Cornel i us Rea

an American physician, born in New York, Aug. 8, 1830; Profe or of Diseases of the Eye and Ear in New York College of Physicians and Sures He was a graduate of Columia College, and later studied in Europe; was surgeon-general of the State of New York at the beginning of the Civil War, when he became medical director of the New York State Volunteer Hospital. As member of the United States Sanitary Commi ion, he contributed largely to its succe . In 1868, he founded the Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital. He was interested in the public schools of New York; became founder of the Columbia College School of Mines, and, in 1874, one ef the trustees of the college. His writings are chiefly monographs on diseases of the eye and ear. He died April 8, 1888., Agnew, David Hayes, an American surgeon and medical writer, born Nov. 24, 1818; for ay, years Profe or of ee the University of Pennsylvania. e died 1892.