Henry Daggett Bulkley (April 20, 1803 – January 4, 1872) was an American physician. He has been called a pioneer in American

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. Bulkley, son of John and Amelia Bulkley, was born in New Haven, Conn., April 20, 1803. His mother was a daughter of Judge Henry Daggett, of New Haven. He graduated from

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in 1821. He was engaged in mercantile pursuits in New York City for six or seven years after graduation, and went to the

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to study under Dr.

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. He received the degree of

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in 1830, and soon after went to Europe for further advantages, and spent some time in the hospitals of Paris studying

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diseases. He began practice in N. Y. City in November 1832, and remained in extensive practice until his decease. He was especially an authority in cutaneous medicine, and one of the first in the country to lecture on these disorders, and the first to establish a dispensary in N. Y city for their treatment. Besides his connection with several other dispensaries, he was appointed in 1848

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to the

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, which position he held until his death. He occupied at different times the presidential chairs of the

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, the

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, etc. In 1846 and in 1852, he published editions of Cazenave and Schedel on ''Diseases of the Skin'', and in 1851 edited

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on ''Eruptive Fevers''. Dr. Bulkley visited Europe for his health in June 1871, returnIng much benefited in October. He died of

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at his residence in N. Y. City, January 4, 1872, after an illness of four days. In 1835 he married Juliana, daughter of Wheeler Barnes, Esq, of Rome, N. Y. He had four daughters and two sons; his widow survived him, with two daughters, and both sons. His son

Lucius Duncan Bulkley Lucius Duncan Bulkley (January 12, 1845 – July 20, 1928) was an American dermatologist and alternative cancer treatment advocate. Biography Bulkley was born in Manhattan. His father was Henry Daggett Bulkley.Crissey, John Thorne; Parish, Law ...

followed the profession of his father.Crissey, John Thorne; Parish, Lawrence C; Holubar, Karl. (2002). ''Historical Atlas of Dermatology and Dermatologists''. Parthenon Publishing. p. 81.

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