Daily Republican., 1884-11-08

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| As . result Of the meeting of the
medical friends oftbe late DR.. Henry
Gibbons, hsid ct the Clayton House on
Thursdsy evening. last the following
memosiai o ~ decoa2 has been pw-
pared and ordered TO be published In
the newspapers Of this city
DIR. Gibbons was born In Wilm ing
ton September 10Th, 1908. His father,
DR.. William Gibbons, was physician
of Wilmington, having resided here
almost the whole OF bis professional
life, and having been disting guished, mot
pnly In his profession, bus also BY his
Interest in science generally, In fruit
culture and In his relations to the 60.
ciety ofFriends, Of which he was .
memb Der. DIR. Henry Gibbons was
graduated In medicine by the Univer-
sity Of Ponnsy ylvanis, IN the year 1929,
and immediAtely Afterward opened m
Office for the practice ofhis profession
In WilmingtOn.
His talents and associations brought
him speedily into . large practice, In
which he attained IN eminent position.
Following In the footsteps Of his father,
he cultivated the sciences collateral TO
medicine, and frequently delivered
popular lectures On these subjects, his
purpose being TO instruct the communi-
ty In matters not only interesting, but
useful and elevating. During his resi-.
dence In this city be originated and
published for several ysars . sciantiAc
journal, which was conducted with his
usual ability. He was also deeply in.
terested In the temperance cause, and
was one Of its most ardent and fearless
exp0nents, indeed TO such an extent As
vt length materially to damage his pro-
fessional business.
About the year 1874 he was invited
by medical friend to engage in prac.
tice In Philadelphia, whore he remained
for six years, whom Influenced by the
prevailing impulse of the psriod be in
1850 removed u San Francisco, where
he continued to reside. In that city
he took prominent position socially
and professionally. He became one Of
the founders Of the Medical College Of
the Pacific, in which he filed the chair
of the practice Of medicine and clinical
medicine, and 90 continued during his
life. He also established and conducted
with marked ability the Pacific Medi-
cal and Surgical Journal, lately in con-
junction with his son, DR.. Henry Gib-
bons, Jr., thus affording . convenient
mode Of disseminating not only
his own opinions In regard TO the dis
eases OF San Francisco and the pecu.
liaritiss Of the climate Of the Pacific
coast, but also the views Of other physi-
clans Of California, by this means
bringing to the knowledge Of tho medi-
cal world much information upon those
subjects.
Possessed Of retentive memory, q dis.
criminating Judgment . fluent and
interesting address, and being facile
and attractive writer, he became promi.
nent in all assemblies with which he
was connected, and held tho respect
and confidence of his professional
brethren in the city OF his adoption as
be had done In his native place. He
was member Of tho Society Of Friends
by birth, and maintained his connec.
tion with It throughout his life. Dur
Ing the past few weeks he had address
cd that society several times in their
assemblies. His late visit was to this
city and the old homestead, now In
possession Of Mr.. Henry L. Tatuall, his
brother. in-law, and while here he en-
toyed the visits and associations of his
former friends and Of HE relatives who
reside Ia the East, with whom, with
mind and memory still CLEAR, be de-
lighted TO recall many tnci1suts Of his
youth and early professional life.
Ago, however, and intense aa1d active
application to hts profession, as we'll as
the constant use of his pom, left deep
traces upon his physical forces and
his sister, in whom he found all the de-
votion of a mother, saw lis energies
rapidly wasting, his appetite failing
and the premonisions of the end of life
strongly marked. On November 6 he
passed quietly away in the old home of
his parents, where his boy hood days
were passed, and where no doubt he
preferred, Of all other places on earth,
10 close his eyes in death. Both In b is
profession and In the advocacy of the
moral reforms of his day his life evinced
a noble devotion to the welfare of his
fellow men.