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Charles Harrington was born on July 29, 1856 at Salem, Massachussets. He was the son of George and Delphine Rose Eugénie (Saudray) Harrington.
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Charles Harrington was born on July 29, 1856 at Salem, Massachussets. He was the son of George and Delphine Rose Eugénie (Saudray) Harrington.
Harrington received his preliminary education in Salem, Massachussets. He attended Bowdoin College in 1873-1874 but graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts from Harvard College in 1878 and proceeded to the Harvard Medical School where he obtained the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1881. At the Medical School he came under the influence of Edward S. Wood, professor of chemistry, who stimulated his interest in toxicology.
While still an undergraduate he served as house pupil at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
After graduation he continued his studies in Germany (1881-1883), during which time he became interested in hygiene and sanitation. In Strassburg he studied under Schmiedeberg and at Munich under von Pettenkofer, the veteran sanitarian, who more than anyone moulded Harrington's career.
On returning from Germany Harrington was made an assistant in chemistry (June 25, 1883) and subsequently instructor in hygiene (June 8, 1885) at the Harvard Medical School. Three years later he was appointed instructor in materia medica and hygiene, in 1898 he became assistant professor of hygiene, and from 1906 to 1908 he served as professor of hygiene.
Harrington devoted his attention to the investigation of the sanitary conditions of the community and for many years rendered important services to the city of Boston as inspector of milk and vinegar. In 1892 he became secretary to the Massachusetts state board of health in succession to S. W. Abbot.
At the Chicago session of the American Medical Association in 1908 he delivered a memorable oration on state medicine, in which he described the history of the agitation for the national control for public health, discussed the constitutional difficulties, quarantine legislation, and the doctrine of state's rights, and suggested a constitutional amendment empowering the national government to act in health matters.
He contributed more than fifty papers to various medical journals and in 1901 published A Manual of Practical Hygiene for Students, Physicians and Medical Officers, which before his death had passed through three editions. Two revised editions were subsequently brought out by M. Wyman Richardson, the last appearing in 1914. In its time it was referred to as one of the most satisfactory manuals in any language.
He wrote extensively also on the methods of surgical disinfection in the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, of which he was for many years a member of the staff, and in the American Journal for Medical Sciences.
He died suddenly at Lynton in Devonshire, England.
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Harrington was a genial and friendly man with a wide circle of friends.
On February 25, 1884, Harrington married Martha Josephine Jones, the daughter of John Coffin Jones, a Boston merchant.