CONDUCTED BY ALFRED DRURY, A.M., M.D. Readers of the JOURNAL are cordially requested to send personals, removals, deaths, and all items of general news to Alfred Drury, M.D., 122 Broadway, Paterson, N. J. Secretaries of societies and institutions are invited to contribute reports of their proceedings, and, as it is intended to make this department crisp and newsy, reports should be complete but concise. In order to be inserted in the current issue all matter should reach the editor by the 10th of the preceding month. Personals.-DR. JOHN E. WILSON, of 23 E. 45th Street, New York, will be absent from the city until September 15. DR. ESTHER S. BARNARD, a graduate of Boston University, is now a resident physician at "Interpines," Goshen, N. Y. DR. GEO. F. RAYNOR, of New York, has removed to 1730 Washington Ave. cor. 174th Street. Telephone, 130 Tremont. DR. J. ELLIOTT COLBURN has been elected professor of ophthalmology in the faculty of the Chicago Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat College. DR. HERBERT C. SCHENCK, of 241 McDonough Street, Brooklyn, will be out of town from August 4 until September 1. Dr. Ralph I. Lloyd, of 450 Ninth Street, will attend to all calls during Dr. Schenck's absence. DR. RALPH WORDEN, of Circleville, Ohio, died on May 12 of chronic nephritis. He was fifty-one years old and was prominent both as a physician and a citizen. Dr. Worden was graduated from the N. Y. H. M. C. & H. in 1875. He was a member of the Ohio State Homeopathic Society. LADY PHYSICIAN WANTED for staff position in high class Sanatorium where alcoholics, insane and drug habitues are not taken. Applicants should state age and date of degree. One with Sanatorium or Institutional experience preferred. Communications confidential. Address W., NORTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HOMEOPATHY. The New York State Homeopathic Medical Society will hold its semi-annual meeting at Lake Placid on September 15 and 16. The officers of the Lake Placid Club have offered their beautiful club-house and cottages at one-half the regular rates paid by their own members. Pleasure and profit may thus be combined at this ideal spot in the Adirondack woods. The International Hahnemannian Association held its annual meeting at the Bellevue Hotel, Boston Mass., on June 18-20. Dr. E. B. Nash, of Cortland, N. Y., President of the Association, delivered a very commendable address in which the interests of true Homeopathy and the Association were ably discussed. Many valuable papers were presented and discussed. The paper by Dr. Stuart Close, of Brooklyn, entitled "Drug Diseases and Compulsory Medicine" proved so interesting that action was taken to have it published in pamphlet form for general distribntion and over 3,000 copies were ordered by the members present. A series of resolutions designed to bring about a consolidation of the Association with the Society of Homeopathicians were adopted. The meeting next year will be held at Rochester, N. Y. The following were elected officers: C. M. Boger, M.D., Parkersburg, W. Va., President; E. C. Hussey, M.D., Buffalo, N. Y., VicePresident; J. B. S. King, M.D., 90 State Street, Chicago, Ill., Secretary; P. E. Krichbaum, M.D., Montclair, N. J., Treasurer. Board of Censors: Drs. B. Le B. Baylies, Caroline E. Hastings, Stuart Close, C. M. Boger. Member Publication Committee, G. P. Waring, M.D., 92 State Street, Chicago. Necrologist, C. E. Aliaume, M.D. Drs. Joseph E. Biegler and Walter James were elected honorable seniors. The Chairmen of Bureaus were announced by Dr. Nash as follows: Homeopathic Philosophy, Dr. Stuart Close; Materia Medica, Dr. Erastus E. Case; Clinical Medicine, Dr. L. M. Staunton; Surgery, Dr. G. P. Waring; Obstetrics, Dr. Julia Plummer. G. P. W. Impaired Digestion of Infants.-Dr. F. H. Munroe, of Newark, N. J., says that he has found Glyco-Thymoline to be a "sheet anchor" in the treatment of intestinal disorders, both in babies and older people. The hyperacidity caused by fermentative changes in the food, and the sequelæ of colic, vomiting and diarrhea are promptly controlled by its use. At The Fortieth Semi-Annual Meeting of the Westchester County Homeopathic Medical Society, held on May 28, at the office of Dr. D. J. Roberts, Centre Avenue, New Rochelle, New York, the committee appointed by the President, Dr. Hall, reported as follows: Your committee recommends the following informal resolution: Dr. Russell P. Fay, our esteemed fellow member, having been called to the Great Unknown by an inscrutable Providence, we, the members of the Westchester County Homeopathic Medical Society, collectively and individually, sadly pause to express and record our deep sense of personal loss and sorrow. Dr. Fay's course in life has been marked at every step, from childhood till the moment of his untimely death, by signal, honorable success. He had passed nobly through the struggling periods of his life's work, and was just fairly beginning to receive the honors. and laurels due him from an appreciative profession, community and clientage. Dr. Fay was a dutiful son, an affectionate brother, a devoted, fond and faithful husband and father, an honored and esteemed citizen, a loyal friend, and an ideal physician. We extend to his stricken family our sincerest sympathy. We direct that this statement of our high regard for Dr. Fay's memory be spread upon the minutes of this society, and that copies. be sent to his widow and his aged parents, and that it be printed in the medical journals and elsewhere as the president and secretary of this society may direct. DR. R. OLIVER PHILLIPS, Chairman. Dr. Russell P. Fay.