BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 
OF 
DR DANIEL SITU LAME. 
[Reprint from Physicians and Surgeons of America.] DANIEL SMITH LAMB. LAMB, Daniel Smith, Washington, D. C., 
son of Jacob Matlack and Delilah Mick (Rose) 
Lamb, grandson of William Lamb, was born May 
20, 1843, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was educated 
in the public schools of Philadelphia, and was grad- 
uated A. B. from the High school in that city in 
1859, with the degree of A. M. in 1864; com- 
menced the study of medicine in 1864, at Alexan- 
dria, Va., under Surgeon Edwin Bentley, U. S. 
Volunteers ; attended two courses of lectures at the 
University of Georgetown, Medical Department, 
Washington, D. C., and was graduated M. D. in 
March, 1867. In 1861 he enlisted as a private in 
Company E, Eighty-first Pennsylvania Volunteers ; 
was on duty in the military hospitals, Alexandria, 
Va., 1862-65; hospital steward, 1864-68; and 
was acting assistant surgeon, U. S. A., on duty 
at Army Medical Museum, Washington, D. C., 
iB6B-’92. 
Dr. Lamb has held professorships in the How- 
ard University, Medical Department, Washington, 
D. C., first of materia medica, then of anatomy, 
since 1873 ; of general pathology in the U. S. Col- 
lege of Veterinary Surgeons, Washington, since 
1894; and pathologist to the Army Medical 
Museum, Washington, since 1892. 
Dr. Lamb is a member of the Medical Society of 
the District of Columbia, vice-president in 1887; 
of the Medical Association of the District of Colum- 
bia ; of the American Medical Association ; of the 
Congress of American Physicians and Surgeons; 
of the American Anthropometric Society; of the 
Association of American Anatomists, secretary 
since 1890 ; of the Association of Acting Assistant 
Surgeons, U. SV7U, president since 1893; of the 
Washington Microscopical Society; vice-president 
of the Woman’s Clinic, Washington, since 1893; 
of the Anthropological Society of Washington, 
councilor since 1891 ; of the American Associa- 
tion for the Advancement of Science ; of the Poto- 
mac Literary Club, president since 1888; of the 
Society of the Sons of the American Revolution; of Meade Post, Grand Army of the Republic; of 
the American Institute of Civics ; of the Survivors’ 
Association, Eighty-first Pennsylvania Volunteers ; 
of the Unity (Literary) Club; and of the Young 
Men’s Christian Association. 
Dr. Lamb has written a number of papers upon 
anatomical and pathological subjects, including an 
article on “Mechanical Suffocation,” in Witthaus 
and Becker’s Medical Jurisprudence, 1894. Dr. 
Lamb conducted the post mortem examinations of 
President Garfield, Vice-President Henry Wilson, 
Senator Brooks, and the assassin Guiteau. 
Married, May 20, 1868, Miss Lizzie Scott, of 
Philadelphia, Pa. Their children are: Lillie Fra- 
ley and Robert Scott Lamb.