New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-20
DIR MORRIS II. HENRY.

DR. Morris II Henry the wcll-known surgeon and
succal.s IN skin diseases. Of this city cicd Ak MS
home no 81 llNh-ave. at l0-S oc.ock las' hlsn'
uis death was caused BY complication OF as
...es II. had been -! for years and last Januar!
h. had an attack Of the grip. which prostTatei h''"
md Induced an attack 81 intcr-costal n"urasA ""'
Pneumonia lie had been dangerously III since w
first OF May. and yesterday he was III S''
cDmaiosc condition unul ne area. ST.,
pr Henry vas born In London. England. on july
o. lS.5 lie was tho son OF "A we!-kno"h pIo''S'o'
NJ m. oriental languages and was educated NJ XIV
polytechnic school mt Brussels and At somerset
Iouse London. He studied art AT the ihS'-"a''''
Institution. Coming TO this country "hr" Nv va,
seventeen years old. he studied m'hc'he anu
sir,crv takinS his degree as doctor at the I'M
,.-.,,v q, Vermont in 1850 After that time with
the execution OF three years he lived and prac-
tls.I his profession In this city. In lSs Or henry
married Miss Elizabeth Rutherford Hastings VIM
d.cl about four years later. In 1879 he matr'e'
Mrs Harrison Everett Maynard. OF BOSTON VINO
survives him His only child Hugh hastings
Henry. Is at present corporal !" '"e "'''' '''
Army.
DR. Hcnry's professional career was n dis'in-
eulshol one and he was Of the best authorities
skin diseases in this country ne wsS iIr ns ,H Rec
heIlion' being stationed on Admiral F.rraSuts snip.
and present at the taxing od T' anI spnIlsnces
including the application OF plano-conveN lenses io'
snf for the noval OF plaster dressings
d"nitatlng forceps an. cartilage scissors to facii-
,,ic the removal OF dense tissues lie was 'nr
originator and Editor OF the american Jonrhai OF
DerTmmthology" and published numerous mono
cranhs lie was decorated by the KING OF Greece
sSnd was a member OF the University or Athehs;,
lie had been decora ed three times ny the Suta, OF
Turkey the last and highest decoration peIhs Una.
Of the order OF MedJdie lie belonged 20 many
meilctl societies, among them hcllS tne Ncauiis
~ Medicine and the American Nc llcai Association
~. md been a member OF the Union Gun Tor ABOUT
49, ciub and was among the first or those VINO
had cottages at TUXEDO -. - ..,. s,,r,.o, 81 ,ho
c, ~ Sosnitals He edited FOX on skin Diseases
n frcn1,ently wrote for the scientific magazines;
LII ZION, twelve years he was surgeon-in-chi'I OF
~ nnItcc surgeons OF this city. and while nc neiu
,h., fndice p,rfccted many OF the regulations no" III
mo- and established. mainly through ms own
1''r,s the ambulance service. In politics ne was
e, indepcndent Republican, and man OF strong
o." "nnyic,nnng which he did not hesitate 10 eNPrsss,
IL nevcr held nor did he ever become c"nuii",c
~ anv poltical office. He was a hlehim ~, OF 10
,o'i,,"ns denomination. but attended ~, lhonl"s
,r,i,ssn"n,l Church Throughout his l'te ne mani
te,ed n great Interest In artistic SUBJECTS anu was
- collector of fine pictures ana gems. nc VIZ ~
%.r1 and continuous worker. nlthouRh III rec. II,
"aars he WAS "A sufferer from seV.ral 'phpiion,tri
5,sn.ses which were the result OF nloo" poisonous
""n,,nc,,d while he surgeon Ia 'hr ''ac nos
NM He WAS n man OF literary ,aStc; anu ..
r,is,r as well OF high sccntinc enuc' tion' az a.
surgeon and dermatologist his reputato" ""S s'ca'
here and abroad, -, ,.o,, h,s home probably
on ~ ed csday.