Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-11-16
E0XUBEE COUNTY MEDICAL
SOCIETY.
Tribute of Respect Paid their De-
parted Brethren.

John :. FcaihcrstGn was chosen prcsi-
dent; DR.. q. Ilcndrick, viec.prcsi-
dent. and DIR. VI. NJ. Warren, secretary.
1t was agreed that meetings be held
on the first Monday in each month, in
Macon. The committee on Consiitu-
ton and bylaws, composed Of Drs.
IIcndrick, Patty and Warren, are 10
report at the next meeting. Drs.
Minor, Ilcudrick and Price were APP
pointed a committee OF Neurology.
In their report they pay a worthy
tribute to Drs. Mcleod, Hill and FAINT.
The following is their report:
Gentlemen Of the Norubee County
Nedical Society:
We, your Committee on Neurology,
have 10 report that within the last
ten months three of our members
have died, viz: Jno. +. Mcleod, 5, V.
d. Hin and j. Z. Fant--thrce noble,
christian men, skilliul physicians,
patriotic citizcns-typical southern
gentlemen. All three were proicssCd
followers of the Great Physician-our
blessed Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ,
who, while here on earth, dignitied
our profession by healing diseases
and iniirmilics, and ministcring to the
physical man as well as TO the spirit
ual. An three were exemplary in
their family rclaiions-werc loving
husbands and fathers. All three were
sober men; they carried to the bed
sides OF their patients brains uncloud-
ed by drink all three yer devoted
10 their profession and unceasing in
their efforts to heal the sick and com
fort the sorrowing all three have
left the world the better for their
having lived in it; and all will be
long remembered as splendid spcri-
mems Of true manhood.
DR.. JNO. +. MCLEOD
Was born and reared in this State,
and graduated at the University OF
Louisiana in 1919, and Immediately
located in that ncighb0rhood in which
he spent the remainder of his lite,
lie was q God.tearing, pcacc-loying,
earnest man studious and Jealous in
the study and practice of his profess
sion. On January 29ih of this year,
he died of Sottcning of the BRAIN
lamcntcd BY all those with whom he
spent his life.
DIR. s. V. d. hill
Was born in 1885, at Nashville,
Tenn but was motsly reared in this
State graduated in New York City
in 1857; practiccd his profession four
years in Clay county; then served,
with distinction, four years as surgeon
in the Confederate army then in
1868 located in Macon, where he spent
the remainder of his life. lie died in
ST. Louis on the 18th ultimo, OF
" Bricht's Disease" DR.. Hi. was a
man of fine mind: had Il splendid
memory, was an omniyOrous reader. Il
line convcrsationali>t. and n most
,kiIltul physician and surgeon. His
power Of diagnosis was phenomenal.
As u consultant, he wa uncquaIIei.
In his profession, he was pYimmS iHte,
pareS.
DIR. JOSHUA G. FAINT
Was born in South Carolina in 1881,
was reared in NoXubce county. Miss;
graduated in Charleston, ). e., in
1851, and spent the remainder of his
dove harm with IJ Iln una a nhtni
retiring man: gcntlc.manncrcd--truc
rs steel. He was n skillfui and sue
ccsstul physician. His strongest point
was in the management Of his cases
MnfMihih'"EH lis mani mainc n'S %a'iGln,io ,I, to
room his watchtul care, and HE con
iilcnce he TINS inspired. He died
October %, 1889, in the early -tagcs OF
a typhoid type of malarial fever, from
" I!cnrt-failurc.'
THUS HAVE PASSED AWAY
these three men, the like OF whom We
will long look for in vain. Doubtless
they had their faults. but somehow.
we have already forgotten them. MAY
we ever cherish the memory of their
virtues, and cmrlate them. We pra,
that that great physician our blessed
Master, will make us who are YET
spared to (as the poet hath it y:
80 live that whom our summons comes tc
lOin
The innumerable caravan that moves
To the pale realms of shade, where eacl
shall take
His chamber in the silent halls of death,
We 20 not rs the quarry slave at night.
Scourged to his dungeon, but sustained
and soOthed
By an untaItering trust, approach oul
graves
Like one who wraps the drapery of hi,
couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant
dreams.'
Oh. FEATuERsToN's TRIBUTE,
The following tribute, read by DR.
Fcatherston, while not written fol
publication, is inserted here by re,
quest of the Medical Society:
1t is seldom that u community
within the brief space Of n few months
suffers the loss OF three such valuabl,
citizens and able physicians. They
were men whom we could i'll afford 10
lose. Realizing that "lite was duty
they shrank from no responsibility
whether in the private walks of life
or in the arduous, but exalted
and loved profession of medicine
For about n quarter OF a century Nox.
ubeo county has been honorcd by the
labors of these eminent men. A.
members of NoXubcc County Medical
Association, we feel that three bright
lights hayc gone out. Men of vast men
tai resources, they were ever on the
alert for new and scientific discovcric,
in the art of healing, and with broad
and comprehensive minds, and dis.
eliminating judgement, were among
The first to inauguratc new methods
in practice and to apply the suggcs.
lions of those of Il profession whose
lite. work is to investigate and expcr.
imcnt for the good of mankind. No
more will we have the benefit of their
wise counsel, valuable experience
aud friendly intercourse
Lot ns strive TO emulate the virtues
of our noble dead. and by earnest Of.
fort maintain the standard which they
ever strovc 10 elevate both in the fields
of medicine and surgery.
" Forget them not-tho' now their names
BE but II mournful sound
They have u breathing influence here,