Glover Crane Arnold

Glover Crane Arnold (September 7, 1849 – November 29, 1906) was an American medical doctor, surgeon, and instructor of anatomy and surgery at Bellevue Hospital Medical College and New York University's Medical College. He was also a faculty member of the Mills Training School for Male Nurses at Bellevue Hospital.

Arnold was involved in testing cures for malaria and tuberculosis.

Annually, the New York University Grossman School of Medicine presents the Glover C. Arnold Surgical Award to a graduating medical student who is top in general surgery.

Early life Arnold was born in Charleston, South Carolina. His father owned Townsend, Arnold & Co., a dry goods business based in New York City with facilities in Charleston, South Carolina and a range as far south as Mississippi prior to the Civil War. His grandfather was Dr. John William Schmidt, a prominent doctor in Charleston, South Carolina, who moved to New York City. While at Columbia, he joined the Fraternity of Delta Psi (St. Anthony Hall) and the American Microscopical Society. He left Columbia after two years and enrolled in Bellevue Hospital Medical College, graduating in February 1873. Arnold was an intern in the 3rd Surgical Division at Bellevue Hospital from 1872 through October 1874. He also continued as a house surgeon at Bellevue Hospital. In 1877, Arnold published an article, "Successful Tracheotomy for Diphtheria," in The Medical Gazette. In 1884 in The New York Medical Journal'', Dr. Ghislani Durant wrote of his successful treatment for malaria when quinine and arsenic had failed. By 1892, he was an instructor at the Mills Training School for Male Nurses at Bellevue Hospital. Arnold's diagnosis was that Hale had a concussion as a result of the injury.

Arnold retired from medicine in 1902 for health reasons.

Professional affiliations Professional recognition came early for Arnold; in May 1879, the New York Academy of Medicine elected Arnold for a residence fellowship. In addition to the New York Academy of Medicine, he was also a member of the Medical Society County of New York and was a board member and secretary of the New York State Medical Association. In April 1906, Arnold became a Fellow in the Medical Association of the Greater City of New York. The senior medical student with the best scores on the surgery exams received the prize. Arnold was successful in his case.

In 1879, Arnold married Emily Spier, daughter of New York Supreme Court Justice Gilbert M. Spier. Another daughter, Ursula Dumont Arnold, died in 1887 when she was less than ten–months old. The family moved to 114 East 65th Street, Manhattan in December 1900.

Arnold was a member of the St. Anthony Club of New York and the United Confederate Veterans. He was a member of the vestry of the Church of the Transfiguration in Manhattan, New York.

He died on November 29, 1906, at his home in Manhattan at the age of 57 of Bright's disease. He was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn with Masonic rites.