Disney died in 1849, and to the banquet provided for seven but three sat down. This number remained intact until 1855, when Henry L. Tatem and Dr. Vattier alone faced each other from opposite sides of the table; Fenton Lawson was missing. The casket was now in the possession of the former, and two months later the fell destroyer seized him, and in his delirium he cried, "Break open that casket and pour out the wine. It haunts me.” The next year Dr. Vattier was alone at a banquet set for seven, and he performed the sacred obligation that might have ended then, but did not, as he continued honoring the anniversaries in solitude and secrecy. No toast, no song, no speech was heard, J. M. T. WHITRIDGE, JOHN, M.D., was born at Triverton, Rhode Island, March 23, 1793; died, Baltimore, Md., 23 July, 1878. He was the third son of Dr. William and Mary Cushing Whitridge. Two of his brothers were also physicians, Dr. Wm. Whitridge of New Bedford, Mass., and Dr. Joshua B. Whitridge of Charlestown, S. C. His son, Dr. William Whitridge, is also a physician, now practising successfully in Baltimore. Dr. Whitridge received his literary education at Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., where he graduated in 1812. His medical degree he received at Harvard University, 1819. After graduating, he took up his residence in Baltimore, where for more than fifty years he devoted himself unceasingly to the duties of his profession. He retired from active practice a few years before his death, having secured an ample fortune by his labors. He was a member of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland, and a delegate to the American Medical Association in 1866. JOHN MORRIS, M.D. WIBLE, BENJAMIN MILLER, M.D., was born in Nelson County, Ky., in 1814; died Louisville, Ky., March, 1877. His father, John Wible, was a respectable farmer. In his youth Dr. Wible received an indifferent education, but being industrious and ambitious, he repaired this omission, and began the successful study of medicine in 1833 and graduated at the Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, in 1837. He opened an office in the little town of Mount Washington, in Bullitt County, Ky., where he did a successful practice until 1846, when he moved to Louisville, and engaged with Lewis Rogers and others in the manage. ment of a private hospital. In 1848 he left Louisville, and went out to Mexico as a contract surgeon in a Kentucky regiment. Another surgeon being appointed over him, Dr. Wible returned to Louisville, and did a lucrative practice. In 1861 he accepted the appointment of surgeon to Harrison's regiment of Confederate infantry. Dr. Wible was honored with various positions, such as Post Surgeon at Huntsville, Ala.; Medical Inspector of the Armies of the Southwest, etc. During the war, Dr. Wible won much admiration as an accomplished physician. He was married on the 18th of October, 1864, to Miss C. M. Brown, of Houston Co., Georgia. At the close of the war he returned to Louisville, and again entered actively into the general practice of medicine. He soon took a high place among the leading practitioners of the city. He was an active member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Louisville until 1874, when he became embroiled in a question of medical politics, and resigned his membership. Dr. Wible was an energetic and enthusiastic member of the profession, and did much to maintain a high standard of ethical conduct on the part of its members. He was a member of the Kentucky State Medical Society, and of the American Medical Association. DUDLEY S. REYNOLDS, M.D. |