81 749 



163 1,5-2-2 



The number of seamen in tho service is about 

 13,'ii'O. 



Tho several squadrons, by which the active 

 service is done, are as follows : European, Asi.nic, 

 North Atlantic, Gulf, South Atlantic, North 

 Pacific, and South Pacific. 



The European squadron, under the command 

 of Roar- Admiral Goldsborough, consists of ten 

 la, carrying 113 guns. Tho limits of this 

 M[u:i'li-cni 01 ii brace the Mediterranean, the west- 

 ern cou^t of Kurope, and Africa, as far south as 

 St. Paul do Loando. These vessels haw 

 almost constantly cruising and have vUitod tho 

 principal ports of the Baltic and the Mediter- 

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ranean and those on tho Atlantic. Tho iron- 

 clad Miantonomah was sent out to join this 

 squadron and made the bearer of the messenger 

 conveying the resolution of Congress congratu- 

 lating the Emperor of Russia on his escape from 

 assassination. For this purpose this vessel 

 visited the Baltic and its officers were received 

 in the most flattering manner, especially in 

 Russia. 



The Asiatic squadron is limited to the east- 

 ern coast of Africa, Asia, and the islands which 

 stud the seas and oceans eastward of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. This squadron is commanded 

 by Rear-Admiral II. H. Bell. It consists of 

 eight vessels carrying 78 guns. The com- 

 mander of the squadron has been authorized 

 to act in concert with the naval commanders of 

 other nations in the suppression of tho piratical 

 depredations on the coast of China. These 

 depredators seek shelter in among the shoaled 

 and most intricate waters. A class of smaller 

 vessels is soon to reSnforce this squadron, suit- 

 able to penetrate those shallow waters. 



The North Atlantic squadron consists of fif- 

 teen vessels, carrying 135 guns, under the com- 

 mand of Rear-Admiral Palmer. It is limited 

 to the Atlantic coast and tho West India islands. 



The Gulf squadron consists of ten vessels, 

 carrying 71 guns, under the command of Com- 

 modore John A. Winslow. The vessels have 

 patrolled the Gulf of Mexico, and repeatedly 

 visitod all the ports on the coast, from Key 

 to the Rio Grande, and also the north 

 side of Cuba. 



The South Atlantic squadron, which em- 

 braces tho southeastern coast of South Amer- 

 ica and the west coast of Africa, from the Cape 

 of Good Hope to St. Paul do Loando, is com- 

 manded by Rear-Admiral Gordon. It consists 



