The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-24
BRIDGEPORT'S LOSS,
The Late Dr. Robert Hubbard-Sketch
 of His Life.

Conn.,, and was born April 26, 1927 He
 was the son of Jeremiah and Elizabeth Hubbard, both of whom descended from old colonial families. His fathers an
 cestors took up their residence in Bos-
 ton In 1884 and afterward emigrated to | Connecticut Jeremiah Hubbard was a
 sea captain, who retired in 1925 to work
 his farm. in which he had the assist
 ance of young Robert until the son was
 close to nineteen years of age,
 1 pr, Hubbards early schooling was
 that which could be obtained during
 the winter months, the rest of his time
 being taken up with work on the farm.
 At the age of seventeen he entered the
 academy at Cromwell. Here he prepar-
 ed himself for a course in college, and
 ill 1S46 he entered Yale. After a year
 of study he left the university to ac-
 cept position as principal of the acad-
 emy at Durham. He continued to study while at the academy with the intention
 of resuming his academic course at
 Yale but was induced by Dr. Benjamin
 Fowler of Durham to take up the study
 of medicine. He began in Dr. Fowler's office and year after entered the office
 of Dr. Nathan B. Ives of New Haven. | While with Dr. Ives he attended medi-
 cal lectures at Yale, and in 1851, so
 thorough were his methods of study
 he graduated as valedictorian of his
 class.
 In October, 1851, he came to Bridge
 port to begin the active practice of his
 profession. His first place of residence
 was in the old Sterling house. It was
 rough sleddfng for the young physi-
 clan for few months, but the success
 ful treatment of a case which had baf-
 fled the older physicians gave him the
 opportunity for starting a. successful
 career. In 1854 Dr. Hubbard formed a
 partnership with Dr. David H. Nash.
 The arrangement lasted until 1871,
 In 1855 he married Miss Cornelia
 Hartwell, the daughter of MT. and Mrs
 sherman Hartwell.
 | At the breaking out of the civil war
 Dr. Hubbard became known as a radi-
 cal Unionist, and upon the recommen-
 dation of the State Medical society he was appointed by Governor Bucking-
 ham to the post of examiner of the can
 didates for appointment as surgeons
 and assistant surgeons for the regi-
 ments raised in Connecticut In 1862 he went to the front as surgeon of the seventh Connecticut Volunteers. Short " after entering the service he was promoted to the position of brigade surgeon and served with General How- ard. He was afterwards transferred to General Devins' brigade. His ser- vices at the battle of Charlottesville were of such merit that he was again promoted to be medical inspector on the staff of General Devins. After the battle of Gettysburg he rejoined the seventeenth regiment, remaining with It until just before the battle of Look- out Mountain, when he was again as- signed to the Eleventh corps
 An untiring devotion to duty, which frequently required his being about the field hospitals for a week at 6 time without sleep, so undermined Dr. Hub- pard's health that he was obliged to leave the service. He then returned to Bridgeport and resumed his practice. In 1870 the effects of his campaigning still remaining with him, he went to Europe for a course of treatment for sciatica. He returned in 1871 in the best of physical condition. He had since made his home In Bridgeport
 Dr. Hubbard took a prominent part in political affairs, and in 1874 and 1878 was elected as one of the city's repre- sentatives in the general assembly. Tn 1878 he was the candidate of the re- publican party for election as congress- man from the Fourth district, but was defeated by William H. Barnum.
 In 1879 Dr. Hubbard's standing as a physician received recognition from his fellow practitioners in his election as president of the Connecticut Medical society. He remained in this office un- til 1883, when he went to Europe for a, rest from his labors as well as to make investigations into new methods of practice then becoming popular in the old countries. He repeated the trip in 1885. Since then he had made it his ob- Ject to give up practice gradually, re- tafning on his list of patients only those who would not be treated by any other doctor. A great portion of his time for the past year had been spent at the home of his daughter in Wash ington
 Dr. Hubbard was the leader of his | in Connecticut, nor was the | of his ability confined to | this state. Of thorough methods and l a deep student his knowledge was | complete. He was free from the preju- | dices of the old school. and 1t was all | ways his aim to make use of all the | modern discoveries in medicine and | surgery. He had a wide reputation | as a medical expert in the courts, and | his opinions were convincing with ju- ries. Experienced lawyers have de- dared him to have been one of the best | expert witnesses in the country
 Dr. Hubbard was the inventor of a, great number of formulae which are almost universally used in drug stores. The patenting of any one formula. would have earned him considerable wealth, but he refused to take out pat ents, preferring that humanity should benefit by his discoveries. Among the poor his name was synonymous with kindliness and sympathy for the un- fortunate. In instances almost with ut number he was known to defer a. yisit to a patient in comfortable cir to hurry to the bedside of 'ne too poor to pay the fee for attend lnce.
 The respect and love entertained for Jim by the physicians of Bridgeport 1 were strikingly exemplified at the time if his injury. Of the dozen physicians who heard of the accident each one at once to endeavor to be of
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