Medical College of Pennsylvania - Iatrian Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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In the death of Aloysius Oliver Joseph Kelly the Faculty of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania has suffered a severe loss. Dr. Kelly became a member of that body in 1906 when he was elected Professor of Pathology, and soon became a leader in its deliberations. This was in no wise due to self- assertion, but was the inevitable result of his mental qualities and his judicial character. These were immediately perceived and appreciated by the members of the Faculty, who instinctively turned to him for advice on the numerous occasions when questions concerning the welfare of the students as a whole or as individuals were before it. Believing, as he did, that the success of a medical school is better gauged by the efficiency than the number of its graduates, he was a leader in the cause of advanced medical education. Positive in his convictions, sometimes apparently dogmatic in their expression, he never gave offense, because it was manifest that he regarded all subjects under discussion as abstractions entirely divested of personality. Tenacious of his grasp of an idea, he was ready to relax it and lay hold of another, when convinced that it was better than his own. These are rare qualities, acquired by most of us through painful experience and rigid self-suppression, but apparently spontaneous and innate in him. Dr. Kelly's character was such as to be known and read of all men. There was nothing secret or underhand in his dealings. He was a rare combination of ami- ability and strength. He was a peacemaker and a combatant, who exemplified the paradoxical precept of Cardinal Wolsey: Still .in thy right hand, carry gentle Peace To silence envious tongues: be just and fear not. There are men who are most highly esteemed by those who know them the least. There are others who acquire a reputation for wisdom by surrounding them- selves with an atmosphere of mysterious reticence. Dr. Kelly belonged to neither of these classes. Those who held the highest opinion of his talents and acquire- ments were his most intimate friends. Familiarity bred respect and admiration even from those who might be regarded as his rivals, but no rivalry with him could be aught but friendly. He was the reverse of reticent. In the medical councils of the city, the state and the nation he was ever ready to discuss the great medical questions of the day. He was weighed in the balance of the wisest medical decision and never found wanting. This, however, is neither the place nor the time in which to attempt an estimate of his scientific work. Suffice it to say that he accomplished in a comparatively brief period what might well be regarded as the result of a long life of unremitting labor. This life, however, in the truest sense of the word, was not a brief one, for We live in deeds, not years, in thoughts, not breaths, In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best. 21

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Zin illllvmnriam Aloysius Oliver Joseph Kelly, A.M., M.D. The late Professor of Pathology QBY DR. FREDERICK P. HENRYJ Dr. Kelly's name first appears in the catalogue of the XVoman's Med- ical College of Pennsylvania for 1888- '89 as Professor of Clinical Path- ology. He had, therefore, been a member of its teaching staff for nearly thirteen years. During that entire period, his life was one of al- most incessant activity. The result of his work which gave him a place in the first rank of his profession may be found in the transactions of the various medical societies of this city, county, state and nation, in the principal medical journals of the country: in contribution to encyclo- pedic works, and, finally, in his book on the Practice of Medicine which was published in 1910. While perform- ing the most important part of this work, he was also editor of the In- ternational Clinics, which he relin- quished to assume the more import- ant and exacting task of editor of the American Journal of the Medical Sciences g he was teaching at the University of Pennsylvania, at the Woman's Medical College: and, dur- ing the spring and early summer, at the University of Vermont. This was enough to tax the capacity of the strongest, but, in addition, he was physician to St. Agnes and the 'Uni- versity llospitals, and pathologist to the German Hospital. The principal societies to which he belonged