The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-11-10
Virginia Medical md Surgical Soafna''-
Drs. Selden. Upshur and Go0ch'

The Noven,ber number of this capital medical
journal one of the very best in the unteo ot'cs'
is promptly before US.
Among the able editorials, we observe just ana
touching tributes to some OF the heroic anu n'pi
hearted physicians who fell braveiy batting WIN
the pestilence which has lately seourged cur Si''ei
cities of Portsmouth and Norfolk. The sketches VI
the lamented Seldom Upshur and Gooeh are hishiy
interesting. Dr. Selden was one OF the mos
thoroughly educated men of his profession III 'he
United States. As physician he was note" ioi
his skill in diagnosis and judicious management vi
disease His mechanical dexterity and calm 'c'ii-
permanent alike fitted him especially for surgery
He had determined to go last spring for ms hea''A
to the Virginia mountains, but wheh inc YEN
fever appeared in his city, he stood nf'I az 'ne po
of duty and honor, and for two months oa''icu VIM
a. ,,as,;lenee until he himself fell, one OF its no
h,ost victims An unselfsh, affectionate ana gen
| arous man all who knew Henry Selden loved MN.
He nerished in his early prime, being just thirty
| eight years of age.
DIR George L. Upsaur, although he had not been
in nractce more than twelve years, had gained, ny
his untiring energy and earnest thirst AFTER kho"
| LEDGE a well deserved and honorable position with
| his professional brethren. He was endowed with
remarka able physical and intellectual activity. lie
was called to see the first cases in Norfolk and was
for some days, the only physician in that city VINO
| witnessed the disease His labors during the pre-
| yaleuce of the plague were immense; yet, during
| tLcm all he continued to take series OF cafelni
notes for future publication, aud was to nave pre-
nared for the pages of the Medical Journal history
| of the fatal endemic He fought with the pestl
| lorcc upscathed almost up to the hour OF its re-
| firing from the field, and then, struck by Par
| th;an arrow the hero fell He was calm and
firm in death as in life prophecied the time OF his
dissolution and appointed the hour for his funeral
which he selected to suit the convenience Of his
brethren whom he desired ell to surround his last
| resting place He died in the Both year Of LIS age
The following graceful tribute to the memory OF
the lamented Gooch, of Richmond is copied by the
Medical Journal from the pages of the StethoSeops
the journal which he founded, and which was the
child of his fondest love:
at is but seldom that we have been called to a
more melancholy duty than this record of the death
| of DR. PuI!Ip CLAIBORNE GOoCH, of this city
When cries OF distress were borne on every breeze
from our sister cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth, he
rcpaired to the scene of woe; and having been an
eyewitness to the dreadful havoc of the pesience,
lie hastily returned to hishcmeand after completing
some business arrangements, with characteristic hero
isEl and selidevoton he repaired again to the scene
OF suffering, determined to peril all in the cause OF
humanity But, alas! he had scarcely entered his
humane mission when lie became the victim of the
- | invisible foe.
"Dr Gooch was just entering upon the career OF
natured manhood. Possessed of decided talents end
ruusue energy of character he had before him the
prospects of iime and fortune AS physician, he
had high appreciation of the dignity and duties of
his calling and was Jealous cO-worker Tor the main
tenapce of its responsibility and progress.
"Having spent severul years abroad in the prosec-
ton of his professional education, his views were be
raj and enlarged. y lie punctua attendant all
conventions of medical nlei aud abored efficiently
for their thorough organization He the founder
of this journal and bravely and successfully encoun-
tered all the dscourageneuts Of pioueer III that
sphere of labor.
s.Perhaps his characteristic trait a bold, indie
pendent outspeaaing of his honest convictions. He
sought advancement preferment by the arts OF
the sycophant. Brave, generous, jusposse ssed of
genial dsposition-tew men have left behind them
fewer enemies, or attached friends"