-Apropos of the duties of this Committee, of which I have the melancholy honor to be the Chairman, our esteemed President wrote: We all sincerely deplore the occasion that has brought the Committee into existence, but President McKinley's words should lighten our burden. We physicians like the scarred veteran must be trained to deal practically with the subject of the dying and death. But one can fancy that even this veteran of many campaigns might find his mental discipline suddenly shattered by the shock of the same shell that has just placed into his open arms the lifeless form of his gallant comrade who had stood bravely by in so many hot campaigns that he had come to be regarded invulnerable. The overpowering sense of loss, the consciousness of the weakened ranks impel him to lay down his arms- but no, not yet; advance he must. He feels his faltering steps, he brushes the tears from his eyes. His heart is sore, aye broken. Then it is that he is fortunate indeed if he has the comfort of faith and trust in God and can say and feel with our martyred McKinley: "It is God's way. His will not ours be done." I am sure that this sentiment will find response with every member of this Society and more especially with those whose associations had been at all intimate with our late cherished and sadly lamented fellow-member, Dr. Russell P. Fay, whose death occurred on the 31st of March last, from heart clot, after an illness of ten days with pleura pneumonia superinduced by la grippe. Dr. Fay was born at Burlington, New York, March 2, 1864. He was therefore 39 years old. He was the fifth and youngest son of Russell Philander Fay and Catherine Curry Fay, both of whom with three brothers survive him. He received his early education at the public schools of Cooperstown, New York, graduating with honor from the New York Homeopathic Medical College with the class of 1887. After completing an eighteen months' course at the Ward's Island Hospital he came to Yonkers in the autumn of 1888. He was married in October, 1895, to Miss Ruby L. Johnson, of Yonkers. His only child, Roberta Fay, was born July 27, 1902. Besides his membership in this Society, of which he was Secretary and Treasurer for several years, afterwards President, he was a member of the New York State Homeopathic Medical Society, Am. Inst., Acad. Pathol. Science, Nat. Soc. Electro-Therapeutics, Chiron Club, Meissen Club, Yonkers Clinical Club, and one of the original members of the Governing Medical Board of Yonkers Homeopathic Hospital and Maternity. Dr. Fay's frank, honest and cheerful personality won for him at the outset in Yonkers the friendship of every man then on the field, which insured an easy victory in the race for practice which came to him rapidly and increasingly. During the past ten years or thereabout the amount of work he accomplished seemed to some of us phenomenal. To employ the language of an observing lay woman: "He was truly the people's doctor." He gave himself without stint to all sorts and conditions of suffering humanity. His patients trusted and loved him and so did all the children with whom he was universally popular. In the effort to pay a loving tribute to the character of Dr. Fay, I trust that so much of personality may be forgiven as to permit me to say that I feel constrained to apologize in advance to his memory lest in speaking freely, as a friend of a friend, to a company of mutual friends, I might seem to betray some friendly con fidence, I am sure I can trust his charity for I think he never doubted my friendship. I am speaking not as a eulogist but only as a friend. If eulogy were desired it would better come from other and more eloquent lips than mine, from hearts and lives longer and more intimately knitted with his. But I venture that no eulogium upon Dr. Fay could be compared with that which might be easily obtained by gathering up from the willing lips of hosts of patients and friends their spontaneous encomium, intermingled as they would certainly be with fond and melancholy reminiscences, for the people loved him dearly. They somehow felt that he was their very own and in turn he was tenacious of every friendship. One could not associate with Dr. Fay without being impressed that he was a man of high character, strong conviction and sincerity of purpose and the more intimately one