were the College of Physicians. in which he was Chairman of the Committee on Scientific Business. the Association of American Physicians. the County and State Medical Societies, the American Medical Association and the Pathological, Pediatric, and Neurological Societies. In all of these he was one of the most active members, and in several he had served as presiding ofiicer. Of these various organizations the Association of Ameri- can Physicians is the one in which membership would be most highly prized by a man of Dr. Kelly's type. Its number is limited to one hundred and thirty-five and is made up of the most distinguished physicians of the United States. Dr. Kelly was elected a member of this Association in 1902, that is, when he was about thirty-two years of age. This is, of necessity, a brief and imperfect summary of the professional work which has given his name a permanent record in the Annals of Medical Science. At a special meeting of the Faculty of the XVoman's Medical College of Penn- sylvania on March 3. IOII, to take action on the death of Professor Kelly, Dr. Frederick P. Henry presented the following minute: 20

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Clinical Professors and Associate Professors EMMA E. MUSSON, M.D. Clinical Professor of Otoloyy. JAMES K. YOUNG, M.D. Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery. EDWARD MARTIN, M.D Clinical Professor of Surgery. HENRY F. PAGE, M.D. Clinical Professor of Medicine. WILLIAM G. SPILLER, M.D Clinical Professor of Neurology FRANCES C. VAN GASKEN, M.D. Clinical Professor of Medicine and Associate in Medicine. J. NORMAN HENRY. M.D. Clinical Professor of Medicinc. MARGARET F. BUTLER, M.D. Clinical Professor of Laryngology and Rhinology B. FRANKLIN STAHL, M.D. Clinical Professor of Medicine. MILTON B. HARTZELL, M.D. Clinical Professor of Dermatology. THEODORE La BOUTILLIER, M.D. Clinical Professor of Pediatrics. HARRIET L. HARTLEY. M.D. Clinical Professor of Surgery. MARY M. WOLFE. M.D. Clinical Professor of Psychiatry. MARTHA TRACY, M.D. Associate Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Laboratory of Chemistry. MARY BUCHANAN. M.D. Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology. Lecturers DANIEL JOSEPH Mcf'ARTIIY, M.D. Lecturer on .llerlical .Iuriv1n-uflcncc. RANDLE C. ROSENBERGER, M.D. Lccturcr on Illlilicne. Associates and Directors of the Laboratories ANNIE BARTRAM HALL. M.D. .lxsociate in I'hy.-fioloyy, HERBERT Il. CVSIIING. M.D. Director of the Laboratories of Histology and Em bryoloyy. KATIIARINE J. MUSSON, l'. D. llircctor of thc Laboratory of Pharmacy. Demonstrators FOSTER K. COLLINS, M.Il. - Dcmonstrator of Surgcry. FIARRIET N. NOBLE. M.D. Dvlrlvllstrator of Anatomy, Curator of thc llc- partnlcnt of Atlllflllllll. and Proscctor. W. TAYLOR CUMMINS. M.D. Dcmonstrator of Pathology. I-'LORENCE E. KRAKER. M.D. Demonstrator of Obstetrics. ELLEN PIYLVER POTTER. M.D. Dcmonstrator of Gynecology and Instructor in Clinical Gynecology. EMORY G. ALEXANDER, M.D. Demonstrator of Fracture Dressing. SARAH MAE LICIITENWALNER-MYERS, M.D Demonntrator of Histology and Einbfwlogy. Assistant Demonstrators and Instructors MARY BICKINGS THORNTON, M.D. RI l'll ANNE MILLER. M.D. MARIE A. SEIXAS. M.D. Assistant Demonstrators of Anatomy MARY BICKINGS THORNTON, M.D. Assistant Demonstrator of Surgery. BLANCA H. HILLMAN. M.D. Assistafnt Demonstrator of Gynecology and Instructor in Clinical Gynecology. IDA B. ORECCHIA. M.D. Assistant Demonstrator of Pathology. MAFD CONYERS EXLEY. M.D. Assistant Demonstrator of Obstetrics. I-ELIZABETH E. CLARK Assistant Dcmonstrator of Physiology. ELLA M. RUSSELL. M.D. Instructor in Surgery and Clinical Surgery. .IAUOBINA S. REDDIE. M.D. Instructor in Otology and Laryngology, In- structor in Medicine, and Instructor in Pediatrics. ANNIE M. THOMAS. M.D. Instructor in Practice of Medicine and Physi- cal Diagnosis. MARIANNA TAYLOR, M.D. Instructor in Pediatrics. HOTT CASE, M.D. Clinical Instructor in Laryngology. FLORENCE HARVEY RICHARDS. M.D. Instructor in .llatcria .llcalica and 'l'herapeutics. Assistants and Student-Assistants RERTA WIIALANII. M.D. .l.-fsixlmit in thc Laboratory of Pharmacy. SXIDIE M. IDAYII-IS. i'AR0l.YN A. CLARK. I-'RANUES l'E'l'TX' MANSIIIP. Ntudcnt-.lssistants in the Laboratory of Chemistry. Al'Gl'STA A. SASSEN Stuflcnt-.is.vistant in the Laboratories of His- tology and Embryology. W. TAYLOR CFMMINS, M.D. Curator of the Museum. AMIE W. ROSWORTII Sccrctary to the Dean. Ill-INRIETTA NEl'Rl'RGER Clerk and Librarian.