hiː mˌeɪd ɐ sˈiː vˈɔɪɪdʒ tə ðə sˈændwɪtʃ ˈaɪləndz fɔːɹ hɪz hˈɛlθ, ɔnðə bˈɑːɹk nˈɔːɹθ ɐmˈɛɹɪkə ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi nˈaɪn ænd wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi, ænd ˈæftɚ hɪz ɹᵻtˈɜːn hiː ɡɹˈædjuːˌeɪɾᵻd fɹʌmðə mˈɛdɪkəl dᵻpˈɑːɹtmənt ʌv jˈeɪl ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi fˈoːɹ.
He made a sea voyage to the Sandwich Islands for his health, on the barque North America in 1839 and 1840, and after his return he graduated from the medical department of Yale in 1844.