The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-29
OBITUARY.
DIR. FREEMAN J. BUMsTEAD.


The death of DR.. Freeman j. Bumstead at his resi-
dence. No. "a East Thirtyeghh street. at yes
terday. from the medical fraternity of this
country one Of its most eminent specialists. Dr..
Bumstead had been suffering since September last
from complication of disorders. He ever hard
working student. Last summer he was thrown from
his carriage while driving in Central Park and
tanned fracture of the arm. While FRUSTRATED by
this affection he was attacked with disease Of the
liver. which grew afterward into dropsy. It is of
this latter complaint that he died.
DIR. Bumstead born in Boston the 21st OF
April. 1926. his father being prominent merchant
and his mother sister of Nathaniel p. Willis. the
journalist. author and poet. and also of Fanny
Fern" He was educated at Chauncey Hall School
and afterward entered the English and Latin High
Jams College and graduated with honors In 1s47.
He then went to Roxbury, Mass. and taught i'll the
High school there, at the same time devoting his
leisure to the study of medicine and attend
ance vi tho fremont Medical School, Two years
afterward he entered Harvard University Medical
School and the next year went abroad rs surgeon
of emgrant ship. While in Europe he pursued his
medical studies In the hospitals Of London and Paris
Upon his return to this country in the fall he
appointed house surgeon of the Massachusetts Gen.
eral Hospital. In 1861 DIR. Bumstead received his
diploma from Harvard, and again went to Europe.
In 1882 he took up practice in this city and shortly
afterward was appointed surgeon to the Northwest
ern Dspensary This position he occupied two
years and then turned his attention to the New
York Eye and Ear Infrmary, the staff of which no
remained until his third departure for Europe in
1872. He was connected with the surgical stall OF
st. Lukc's Hospital and also with the hospitals
Blackwells Island. Dr. Bumstoad's superior skill
a specialist caused the College Of Physicians and
Surgeons to connect him with its staff pro-
fessor. He had acquired at about this time con
siderable fame by his TRANSACTIONS and editing OF
several European authorities. His success in this
field caused HIM to launch into authorship himself,
and he gave the medical world several treatises that
considered standard the subjects of
which they treat. Last summer he honored by
the title Of L. d. by his alma mater and was for the
present year president OF the Now York County Med
ical Society aud was also member or the New York
Academy of Science. He was married i'll 1861 to
Miss Josephine White, daughter OF prominent
merchant OF Boston. He had four children, all of
whom arc at present living In 1872 he went abroad
with his family and spent much time mt the hospitals
IN the large cities of Great Britain and the Cont
nent. His funeral will be from st. Ignatius Church
on Fortieth street. on Tuesday next. The body will
HENRY NIcoLL.
Henry Nicoll, q we'll known lawyer In this city,
died yesterday in the sixty eighth year OF his age
Mr. Nicoll was one OF the principal members of tho
profession who founded the New York Bar Associa
ton. Among tho names then associated with him
were those of Messrs. Evarts, O'Conor. Barlow
Garvin, Choate and Lawrence, District Attorney
Phelps and GARRISON N Potter. Mr.. Nicol resigned
member OF the association in 1874. Mr.. Nicol
was a member OF tho Thirtieth Congress from this
city, representing the thon Third district and after
his return to New York no gathered lucrative prac
tcc For many years past no has lived removed
from the public gazo.