The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-09-26
STONEWAIh JACKSO. .'s SURGEON

DIR. Hunter Mcclure Dies al Ills Home
in Richmond \ Remarkable Ca
Iccr.
DR.. Hunter III. Mcclure, who was the
physician OF Stonewall jackson, died
on tho 20th inst at his homo in Rich
mond, Va, in the Goth year OF his age.
He leaves wife and n,nc children,
and his wife was daughter OF Alex
ander II. Fl. Stuart, of Staunton, Va,
who was secretary OF the interior uu-
der President Fillmore.
DR.. Mcclure was born at Winchester,
Va, October IL, 1885, and was descend.
cd from royal Irish stock. His profes-
sional studies were begun in the Win
chester Medical College, from wnich
institution he received his degree in
1855 ln 1856 he matriculated in both
the University Of Pennsylvania and JeI-
fcrsOn Medical College, Of Philadel-
phia, but was taken i'll aud compelled
TO return home before the end Of the
session. In 1857 he WAS elected pro
fessor OF anatomy in the Winchester
Medical College, where after one cars
service, feeling the need OF greater
clinical advantages, he resigned his
position and relrquisbed a growing
practice to return to Philadelphia.
The following year he not only attend.
cd the regular course OF lectures in the
Je tlerson Medical College, but also es-
tablished quiz class, " b ich was large
ly patronized by medical students. In
lSo9, IN conse Quencc OF John Browns
raid into Virginia, Dr.. Mcclure was
the leader OF movements among the
students to roturn 70 Richmond.
Governor Harry A w plncmoI
them In stirring speech. The Med
lea! College OF Virginia matriculatcd
them without charge, aud the city
council made an appropr iatiOn 10 REIN
burse them Tor the expenses OF the trip.
DE-. Mcclure completed tina session in
ltichmond, and in March, 1860, rcceiv
ed the degree Of doctor OF medicine.
He then went to New Orleans, whore
he established another Quz ciass, but
after the secession OF South Carolina
and other States he FASTENED homo to
| uifer hiS services TO Virginia.
He volunteered in Company Il. 10Th
Virginia regiment, and April II,
1861, marched from Winchester to
Harper 5 Ferry. He afterwards became
medical director OF the army OF the
Shenandoah under Cen. n. !. (Stone.
wall) Jackson. While in this cspacitv
Dr.. Mcclure inaugurated the plan OF
releasing captured medical Ulcers.
After the tight at Winchester with
hanks, eight Federal Ciliccrs were set
Tree upon the simple condition that
they would endcaVOr to procure the re.
lease OF the same nun Der OF Confederate e
surgeons, and few weeks after this al
the medical officers who had been con
fined by both the Confedera G and Fec
eral armies rs prisoners o. war wcro
released and returned to their respcc.
tive commands. Although this was
interrupted by some disagreement
between the commissioners for the
exchange OF prisoners, De-. MCGUIRE
continued to release surgeons when
ever it was in his power. DR.. Mcclure
was also the first to organic the re
serve corps hospital in the Confederate
service, and WAS the orig inator OF the
ambulance corps, systC m now univcr
sally adopted in all armies.
Upon the death Of General Jackson,
May, 1863, Dr.. Mcclure served as chief
surgeon Of the second corps Of the
Army OF Northern Virginia under
Lieutenant General II. S. Ewell, aud
subsequently rs medical director OF the
Army OF the Valley under General j.
~. Early. He was captured after the
battle near Waynesboro, Va, but re-
leased under parole of - days, and
after its expiration joined the Second
corps under General j. B. Gordon and
remained as its medical director until
the surrender at Appomattox.
The war being over, DR.. Mcclure In
November, 1865, moved TO Richmond,
having been elected to fill the chair OF
surgery in the Medical College OF VIr-
ginia, made vacant by the death OF Dr..
Charlcs Bell Gibson. This position he
bcld until 1873, when the demands OF
an extensive practice compelled him
to resign it; the college conferring
upon him In 1880 the title OF emeritus
professor In 1889 DR.. Mcclure cstab-
iished st. Luke's home for the sick,
private in6rmary for the accommOda.
tion OF his surgical cases, an institution
which soon became one OF the largest
and meat successful private sani,a~iums
in the country. He i5 president and
professor OF clinical surgery in the
University College of Medi re, Rich
mond, Va, and presdeat and one of
the surgeons TO the Virgin ia hospital,
an institution which, largely through
his influence, was established for the
sick and poor OF tho State.
In 1887 the degree OF doctor OF laws
was conferred on Dir. McGu!re by the
University Of North Carolina, ard In
1883 by the Jefferson Medical college,
OF Philadelphia.