Silas L. Loomis, M.D.
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Silas L. Loomis, A.M., M.D., was born in North Coventry, Conn., May 22, 1832; son of Silas and Esther (Case) Loomis; educated at the public schools of his native town till fourteen years of age ; studied six months at Wesloyun Academy, Wilbruhain, Mass., three years at Lolliston, Mass. ; graduated at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., at the ago of sixteen ; taught school ; elected teacher of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at Lolliston Academy in 1839; held that position during preparatory and |nul of his collegiate studies ; in connection with his brother, established the Adelphia Academy in North Bridgewater (now Brockton) in 1844, of which he was associate principal for ten years ; was elected member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1853, at the Cleveland meeting ; principal of Western Academy, Washington, D. C., 1856; graduated Doctor of Medicine, Georgetown College, 1856 ; accepted the appointment of chief astronomer of the United States Lake Survey Expedition in 1856; published the " Normal Arithmetic" and " Analytical Arithmetic" in 1859 ; elected professor of Chemistry, Physiology, and Hygiene of Georgetown College in 1861, and the same year was elected president of the Washington Scientific Association .
In 1862 was appointed assistant surgeon U. S. A., and accompanied the Union army of Gen. McClellan from Fortress Monroe to Harrison's Landing, and afterwards stationed at the United States general hospitals; in 1863, elected to the chair of Chemistry and Toxicology, Medical Department, Georgetown College, and has written various articles upon medical and scientific subjects, many of which are highly recommended by the press and distinguished men of all classes.
Prof. Silas L. Loomis, A. M., M. D., now surgeon in the U. S. Army, Prof. L. C. Loomis, A. M., M. D., now president of the Wesleyan Female College, Wilmington, Delaware,
________________From the Medical and Surgical History citation:
Collins, T., Pt., E, 136th Pennsylvania. Dec. 13, 1862. Shot comminution of the right humerus near the upper third. Dec. 25, 1862. Amputated. by A. A. Surgeon S.L. Loomis. Disch'd May 9, 1863; pensioned.
