Rush Medical College - Pulse Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Dr. MURPHY achieved the greatest success as a surgeon. He was of the old school, so called-a surgeon such as was made by the teachings of a Brainard and of a Gunn, and a surgeon who had to grapple with the disease unassisted by modern aids of diagnosis and therapeutics: a surgeon who of necessity considered little of the so-called purely practical side of the question. He was an honored member of many associations and societies, and had but recently been president of the National Association of Railway Surgeons. Those of you who are just entering the medical profession can find much in such lives as his to encourage and guide you in attaining the greatest of suc- cess in the medical profession. This association should be, and I believe it is, proud of the record which this distinguished alumnus has left behind. QA more detailed report appeared in the March CoRPL'scL15.l Er. wail. HD. 1bawortb. Through the courtesy of Dr. CHAS. F. XVRIGHT, we are informed that on April 15th, 1894, Dr. H.1.woR'rH died at the Wellington Hotel, Chicago, of embolism of the heart. He was born in Decatur, Ill., and attended college at Andover, Mass., and studied medicine at the University of Michigan, at Belle- vue, and Rush Medical College, graduating from the latter with the class of '91. He had a great liking for mechanical work and had secured several valuable patents before studying medicine. He was but Z7 years of age, and he pursued everything with the enthusi- asm and intensity of a well equipped youthful mind. He was an industrious and earnest student and an enthusiastic practitioner, and had he lived would undoubtedly have achieved success in the practice of his chosen specialty, Dermatology. XVhile upon the threshold of our Commencement reunion, we. are sad- dened by the death of another distinguished alumnus of this city. Er. IDPQITIIIIOII Sanbforb 1baQes. Dr. HAYES was born in Ohio, and died at his residence, No. 159 East 46th Street, Chicago, May 14th, 1894, at the age of 43 years. His death was due to a complication of la grippe, pleurisy, etc.. from which he had suffered for over four months. Dr. HAYES graduated from the NVest Division High School in 1869, and from Rush Medical College in 1872. For Five years immediatelyfollowing his graduation he served as assistant to Dr. LYMAN, then occupying a chair of Chemistry and Physics. From 1877 to 1883 he filled the chair of Chemistry in the XVoman's Medical College, and from ISSO to 1884 held the same posi- tion in the Chicago College of Pharmacy. During later years he has devoted a great deal of time and energy to electro-therapeutics, and was professor thereof in the Chicago Policlinic at the time of his death. He was also Medical Examiner for the NationalUnion and Medical Examiner-in-Chief of the Royal League. 259

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the total membership of SII for 1893-94. The funds at the beginning of the year were 82103, the amount turned over by the former treasurer. After unusual expenditures at the end of the year, there was a balance on hand at the time of the meeting of 551303. It became necessary during the year to entirely reconstruct the list of the Alumni. During the year circulars were mailed to those of the Alumni whose addresses could be obtained, calling their attention to the Association, and asking them to become members of it. The return of many of these letters enabled the Secretary to so reconstruct the list that at the present time it is as nearly accurate as it is possible to make it. Upward of ten thousand circular letters were mailed to the Alumni during the year, and a large number of copies of THE CoRPUsc1-E. It was suggested by the Secretary that some Alumnus in the city be appointed to have charge of the Alumni department of the journal. This was subsequently done by the selection of Prof. -Ino. M. Dodson. This department has been one of the most interesting in the journal. The Faculty, during the year, contributed in no small degree to the successful efforts of the Secretary in arousing the interest of the Alumni in a revival of the Association. The historyof the Association had never been written up, and it was with diffi- culty that data