knew him the more the impression grew that many of his traits of character were worthy of emulation. Those to which I shall refer eminently fitted him for success in his chosen profession. His suavity of manner was winning. Kindness was written on his face and was displayed in his smile. Sympathy was in his tone. Patience was in his bearing, mildness in his expression. He was self-controlled under pressure. He was cool in the midst of excitement. He was unruffled by the irritation of others. He had confidence in himself; what he knew he was sure of and he was not inclined to presume to know what he did not know. He was eminently fair in his estimate of others and their opinion, even if they disagreed with his own. In fact, he always stood for fairness in everything with everybody. He could see the other side of every question, as well as his own side, in a most unusual degree. He possessed the remarkable ability to array all these fine, manly traits, and many others, at the right time and to the advantage of the situation, which made him appear to be just what he actually was, a thoughtful, wise, far-seeing, safe, conservative, manly man. sum it all up, Dr. Fay had a level head. To He was a friend to everybody who needed his friendship, whether rich or poor, in high or low estate. In fact, he loved everything that was worth loving, whether humanity or animal. His heart seemed big enough for all. These characteristics made him the most popular of practitioners. In his practice he was self-denying in action, willing and glad to serve always, deferential in his attitude and proud of his strength and endurance. His judgment was excellent, his touch gentle, his eye and ear quick and correct. These things added to his ever responsive heart and conservative brain made his popularity unique and his success unexcelled. He was truly a general practitioner, dealing promptly with everything presenting itself, of course availing himself freely of the assistance of his numerous specialist friends when usual skill and technique were required. Upon the whole, Dr. Fay was an all-round good physician, of whom any school or community might well be proud to honor, and that he was honored and appreciated was most clearly demonstrated to every one who attended his funeral. As I sat in a front pew on that memorable day and watched that surging crowd of sorrowing humanity of all classes and conditions, from babes in arms to the old men and women tottering with their load of years-all fondly, reverently and pathetically taking a sad and parting farewell, I thought "how vain are all things here below.". The spirit of Will Carleton's familiar poem, "The Country Doctor," seemed to me to be perfectly idealized, and I have ventured to adapt a few lines which, with your permission, I will read: There's a hush about the city which has never been outdone, Now all heads are bare in silence, eyes look downward, hearts are sore, Many of the congregation now of great or little worth Found this watcher waiting for them when they came upon the earth, Fought in many stubborn battles with the foes that sought their life. 'Twas the same kind-hearted doctor, 'Twas the faithful, tireless doctor fighting stoutly all the same. Still, perhaps it may be better that his busy life is done, Tho' the sun had scarce reached noonday he had many victories won. And has learned that Death is master both of science and of art. And this young and wiry doctor, And this strong but human doctor, Is entitled to a furlough for his brain and for his heart. St. Mary's Homeopathic Hospital, of Passaic, N. J.The graduating exercises of St. Mary's Homeopathic Hospital Training-School for Nurses were held at the hospital on the evening of July 3. Although there was a heavy shower yet many friends of the nurses and institution came to witness this first annual commencement. The exercises were conducted by Dr. Edwin De Baun, of Passaic. Dr. Theodore Y. Kinne, of Paterson, made the first address on "The Nurse's Responsibility to the Community." He spoke of the influence which they might exert, counselled them to give not simply their services, but themselves to their work, and urged the value of reticence as to all matters which came under their notice during their intimate relations with the patient and his family. Dr. Charles A. Church, of Passaic, followed. He spoke of the "Duty of the People to the Nurse." He said that with the advance of medical knowledge the necessity of good nursing had been emphasized. But to get the best work from the nurse, her own health should be considered, and people should not demand too much from her. As she gives hersel and indeed often risks her life from exposure to contagion, she is entitled to full reimbursement for her services. Diplomas were given to the two graduates by the Rev. Father Kernan, and the class pins and other mementoes were presented by Dr. Frank D. Vreeland, of Paterson. A collation and dancing concluded the evening's enjoyment. |