Author: Samuel D. Gross

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-15

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 9780656655809

Excerpt from Autobiography of Samuel D. Gross, M.D, Vol. 2 of 2: With Reminiscences of His Times and Contemporaries The profession during the last two months sustained a serious loss in the death of Dr. Paul F. Eve, of Nash ville, and of Dr. Edward Hammond Clarke, of Boston, the former one of our best surgeons, and the latter one of our most prominent physicians. With both of these gentlemen I was personally acquainted, and fully appre ciated their high character. In connection with the death of these two men, I cannot refrain here from referring to the sudden demise of my young friend, pupil, and assistant, Dr. Theodore Horwitz, who died in December, after an illness of a little over two days, at the age of twenty-one years, at the opening of a life which gave every promise of being brilliant. He was ambitious, in dustrious, and studious, with a high sense of the honor and dignity of his profession. He was particularly fond of surgery, but was well versed in the branches of a med ical education. Long before he became a student of med icine he followed me in my operations both in private practice and at my college clinics; and when at length he began his studies as a regular matriculate, his prog ress was sure and rapid. His examination for graduation received the praise of the Faculty. Soon after, he was elected resident physician of the Philadelphia Hospital, standing at the head of the list in a competitive examina tion of twenty-one candidates. After the close of his term of service he re'entered the college, where at the time of his death he was one of the assistant demonstrators of anatomy, and a member of my clinical staff. He was a zealous student, kind-hearted, genial, and agreeable in his manners, a faithful instructor, an excellent son, a high toned gentleman. To these qualities he added a lofty sense of morality and great respect for religion. I feel it to be my duty to make this record of my young friend's character, and to hold him up as an example for the imi tation of those whom he has left behind. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.