St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-02-01

lit, II ;s unnecessary to say here
hat was the effect of the appearance
Of this work, stamping as 1t ala t!ie III
dividuality of one of the most 0rlginal
workers in that particular line OF STUDY
His great success as speclailst was IL
M small degree due to the liberal ano
broad culture which prepared MN ioi
the place he was to occupy, ana Id MS
case particularly, it was the natural
ontgrOwth of an earnest and talthful de-
vOtion to general practice. lie puollsh-
ed MANY valuable papers in this Jour
nal. which lately was his chosen vehicle
for communication with the profession
Elaborate and valuable articles were
also published from time to time in the
American Journal of Medical sciences
American Medical Monthly, New York
Medical Journal, and the North Ameri-
can Review.
As writer he was logical, terse, and
convincing, having the rare faculty OF
bringing out the salient points of his
subject in strong relief. AS speaker
he was earnest and impressive rather
than dOgmatic and bOisterous, and al
ways carried his audience with him, the
natural feebleness of his voice alone
operating to his disadvantage.
With the exception of his treatise on
Ovariotomy, which must be considered
the browning effort of his life, he pub
lished but one other work, that on HUI
man Histology, in 1854. During his
residence in this city he was hOnOred
with the following positions President
of the Pathological Society, President
of the New York County Medical So
ciety, President of the Academy of
Medicine, President of the American
Chronological Society, Attending Sur
geOn of the New York State WOman's
Hospital, Consulting Physician to the
Strangers Hospital, Corresponding Eel
low of the Obstetrical Society of Berlin,
Corresponding Fellow of the Gyn8cO-
logical Society of Boston, aud honorary
member of the Louisville Obstetrical
Society.
AS an operator he was bold, yet judi
cious. Always very careful in his di-
agnosis, when once his mind was settled
regarding the feasibility of an operation,
everything else bent to its accomplish
ment. In regard to the operation of
ovariOtOmy, he was particularly careful
of all details, insisting upon certain
nleJHOuS Oh preparation OF Ine patient
and of the operator, which were not OBJ
served by others. To these precautions
he was inclined to attribute much of his
remarkable success in some of the most
fOI midable cases. Notably among the
matters of treatment peculiarly his own,
WAS the washing out of the peritoneal
cavity in cases of snppurative peritOn-
tits, method of practice which his
earnest advocacy succeeded in estab-
fishing.
In general appearance DR.. Peaslee
was never robust, but, on the contrary,
gave the impression of feeble health,
which impression was heightened by
his pale east of countenance, thoughtful
and solemn expression, and feeble voice.
Still his health was always good. and
he was capable of bearing an amount of
fatigue from which young and stronger
men would shrink.
DR.. Peaslee lived to make an impress
sion upon his day and his generation.
the world was made better and wiser
for his having lived in it, and he has
left behind him a name which shall he
cherished by his professional brethren
as one of the brightest on record.