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Dr. Elmer Howard CARLETON

Male 1868 - 1952  (83 years)


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  • Name Elmer Howard CARLETON 
    Prefix Dr. 
    Born Jul 1868  Dresden, Lincoln, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1 Jun 1952  Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I9211  bmds
    Last Modified 28 Dec 2020 

    Family Louise PORTER,   b. Jul 1874, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1952  (Age > 79 years) 
    Married Troy, Rensselaer, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. John Porter CARLETON,   b. 13 Sep 1899, Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jan 1977, Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
    Family ID F2538  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Jul 1868 - Dresden, Lincoln, Maine Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1 Jun 1952 - Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - - Troy, Rensselaer, New York Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • He was a physician, specialist in diseases of eye, ear and throat. He came to Hanover in 1893.

  • Sources 
    1. [S4] Obituary.
      E. H. CARLETON DIES; EYE SPECIALIST, 83
      One-Armed Surgeon Retired as Professor of Ophtalmology After 53 Years at Dartmouth.– Special to The New York Times
      HANOVER, N. H., June 1, 1952— Dr. Elmer H. Carleton, retired eye, ear, nose an throat surgeon and former professor of ophtalmology at the Dartmouth Eye Institute, died here today at the age of 83. He had been confined to the college infirmary for serveral months after suffering a stroke.
       Dr. Carleton, who learned to operate with his left hand after he had lost his right arm as the result of a surgical infection, was one of the leading medical figures in the state. He was a past president of the New Hampshire Surgical College which he had served for five years as secretary.
       During his 53-year association with Darmouth College, he was director of the gymnasium and instructor in physical culture, clinical instructor in otolaryngology and ophtalmology and instrocutor in anatomy at the medical school.
      In 1932, he joined the staff of the Eye Institue, serving for five years as research clinician, and from 1937 to 1946 as professor of ophtalmology.
       Dr. Carleton, who was graduated in 1893 from Bowdoin, received his M.D. degree at Dartmouth in 1987, after which he pursued eye, ear, nose an throat studies in Vienna and London for a year. He was president of the Dartmouth Medical School Alumni from 1916 to 1923 and also served on the Dartmouth Athletic Coucil. Bowdoin conferred an honorary Doctor of Science upon him in 1939. He leaves his wife, the former Louise Porter; a son, John P. Carleton, an attorney in Manchester, N. H., and three grandchildren.
      — The New York Times, 1 Jun 1952