John V. P. Quackenbush, M.D.   Click image to enlarge Go to lecture card display John V. P. Quackenbush was born, June 3, 1819, in the city of Albany, N. Y., at which place, after graduating, he pursued the study of medicine with Peter Wendell, M. D., and graduated at the Albany Medical College in 1842. He was a member of the first class that attended lectures in this institution, and became a professor in the college in 1855, having then been elected to the professorship of obstetrics. He has been engaged in the practice of his profession since the time of his graduation, in the city of Albany. He has published several monographs. He was married, September 9, 1846, to Elizabeth A. Wright, formerly of Amsterdam, N. Y. He has one daughter. Dr. J. V. P. Quackenbush was New York Surgeon-General from '63 to '65, under Gov. Seymour, and carried out its arduous duties almost to the end of the war. He spent his entire professional life in Albany, one of its prominent physicians, a leading citizen and a most popular lecturer at the Albany Medical College and hospitals.