Medical IntelligenceSamuel Higley, M.D.by Roy J. Popkin, M.D.N Engl J Med 1964; 271:310-311August 6, 1964This article has no abstract; the first 100 words appear below.SAMUEL Higley (16871737), an early Colonial physician, is well known to students of America's industrial history as one of the actors in the dramatic story of iron and steel and to the numismatic fraternity as the minter of the Higley Copper coin or token.Samuel Higley was born in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, of an old and prominent family even at this early date in America. His father was active in public affairs, serving as Captain of Militia, Justice of the Peace, Judge of the County Court and member of the General Assembly. Samuel showed the same energy and mental ...