Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-11-10
WHOLE NO. 2,311.
DEATH OF A GREAT sUnGEON.

DIR. Paul f. Eve, Of Nashville,
: died suddenly while visiting pa
$ tient on Saturday last. He was on
= a professional visit to a Mrs. KIM
, brough, at the Kellogg House, when
! he was suddenly taken in and died
in minute or two. For fifty years
DR.. Eve held prominent rank
among the distinguished surgeons
of this continent, and i'm one class of
operations his success was probably
uneoualIed on either continent. The
following synopsis of his career Is
taken from the Nashville American.
The author Is evidently acquainted
with his subject, and writes in the
spirit of affection and admiration for
the great man whose memory Is his
theme. The death took place Sat
urriay, November 3D., at 6.25 a. m,
evidently from rheumatic disease of
the heart:
DIR. Paul FitzsimmOns Eve was
1 born near Augusta, Georgia, on the
4 9th day Of June, 1906, and was
therefore seventy-one years, four
months and few days old, at the
time Of his death. At the age of
twenty he graduated at the Univer-
sity of Georgia, and graduated as
Doctor of Medicine at the University
of Pennsylvania i'm 1923. He studied
in Europe for several years, and was
n surgeon i'm the Polish Revolution
of 1881. During that year he re-
ceived the Golden Cross Of Honor Of
Poland for his great success in the
performance of the duties of a pro-
fession which won for him nation
al reputation. In 1892 he became
Professor of Surgery in the Medical
College of Georgia i'm the Louisville
University at Louisville, KY, In
lS49; in the Nashville University I'm
1850, and i'm the Missouri Medical
College, located i'm st. Louis, I'm 1868.
In 1870 he became Professor Of ope-
rative and clinical surgery In the
University of Nashville.
In 1857 he faithfully discharged
the duties devolving upon him as
President of the American Medical
Association, and served as a surgeon
during the contest between the
Northern and Southern States. He
was editorially connected with pro-
fessional journalism for many years,
and was the author Of numerous
monOgrams upon surgery, etc. lie
had long occupied a front position i'm
the rank Of eminent surgeons I'm the
United States. Fourteen times did
he brave the dangers of the deep
blue ocean, i'm the interest of pro-
fessiOn to which he was passionately
devoted. His services during the
war in Poland were not for pay, but
purely voluntary. He delivered
eighteen courses in the University
of Georgia, and'has declined protcs-
sorships i'm New York and Philadel-
phia, and the surgeOn-generalshipof
He had remarkable sue
cess as n IithOtomist. OF nmety-two
bilateral operations up TO 1874 for
stone i'm the bladder, only eight ter
fatally; Of the last forty
eight cases fOrty-siX recovered Of
one hundred and five applicants for
relief, not one was refused.
In 1879 he was appointed To deliver
IN address upon Surgery I'm the
South and Southwest" at the meet
ing Of the international Medlcal
which occurred i'm 1876, i'm
Philadelphia. The address was pre-
pared with great care and dclibera-
-ion, and was the best effort Of his
life i'm that direction. IL was deliV-
ared before the assembled wisdom
)f the medical fraternity from all
parts of the globe, and pronounced
Dy all TO be one of the finest they
ever listened to. The proceedings
IF the Congress, containing the adj
iress, is now lying i'm the Express
Jfiice i'm Nashville, DIR. Eve having
been notified of its reception day
n two ago. lie had never seen the
discourse i'm print, and by his sud
len demise was denied the pleasure
If reading il.
In the spring of the present year,
he Nashville Medical College was
started, and the deceased was elected
Professor of Surgery and Clinical
surgery, which position he held at
he time of his death.
On the 18th of January, 1876, Dr.
Eve was unanimously elected an
honorary member of the Academy
# Medicine i'm Pulaski.