Cleave’s
Biographical Cyclopædia of
Homœopathic Physicians and Surgeons
By Egbert Cleave
Presented by Sylvain Cazalet
INSLEY,
JOHN S., M. D., of New York, was born in Northfield, Conn., January
19th, 1838. Ills father is a farmer, and the son was reared to
agricultural pursuits, in which his youth was spent. I le received his
early education at the public school. In 1855, he entered the State
Normal School, and graduated in 1859. He became, immediately upon the
completion of his own education, engaged in teaching in the public
schools in Connecticut. This vocation he followed until 1861, when he
entered the office of Dr. Sanford, of Bridgeport, as a student, having
been convinced of the efficacy and beauty of homœopathy, the effects of
which treatment he experienced in an attack of typhoid fever. In 1862,
however, he entered the 14th Regiment of United States Infantry as
private ; but he received the appointment of Hospital Steward
United States Army, which served to keep alive his taste for the medical
profession. Being on duty in New York in 1864, he matriculated in
Bellevue Hospital Medical College, and in 1866, graduated at the New
York Homœopathic Medical College. He entered immediately into the
practice, and was appointed House Physician of the New York Homœopathic
Dispensary. This position he held until 1872. During six years he
treated more than twenty-five thousand dispensary patients, in addition
to attending to the duties of a rapidly increasing private practice.In October, 1866, he
was married to Miss Mary W. Lyon, of Bridgeport, Conn., and has two
interesting little daughters.Dr. Linsley has held no
public office, but takes great interest in politics. In the last
campaign he was an ardent supporter of Horace Greeley.Source
: Cleave’s Biographical Cyclopædia of Homœopathic Physicians and
Surgeons By Egbert Cleave