The Wilmingtonian., 1886-10-23
Nathan s, Davis.

sion to know that Professor N. S. Davis.
NJ D., L. L. D., will be President of the In
ternational Medical Congress which is to
meet at Washington in the early part Of
1887.
Professor Davis has been recognized
medical leader for the past quarter of CEN
lury and he in conjunction with the late
Professor Nathan Smith of Baltimore, the
late Professor Gross If Philadelphia ana
Professor Flint of New York formed aqual-
ret of the brightest minds in the medical
profession cf America. These gentlemen, as
professors in their respective colleges, labor.
sd most assidunusly in the common cause OF
elevating the stand of their honored profess
sion. thus magnifying and ennobling the
science of medicine.
These gentlemen in connection with the
extracting duties of their extensive private
clientage, devoted hours each day to pub Q
vlincs and yet found time to write most vol
uminousiy. As a matter of fact, there is not
IA disease in the entire category of human
ailments that has not been described and
treatment indicated by Davis and Flint
whilst Smith and Gross have with equal care
traversed the entire domain Of surgery aud
surgical appliances.
or this illustrious gaaitet Davis alone re-
mains and he has stamped his individuality
upon the citizens of Chicago as has never
been before accorded to man. DIR. Davis is
personally known to a larger percentage oi
the residents OF Chicago than any other one
within her borders
Daring the month of April it was the
writer's fortune to be in Chicago and during
three consecutive days four bundled and
sixty-five persons sought medical advice oil
Professor N. S. Davis-an average of ovel
a hundred and fifty each day. This state
ment is mele made to indicate the type and
strength of him who has been named for
President of the International Medical Con-
gress. The British Medical journal in refer
ing to Professor Davis says:
The leading position assigned to DR.. N s.
Davis, of Chicago, by his countrymen as
Presidentelect OF the approaching Interna-
tional Medical Congress at Washington, aud
the prominent position Of honor assigned to
him at the annual meeting of the British
Medical Association at B ight n, will make
| many of our readers desile to know more Of
the prof, ,ssional lile-history of this venerable
and respected physician. Dr. Davis received
the Degree OF Doctor of Medidine from the
i Regents of the University Of New York in
| 1887, and has been engaged in the practical
duties Of the profession from that time until
the preseut. In 1874, while member of the
New Yoik State Medical Society, lie origin
ated the movement that resulted in the per
manent organization Of the American Medi.
cal Association in 1S47. At the aunua. meet
lug Of that Association in 1851, he read a
valuable paper, giving the esults of 0. igiLal
investigation in rcga,d to the effects OF diff
| erent kinds of food and of alcoholic liquors
on the temperature of the human body, etc.
| His contributions 10 medica. literature sine,
have been valuable and numerous. IL 1850
Practice of Medicine in the Medical College
in Chicago, and Professor of Clinical Medi.
cine in the Mercy Hospital, which positions
he continues to hold at the present time. He
was President of the American Medical
Association during the years 1864 and 1865
Iu 1879 he received the honorary degree Of
l.. L. D., from the Illinois Wesleyan Uuiver-
sity. He is an honorary member of the
New York Academy of Medicine, of the
College Of Physicians, of Philadelphia, and
Of tuany other scientific and medical socie-
ties in his own country. lin 1888, the Amerl
can Medical Association having decided to
publish its transactions in the form Of a
weekly medical journal, DR.. Davis, was
chosen its chief editor. In 1856 he was ap-
pointed Secretary General, and, aitrr the
death of the late Professor Austin Flint,
was unanimously elected President Of The
Preliminary Organization of the Information.
al Medical Congress to be held in Washing
ton in September, 1887. Theabove is a des.
cription of Professor Dayiss career. Il re
mains only to state how highly he is esteem.
ed by his compeers in the United Sta'eS. Ht
Stands now as the recognized head Of the
profession in his country, the successor o.
the lamented Flint aud the other gre i mel
who preceded him. Probably no physician
in the United States has done NOR,
to keep up the tone of the profession, aud t,
make the profession one solid, earnest b, dy
desirous of advancing sciene, beuefitng hu
manity, and adding to the glory Of the coun
try.
The Provincial Medical Journal thus spt ak
of this truly great and noble man. A ST nti
ment which is most f. rvently rc-echo, d from