Northwestern University Dental School - Purple and Gold Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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XVILLIAM DEERING, President Board of 'Y1'ustees.

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IN MEMORIAM During the past yea.r the Faculty, students, alumni and friends of the Northwestern University Dental School have been called upon to mo-urn the death of its honored secretary, Dr. Theo. Menges, whose decease occurred o-n June I, IQOO. On Friday night, May 2 5th, he was taken suddenly ill' with sympto-ms which indicated ap- pendicitis, but as some of the usual prominent symptoms of this trouble were absent, the illness was attributed to another cause. The follow- ing Sunday, however, Dr. Fenger was called in consultation by the attending physician, and, to-gether, they decided upon an immediate operation. He was removed fro-m his rooms in the Palmer House to the Passavant Hospital, where he was prepared for, and underwent the operation for appendicitis. ' A The surgeon, fro-m the first, ho-wever, offered but little encour- agement for his recovery, septic peritonitis having already develo-ped. From the condition of the parts involved it was apparent that this attack was a recurrence o-f a similar o-ne fro-m which he suffered about five years previously. He rallied fro-m the anesthetic and the gener- ally depressing effects o-f the operation as quickly as one in his phys- ical condition could have been expected to recover. His faculties were keen and alert, and, while realizing the gravity and danger of the situation, his mental attitude was quiet and hopeful. He asked the surgeon what the chances fo-r recovery were, and was told that they were about equal. He then said: VVe will 'make the fight f-or lifef' His condition for the next few days was alternately hopeful and discouraging. On Friday unfavorable symptoms developed. Ad- hesions having formed on the left side, a seco-nd operation in this region see-med imperative, and accordingly was performed. Fro-m this he never fully recovered and in the evening death followed as the result o-f the shock. T9