New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-11-11
Sudden Deaths.


and was as eminent for cheerful piety as he was
for beneyolence and iargeness OF soul He went
home from church on Sunday at about 10 MN
u,es past IL, feeling we'll and conyersing pleasantly
with his friends He entered his house with his
family about him, and while in the very act Of ad-
dressing a playful expression TO one OF bis sons,
dropred dead in an instant without pain and with
out a word 10 indicate that he was aware OF the
transition His physician had informed him that he
must die IN Il At manner and his friends and family
expected so TO lose him. His disease WAS originally
govt IN the stomach, and he had a. various times
been great sufferer from 1t. Going from the ston-
ach il attacked the heart, and the final blow was
ALWAYS ready, and any accident might cause 1t to
fall with fatal effect
Few business men in this City were more widely
known, none more universally respected and beloved
than Mr. Fowland. A long courre OF enterprise IN
dustTy and integrity had In MIN 5eenre
with wealth. but with the esteem and confidence ofthe
entire community. Tie commenced in Ne"-fors IA
laO7 when the house Of G.. G. & 8. Rowland was
formed which continued till 1884, when she hessrs
Rowland retired becoming special partners In the
house Of How Hands & Asplnwau and win Iha' MI
pouland has since continued to be connected. He
was also special partner in the Sugar establish
ment of Hewands g. Muller, and has never ceased
to take an part In the great enterprises con-
nected with the progress and prosperity OF SO
ce,y such as the Hudson River Railroad and others
He was also an active supporter Of the Bible Society,"
Missionary Societies and other institutions OF re
hgious nature.
Throughout the iile ol this excellent man he vas
wont to extend helping hand TO young men IN
whom he saw the qualities Of industry, talent and
high character and there are now in the City
IL, a. t.afr ~ prf
the general esteem, who are indebted to Mr. How
land for the generous assistance which launched
them upon d successful As business men
The affection Of such men is the best euogium
upon their benei2ctoI, who IN helping them, was at
the same time benefactor of the community
The prominent traits in MIR. Howland's character
were a knowledge Of men almost nfalllble great
frmness and decision, sound but not tlmid ludg
ment and a magnanimity to which all that Is narrow
and small was entirely alien. The death OF such
man is indeed a calamity, though the poignancy Of
grief IS assuaged by the reelection that he had not
lived vainy, and that the catastrophe did not find
him unprepared. lie leaves besides his widow,
family OF ten children having been twice married.
Ills fortune probably exceeds million
DEATH OF J. KE.RSsY RoDaERs, VI. D.-The an
nouncement OF the death Of DR.. Rodgers will have
been received with regret by the public and partcu-
larry by the medical profession, Of which he was so
bright and distinguished a member. For many years
the name of DR.. Rodgers has been familiar TO the
public, while his eminent skill and success AS sur
seon have won for him the highest admiration Of the
pro!essionnot only in this country, but IN Europe.
Dr. Rodgers was born in 1893, and was therefore
about s. at the time Of his deah. lie the Of
DR. j. r. b. Rodgers, OF this City, who attained
ical .hnHff he
| year 1900, and grandson Of Rev. Dr. Rodgers the
| former pastor of the Walst Presbyterian Church.
at the Revolutionary period The subject of our
sketch was educated at Princeton, n. j., and subse
quently studied Medicine this City, with Dr.
Wright Post in the College OF Physicians and Sur
geons, then IN Barclay, now M Crosby-st. During
his course Of studies at the Medical school he dis
played all those superior traits which afterwsrd
rendered HIM distinguished IN his profession, and
made him the faVorite of the School. His accu-
racy and scientific altainments united with his skill
IN anatomical examinations, such that he
selected AS DIR. Posts demonstrated, the duties Of
which position he discharged with the greatest fdel
ity, and achieving for himself already desirable
reputation. During the latter part OF his medical
course he filed the post Of House Surgeon In the
! Ncw.York Hospital, where he won the confidence
OF the profession the Governor of the Institution,
ana gave tne highest 10 bnOsc WHO
Quired his care and attention.
Dr. Rodgers graduated IN 1916. when he went 10
Europe, spending some TWO years in London and
Paris, chiefly IN the former city, where he attended
the lectures of Sir Ashley Cooper Mr. Benjamin
Trsyers, Abemethy, and Haigh,on. These cele
brated men discovered in the young American ele-
ments of character and promises Of future dislinc
ton and emincnce which they were not backward
t,, an1 apkn lodi oudt he kaj
tenticn which they paid their pupil gave evidence Of
their estimate of his character and ability. The
Hospitals OF GUYS and ST. Thomns viii not probably
soon bear on their registers the name of one more
worthy of az honorable memorial than that of J.
kearney Rodgers.
On the return Of Dr. K. TO thus country, which was
IN November, 1915 he commenced the practice OF
Surgery that department for which he had pecu-
liariy fitted himself and for which his nicely and
skill, well as thorough scientific knowledge, made
him Tally qualified. In 1890, IN connection with
DR.. Edward Delateld, he established the Eye In
Urinary now ia Mercer street, where some tao
thousand patients annually treated for diseases
Of that delicate organ. In ISIS lie was appointed
one OF the surgeons of The City Hospital which post
he occupied up 10 the time OF his des.h.
Dr. Rodgers has LEFT behind him no contributions
TO medical literature He never published any work.
and it is believed not even article IN any medical
Journal. He was nos a writer, he never
theorsl. Emiuen,y practical IN has habits and his
tastes. he rejected the merely speculative for the
demonsIatIve and the theory for the result HIS
viii stand high not for discovery not forthec-
~ for discussion but for his uniformly success
tul career as IN operator in even ;he most critical
cases. His most remarkable operaton-one which
attracted the universal admiration Of the scientidc
-. H.
Hospital upon a sailor then confined in that insliti-
ton. The celebrated Sir Ashley Cooper had attempt.
cd the same operation. and failed /, WAS opera.
Ton for Apeurism. by tying tie sub-clavian artery.
The extreme difficulty and decacy of this operation
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