Notes for William Paterson CLARK

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Notes for William Paterson CLARK

From Snell, James P., History of Sussex and Warren Counties. P. 502-524:
WILLIAM PATERSON CLARK was a son of the Rev. Joseph Clark, D.D., pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in New Brunswick, N.J., and brother of the late Col. Peter I. Clark, of Flemington, N.J. His mother’s maiden name was Margaret Imlay. William was
born at Allentown, N.J., Jan. 21, 1796; was graduated at Rutgers in 1818. He studied medicine with Dr. Moses Scott, of New Brunswick, N.J. After receiving his medical education he practiced at Hunt’s Mills (now Clinton), N.J., and at Wilkesbarre, Pa.,
removing from the latter place in 1825 to Belvidere, where he followed his profession as long as he lived. He died Sept. 4, 1857, of dysentery, after a short illness, and was buried in the Belvidere cemetery. He never married. He was a successful
practitioner, stood high with the profession, and was one of the founders, a regular attendant, and an officer of the District Medical Society of Hunterdon County. His medical standing was solid(24*) and in later years his services were required in
consultation over nearly the whole of Warren County, and often in the adjoining county of Northampton, Pa. He enjoyed the esteem of his fellow-practitioners, and took a prominent part in the medical societies, read the first essay delivered before the
District Medical Society of Hunterdon County, of which he was one of the founders; he was also one of the original members of the District Medical Society of this (Warren) county, of which he was president for ten years, and until his death. In 1836-37
he was a vice-president of the State Medical Society. He was a public-spirited citizen, and for a long time a director in the Belvidere Bank. He was a religious man, as was to be expected from his early parental training, and was a regular attendant
and liberal supporter of the church. In person he was of medium stature and rather portly, with a ruddy countenance and a martial bearing.(25*)
(24*) Dr. Geo. B. Wood, in his "Practice of Medicine," has recorded a case of desperate abdominal dropsy in a female in which Dr. Clark, after tapping, injected a decoction of Disopyrus Virginiana into the cavity of the abdomen and effected a permanent
cure.
25*) Dr. J.C. Johnson’s MSS.
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Various citations in Sinclair.
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WILLIAM P CLARK Dr Patterson Clark thft seventh named in the charter was one of the founders of this Society He was the son of Rev Joseph Clark pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in New Brunswick and brother of Col Peter I Clark of Flemington He
graduated at Princeton 1819 After receiving his medical education he practiced a short time in Wilkesbarre Pa from which place he removed to or near Clinton then called Hunt's Mills in Hunterdon County Here we find him in 1821 at the formation of the
Society and at the semi annual meeting read the first essay A Cursory Analysis of the theory of Health Predisposition and Disease He was a regular attendant on the meetings of the Society till 1825 during which time he was in 1823 Chairman of the
Standing Committee and in 1836 and 37 he was Third Vice President of the Medical Society of New Jersey He moved to Belvidere in Warren County in 1825 where he practiced his profession until he died which event took place September 4th 1857 He was never
married and the circle of his immediate relatives was small But when he passed away the whole community seemed to mourn as for aa relative such close attachment had his genial temper and kind heart thrown around them [Transactions of the Medical
Society of New Jersey
By Medical Society of New Jersey]
"Aged 61 Years" on tombstone.

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