New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-24

DIR. GEORGE NJ. BEARD.

DIR. George Miller Beard died at the Grand
Hotel Yesterday at 1890 His death was said 10 h
u"e 10 pneumonia Some time ago he had the roots OF
broken tooth extracted liberation followed and tho
patient was attacked with surgical fever On SUNDAY
morning the physicians IN charge, Drs Leemine and
Little discovered signs OF pneumonia DR. Reard wa,
CONSCIOUS TO the last. He leaves a wife and daughter
He was forty-three years old
DE- Beard was born at Montville, Conn., ard was tina
Souso'' VI iour children His father, the Rev. g. L.
Beard was congregational clergyman His grand
father was physician Dr. Beard prepared for coIe0s
at Phillips Academy, Andoyer Mass BEFORE
entering Yale College In 1858 he spent two wears
In teaching He was graduated from college in se2 He
then studied for one year in the Medical Department OF
ese OF Physicians and Surgeons this city He began
practising medicine IN NewIork IN connection with DIR
A. ID. Rockwell. deyoting much time TO The stiSv a;
nervous diseases From 1868 to 1854 he was acting
assistant surgeon in the Uni ed states Navyn West
University Of New-York on neryons diseases, and from
1873 10 1876 he was 20 the Demit Dspensary
In the department OF eleotrotherapeutics aud nervous
diseases lie OF the orignatOls aud officers OF the
National Association for the Protection Ofthe and
the Prevention OF Insanity. He also frequent con-
tributOr To The North American RerieU The Popular
Science Monthly and other Journals and magazines Dur
ing ns connection with the Navy he wrote articles
for New-York and Boston newspapers Between 1867
and 1876 he gave several OF popular Lectures
TINS city and les vicinity the genealogical subjects to
which he had devoted years OF study. Dr. Beard was
one Of toe founders OF the New York Society Neur-
ol0gy and Electrology which subsequently merged
into the NewYork Neurological socet he was one OF
the first to explain the socSed mindreadng OF Brown,
the mind reader
He made several visits to Europe and made there the
acquaintance Of many European authorities IN science.
lie several times delegate 10 foreign scientific as
sOcatOns, presented papers 70 the British Medical Asso
citation, aud Ia 1881 delegate to the International
Medical Congress in London. He connected pro
fessonaly, an expert, whtne trials OF Guteau and
Cadet Whitaker.
Dr. Boards Investigations we're confined to the nervous
system, In health and In disease including Psychology
All OF his writings relate to tue system. In te
application OF electricity 10 the treatment OF
diseases he was the pioneer In this country Recently
ne continued his mind or muscle reading studies with
stuart Cumberland, the English mInf-reader. His
writings and researches have had In Ger
many, and bis more important works have been trans
lated into German. The following are some Of these
Chronic Diseases OF the Larynx," "Our Home Pnys-
cian," Eating and Drinking" "6timulants and Mar
eotics" the Legal Responsibility IN Old Age,
Based on the Authors Researches into the
Surgical Electricity" HAY Fever, or summer
Catarrh." "rhe Scientific Basis OF Decisions Being
new Theory OF Trance and its Bearing Human Test
mOny," Nervous Exhaustion" " Sea-SIckness its
Symptoms. Nature and treatment" "Amercan Merry
with Its Causes and Consequences. Trance
and Muscle Reading" "PsyohOogy Of tho salem Witch
GRAFT Excitement OF 1892 and s Practical Applications
to Events rme Including tho Cases OF Guiteau
aud OF Cadet Whitaker y; medical Education and the
Medical Profession IN Europe and America" Besides
these there other works In book and pamphlet
form, and essays and papers