Cleave’s
Biographical Cyclopædia of
Homœopathic Physicians and Surgeons
By Egbert Cleave
Presented by Sylvain Cazalet
OUGHTON,
HENRY ARVIN, M. D., of Keeseville, Clinton county, N. Y., was born
on Christmas day, the 25th of December, 1826, at Lyndon, Vt. He is the
second son of Paul Houghton, Esq., of Lyndon, and received his education
at the Lyndon Academy. So great was his desire for knowledge that he
undertook to defray his own scholastic expenses by working during a
portion of each year in the well-known scale manufactory of Messrs. E.
& T. Fairbanks, of St. Johnsburg, Vt., where he doubtless imbibed
that interest in manufacturing pursuits which characterized him in after
life.He commenced his
medical studies under Dr. Darling, of Lyndon -the second convert in the
State to the doctrines of homœopathy. He afterwards attended a course
of lectures at an allopathic college in Woodstock, Vt., finally
finishing his course of study at Philadelphia, Pa., where he graduated
in March, 1852.He now began practicing
homœopathy, in partnership with his old preceptor, in his native town ;
his success being so satisfactory that he felt justified in assuming the
responsibilities of a family. He found a congenial companion in Miss
Sarah D. Page, of St. Johnsburg, and was united in marriage to her about
this time.After practicing four
years in Lyndon, he removed, by urgent invitation, to Keeseville, a
picturesque and thriving village on the Au Sable river, where he has
resided for seventeen years, constantly occupied with an extensive
practice and numerous consultations, at the same time, however, finding
leisure to interest himself deeply in the schools and various
manufacturing industries of the district in which he resides.He was last year
President of the New York. State Homœopathic Society, and a very
enthusiast in his profession, taking great delight in training the
younger aspirants for medical honors, of whom he has already launched on
the sea of life twenty, who are now successful physicians.The character of Dr.
Houghton is a happy mixture of the stern unyielding nature of the Green
Mountain State and that generous sympathetic spirit which renders its
possessor happy by the reflected happiness of others. Living in the
Adirondack region, he is passionately fond of nature, and a ride through
some of the mountain passes is a high day and festival for him ;
the healthy bracing air invigorating his frame and the glorious mountain
scenery imparting strength and calmness to his mind. Such men never grow
old.Source
: Cleave’s Biographical Cyclopædia of Homœopathic Physicians and
Surgeons By Egbert Cleave