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"System of Surgery" (1908), and of the chapter on Sarcoma for the "Twentieth Century
System of Medicine," and the "Reference
Handbook of Medical Science." As a consequence of his connection with the Hospital for
the Ruptured and Crippled for more than
twenty years, Dr. Coley is a recognized authority on hernia, as he was thus given unequaled
opportunities for studying both the clinical
and operative aspects. His interest in malignant tumors was manifested as early as 1891,
when he published his first paper, "A Contribution to the Knowledge of Sarcoma." This
was followed in 1893 by a paper entitled "The
Treatment of Inoperable Malignant Tumors
by Repeated Inoculations of Living Culture of
the Streptococcus of Erysipelas." He soon
substituted sterile toxins for the more dangerous living cultures, and shortly afterward
made a combination of the toxins of the Bacillus Prodigiosus with the toxins of the Streptococcus of Erysipelas, which he has since used
in the treatment of inoperable sarcoma. His
paper on the subject, entitled "The Treatment
of Inoperable Sarcoma by Bacterial Toxins,"
was published in the "Transactions of the
Royal Society of Medicine," London, November, 1909, and read before the Surgical Section of that body, 13 July, 1909. Dr. Coley is
the Permanent Chairman of the Special Committee in charge of the Collis P. Huntington
Fund for Cancer Research of the General
Memorial Hospital, under the auspices of the
Department of Pathology of the Cornell Medical School.
LAWRENCE, Robert Means, physician,
b. in Boston, Massachusetts, 14 May, 1847, son
of William Richards and Susan Coombs
(Dana) Lawrence. His family traces descent
from John Lawrence of Wissett, Suffolk, England, who settled at Watertown and Groton,
Massachusetts, in 1635. One distinguished
member of the family was Abbott Lawrence
(1792-1855), a merchant who played an important part in the public life of Boston. He
was a member of Congress, from 1834 to 1836,
and from 1839 to 1840; founder of the Lawrence Scientific School at Harvard University,
and, from 1840 to 1852, United States Minister
to England. His father (1812-1885) was a
prominent physician and an author of some
reputation. He was the author of "A History
of the Boston Dispensary" and "The Charities
of France," and in 1855 published "The Diary
and Correspondence of Amos Lawrence." Dr.
Lawrence was educated in private schools of
Boston, and was graduated A.B. in 1869 and
M.D. in 1873 in Harvard University. After
graduation, he spent two years abroad pursuing medical post-graduate work, and upon his
return entered upon general professional practice in Boston. From 1876 to 1886 he was an
attending physician of the Boston Dispensary,
of which he was also a manager in 1910-12;
was assistant surgeon and surgeon of the First
Regiment of Infantry, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, from 1877 to 1882, and was a
member of the Board of Medical Examiners
of this organization; was a selectman at Lexington, Massachusetts, in 1884-86, and a member of the school committee in 1888-90. He is
also affiliated with numerous scientific,

medical and civic societies; was a trustee of
the Wells Memorial Workingmen's Club; the
Workingmen's Co-operative Bank and of the
St. Luke's Home for Convalescents; was
Treasurer of the Episcopal Church Association, 1880-1893, and its President in 1919, a
member of the Massachusetts Medical Society;
the Boston Society for Medical Improvement;
the American Folk-Lore Society; the Massachusetts Historical Society; the National
Geographic Society; the Authors' League
of America; and the Bunker Hill Monument Association, and a life member of
the Bostonian Society. He also belongs to
the Union, Harvard, Somerset and University
Clubs ot Boston, the Harvard Club of New
York and the Metropolitan Club of Washington, District of Columbia. Dr. Lawrence has
written extensively on medical and general
subjects. Among his works may be mentioned:
"Historical Sketches of Some Members of the
Lawrence Family" (1888); "The Magic of the
Horseshoe" (1898); "The Descendants of
Major Samuel Lawrence, of Groton, Massachusetts" (1904); "Primitive Psychotherapy
and Quackery" (1910); "Rev. Amos Adams,
A.M., Patriotic Minister (1728-1775)" (1912);
"The Site of St. Paul's Cathedral, Boston, and
Its Neighborhood" (1916); "The Therapeutic
Value of the Iodide of Ethyl"; "Phonic Paralysis With Rapid Respiration." He married 30
June, 1870, Katherine Lawrence, daughter of
Nehemiah Cleveland, LL.D., educator, and
Principal of Dummer Academy, at South Byfield, Massachusetts. They had four children,
Madeleine, Isabel Cleaveland, Helen Atherton,
and Robert Means Lawrence, Jr.
ONG, Eugene Walter, merchant, b. in
Steubenville, Ohio, 12 August, 1877, son of
Walter C. and Anna (Mansfield) Ong. His
grandfather, Moses H. Ong, (1810-1890) was
a descendent of Francis Ong, who landed at
Boston, Massachusetts, 5 February, 1631, with
Roger Williams and settled in Watertown,
Massachusetts. Simon Ong, one of the sons
of Francis Ong, signed the petition of the inhabitants of Cambridge in 1638, to be allowed
to form a separate town, on account of excessive taxation. The petition was granted and
the new township was later called Newton.
Francis Ong was a. Quaker, and probably
shared to some extent the persecution to
which, in that early time, his sect was subjected in the Massachusetts Colony. About
1680, Mr. Ong's ancestors moved to Burlington County, New Jersey, which became a
strong Quaker settlement. Later, they settled
in Pennsylvania and from there removed to
Jefferson County, Ohio, largely a Quaker settlement and the birthplace of Walter C. Ong.
Mr. Ong's father (b. 1848) was for many
years one of the leading members of the Ohio
bar, having begun the practice of law in Steubenville, Ohio, serving two terms as Prosecuting Attorney of Jefferson County, and removed, in 1881, to Cleveland, where he became
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. Later
he became President of the United Fruit Company. Mr. Ong attended the University
School, Cleveland, Ohio, and was graduated
A.B. at Yale University in 1900, and LL.B. at
Harvard Law School in 1903. He began pro

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