Edward Gamaliel Janeway was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, August
31, 1841. He was graduated from Rutgers College in 1860, receiving the
degree of B.A. and M.A. from that institution. In 1864 he was graduated
from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, receiving the
degree of M.D. Later in life, the degree of LL.D. was conferred upon
him, by Rutgers in 1898, by Columbia in 1904, and by Princeton in 1907.
While in the medical school in the years 1862 and 1863, he was made
acting medical cadet in the United States Army hospitals at Newark, New
Jersey.
He began to practise medicine in New York City where he continued and
ended his professional career. In 1869, he became professor of pathology
and practical anatomy in Bellevue Hospital Medical College, continuing
in that capacity until 1876. From 1868 to 1871 he was visiting physician
to Charity Hospital. In 1871 he became visiting physician to Bellevue
Hospital where he remained for many years and where, in the pathological
department, he won such distinction. He later became visiting and
consulting physician to other hospitals in the city.
In 1874 he was vice-president of the New York Pathological Society. From
1875 till 1882, he was Health Commissioner of New York. In 1876 he was
president of the New York Medical Journal Association. His principal
contributions to medical literature appear in the medical journals of
New York.
He was president of the Academy of Medicine in 1897 and 1898 and a
trustee from 1899 until 1903.
He died in Summit, New Jersey, on February 10, 1911.