MACBETH

King of Scotland, th date of whose birth is unknown, was the s. of Findlaech, and hereditary ruler of Moray and Ro . In 1040 he murdered Duncan, the succe or of Malcolm, and became king of Scotland, basing his claim to the throne through his wife Gruach. According to St. Berchan, his reign was prosperous, and M. a benefactor; he made a pilgrimage to Rome in £ 1050. In 1054 he was defeated by _ in 1057 defeated and slain by Siward and Malcolm, the s. of Duncan, at Lumphanan in Aberdeen shire. Shakespeare’s tragedy of Macbeth is based on his life. an American surgeon; b. in Roxbury, Ma . He graduated from Harvard a _ University in 1866, and from Columbia, _ University Medical School in 1870, then began to practice surgery in New York ener 1 City. Subsequently he became profe or of surgery in the College of ee Physicians and Surgeons. He achieved a nation-wide fame as a skillful surgeon, being the discoverer of the McBurney _ Point, which is pot hog no manic of appendicitis. As an authority on appendicitis he ranked first in the country. _ He was the attending surgeon when Presi_ dent McKinley was a a inated