CLASS OF 1876

"Aches and pains, births and deaths, operations and a multitude of ills, to which mankind has been subject during the past half century,—all these are in the category of activities to the credit of Dr. George Goodhue, 133 North Perry St., who on Friday, April 1, completed fifty-one years of medical practice in the city of Dayton.

"Dayton was quite different when Dr. Goodhue first hung up his shingle, what with only 40,000 inhabitants, mud thoroughfares, with hogs perfectly at home in the center of Main St., and none of the modern conveniences."

The above quotation is from an interview of more than a column, largely Goodhue's reminiscence, recently appearing in a Dayton, Ohio, daily. It appears that the special direction Goodhue's practice took was due to an unexpected event. Very soon after reaching Dayton, Goodhue accepted an invitation to enter the office of one of the leading general practitioners, though he had in mind as soon as possible to make a specialty of eye, ear, nose, and throat practice. Within a few months Dr. Davis, with whom he was associated, died, and changing all his plans, he took over his general practice. This decision he has never regretted:—more and more with the passing years he has come to believe in the general practitioner.

Goodhue's medical education was unusual. While teaching, after graduation from college, at Miami Valley College, a Quaker institution, he studied for two years with a physician; later he spent a year at the medical school of Columbia University and a year at Dartmouth Medical School, securing the degree of M.D. A year of supplementary study followed at the University of the City of New York, then a year in Brooklyn City Hospital and three months in the Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital.

"Though he is seventy-eight years of age, Dr. Goodhue has 110 thought of retiring. His hand is steady and his eye is clear, and he continues his practice though naturally not at such a pace as in past years."

Secretary, 411 High St., West Medford, Mass