1897

A copy of the Worcester Medical News has been received from Ward. On the cover is something over the initials R. J. W., from which I select one paragraph:

"Our society was born in an age of controversy: the Revolutionary War was still a horrible nightmare; Washington was just starting his second year as president; Vermont after a ten years' battle with her neighbors, part of the time as an independent nation, had just been admitted to the Union. It was the day when the practice of medicine was known as the practice of physic and consisted in the administration of powerful purgatives, concoctions of nauseating herbs, large doses of mercury, and bleeding to the point of exhaustion. Surgery was of the slap-dash method and speed was a sign of skill. A thigh amputation was done in four minutes while the patient, writhing in agony was held down by stalwart attendants. It was a day when this county was being ravaged by epidemics of small pox, typhoid and meningitis."

A blue pencil mark calls attention to a statement by the chairman of the Anniversary Celebration:

"The program, with short talks by our Governor and Mayor, the Historical address by Dr. R. J. Ward, and the guest address by Dr. Roger Lee, ought not to be too lengthy."

Don't let 'em scare you Roy! What you have in your mind is always interesting.

Mosher's son Hugh is in the Navy as radio technician. His wife and six-year-old son are living with Loren, and Loren is living for six months in the hills of Greer, Arizona. He writes: "We frequently hear Nelson Pringle, Jimmy's son, on KNX, Los Angeles. He is a news commentator, and we think he does a fine job."

Early in April occurred the death of Lily Logan Morrill, Albert's wife. She had suffered from heart trouble for many years, but survived her husband by a year and a half. She was living in Charlottesville, Va. Their daughter Lily will occupy the house there while her soldier husband is overseas. Their son Logan is a major in the Army, his address being 1847 Forty-seventh Place, N.W., Washington, D. C.

Secretary and Treasurer, 53 State St., Boston, Mass.