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March, 1865, back to Fort Delaware. In April,
after Lee's surrender, many of the prisoners were liberated on taking the
oath of allegiance to the Federal Government. But Handerson did not
consider his allegiance to the Southern Confederacy ended until after
the capture of President Davis, and it was not until June 17, 1865, that
he signed the oath of allegiance and was liberated in Philadelphia.
Since that time, with that spirit of tolerance and openness to truth

which characterized the man, he has said, "in the triumph of the Union,
the war ended as it should have ended."
Mr. Handerson then resumed his medical studies, this time in the
College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York, Medical Department
of Columbia University, taking the degree of M.D. in 1867. Hobart
College conferred the A.M. in 1868. On October 16, 1872, he married
Juliet Alice Root, who died leaving him a daughter.
February 25, 1878, Dr. Handerson read before the Medical Society of
the County of New York an article entitled, "The School of Salernum,
an Historical Sketch of Mediæval Medicine." This essay attracted wide
attention to his scholarly attainments and love of laborious research.
For example, Professor Edward Schaer of the chair of Pharmacology
and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, of Neumünster-Zürich, pronounces this
pamphlet "a valuable gift ... a remarkable addition to other historical
materials ... in connection with the history of pharmacy and of
pharmaceutical drugs"; that he found in it "a great deal of information
which will be sought for in vain in many even renowned literary
works."
Dr. Handerson practiced medicine in New York City, from 1867 to
1885, removing to Cleveland in 1885.
On June 12, 1888, he married Clara Corlett of Cleveland.
Then in 1889 appeared the American edition of the "History of
Medicine and the Medical Profession, by Joh. Hermann Baas, M.D.,"
which was translated, revised and enlarged by Dr. Handerson, to whom,
in the words of Dr. Baas, "we are indebted for considerable
amplification, particularly in the section on English and American
medicine, with which he was, of course, better acquainted than the
author, and for numerous corrections." ... As a matter of fact, the
learning and judgment, and the conscientious industry of the translator
and American editor of this work are evident throughout the book.
Concerning Dr. Handerson's writings, Dr. Fielding H. Garrison writes
(Medical Pickwick, March, 1915, P. 118): "The earliest of Dr.

Handerson's papers recorded in the Index Medicus is 'An unusual case
of intussusception' (1880). Most of his other medical papers, few in
number, have dealt with the sanitation, vital statistics, diseases and
medical history of Cleveland, and have the accuracy which
characterizes slow and careful work. This is especially true of his
historical essays of which that on 'The School of Salernum' (1883) is a
solid piece of original investigation, worthy to be placed beside such
things as Holmes on homoeopathy, Weir Mitchell on instrumental
precision, or Kelly on American gynecology.
"To the cognoscenti, Dr. Handerson's translation of 'Baas' History of
Medicine' (1889) is known as 'Handerson's Book.' He modestly
describes himself as its 'editor,' but he is more than that. As the witty
and effective translator of a witty and effective work, he has added
sections in brackets on English and American history which are based
on original investigation and of permanent value to all future historians.
Handerson's Baas is thus more complete and valuable than the
Rhinelander's original text."
As listed in the Index Medicus, the publications and writings of Dr.
Handerson appear as follows:
An unusual case of intussusception. Medical Record, 1880, xviii, 698.
The School of Salernum. An historical sketch of mediæval medicine.
1883.
Outlines of the history of medicine (Baas). Translated, and in
conjunction with the author, revised and enlarged, 1887.
Clinical history of a case of abdominal cancer. Cleveland Medical
Gazette, 1891-2, vii, 315-321.
The Sanitary topography of Cleveland. Cleveland Medical Gazette,
1895-6, xi, 651-659.
Cleveland in the Census Reports. Cleveland Medical Gazette, 1896-7,
xii, 257-264.

The earliest contribution to medical literature in the United States.
Janus, 1899, p. 540.
A review of the Vital Statistics of Cleveland during the last decennium.
Cleveland Medical Journal, 1902, i, 71-76.
Epidemics of typhoid fever in Cleveland. Cleveland Medical Journal,
1904, iii, 208-210.
The mortality statistics of the twelfth census. Cleveland Medical
Journal, 1905, iv, 425-431.
Co-operative sanitation. Ohio Medical Journal, 1905, i, 278-281.
The medical code of Hammurabi, King of Babylon. Cleveland Medical
Journal, 1908, vii, 72-75.
Carcinoma in high life. Cleveland Medical Journal, 1908, vii, 472-476.
Medical Cleveland in the nineteenth (19th) Century. Cleveland Medical
Journal, 1909, viii, 59, 146, 208.
Gilbert of England and his "Compendium Medicine." Medical
Pickwick, 1915, i, 118-120.
Dr. Handerson was Professor of Hygiene and Sanitary Science in the
Medical Department of the University of Wooster, 1894-96, and the
same in the