were found for the construction of such a history. However, from such data as could be obtained, it was written up by the Secretary and appeared in the PULSE of last year. Dr. A. I. Bouffleur, class '87, the Committee on Necrology, made a report from which we extract the following: Dr. 3obn 1benrQ flburpbg. In the death of Dr. Murphy, Rush Medical College lost one of its oldest and most loyal Alumni, and the medical profession one of its most distinguished members. His life was an exemplification of the motto, XVork wins XVorth, and it was bylhard, steady application to duty that this man reached the very leader- ship ofthe profession in the great Northwest. Dr. Murphy was born in New -Iersey in 1826, reared in Illinois, and gradu- ated from Rush College with the class of 1350. Immediately after graduating he located in the vicinity of St. Paul, with Whose growth and development into greatness he kept good pace until the inhrmities of age began to be manifested. Dr. lVIurphy had been a sufferer from diabetes for a number of years, and during the last six months of his life had suffered a great deal from numerous carbuncles about the head. Operations for their removal proved of but tem- porary relief, and on -Ianuary 51st he succumbed to the disease. Of late years it has been customary for his friends to refer to the deceased as the Grand Old Man. He was a man on all occasions. At college, at the bedside, on the battleheld, in legislative halls, as a surgeon, in domestic and social duties, he was ever known as a man-the same large-hearted, jovial, charitable man. 258

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Dr. HAYEs contributed liberally to medical literature, and principally in the shape of small monographs upon topics pertaining to chemistry and elec- tro-therapeutics. He was a member of the American Medical Association, Illinois State Medical Society, Sons of the American Revolution, and of the American Society of Therapeutics. He has been identified with charitable and religious work in this city for many years. Dr. HAYES leaves a wife and three children. The death of these men serves to remind us that as there was a beginning, so there must be an ending, and no man knoweth the length of his stay amongst us. The Committee on Nomination, consisting of a representative from each of the classes present, reported the following list of officers for 1394-5, and they were unanimously elected: President, ------ A. L. VVRIGHT, Class of '74, - Carroll, Ia. First Vice-President, - - XV. rl. NICLEAN, Class of '69, - - - Fayette, Ia. Second Vice-President, - C. D. XVEsc0'rT, Class of '83, - - Chicago, Ill. Secretary and Treasurer - jxo. Enwix RHODES, Class of '86, - Chicago, Ill. Necrologist, ----- A. I. BOUFFLEUR, Class of '87, - - Chicago, Ill. An appropriation was made by the Association of 520.00 for the purchase of two class tablets. This left at this time but seven tablets to be provided for to complete the number in the Amphitheater in the college. A motion was made by Dr. XVASHBURNE, of Indiana, to continue THE COR- PUSCLE as the organ of the Association. Dr. XVEscoTT made a motion that a vote of thanks be given to the Secretary for his efforts in behalf of the Asso- ciation during the year. Dr. BOUFFLEUR moved that the sum of S25.oo be appropriated from the funds of the Association for the publishers of THE CORPUSCLE. The Association then adjourned. After the adjournment of the Association the Alumni assembled at Central Music Hall to listen to the Annual Commencement Exercises of Rush Medical College. In the evening a banquet was given at the Grand Pacific, and the following programme was carried out, Second Vice-President, W, W. TORRENCE, M. D., '30, presiding: Music, ------ RL7ssELL CQUARTETTE. GUR XVORK AND MISSIONf Tl1C Heavenly Twins. - - ilhzdfznzs Gmmz' NV. W. TORRENCE, M. D. THE UNIVERS-l'I'Y-'A Qur Mutual Friend, - - Dzbtezzs President -I. M. COULTER. Music, - - - - - RUSSELL Qu.iR'rE'rTE. VVHEN DKJCTKDRS AGREE-- A Foreign Conclusion, ffozwlls Rev. A. K. PARKER, D. D. NIEDICAL IixPER'rs- All Sorts and Conditions of Men, Bvmzzt WM. S FoRREs'r, Iisq. Music, -.-- RUSSELL Qu.-xR'rE'r'rE. WHAT SHALL WE Do VVITH IT?- His Level Best, - E. E. Hal: Ii. K. MoRR1s, M. D., '94, Music, ---- 'fGa0d Old Rush. 260