Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-25
In MemoriRm.

Or. N. A. RUsr, many years practicing physi-
clan In this city, was In every respect an extra
ordinary man.
His professional abilities were OF very high
order, and were felt TO 10 such by his patients,
who loved him not merely as physician, but as
o personal friend.
They felt that they could with the utmost con-
ndeDce place themselves IN his hands, as In MN
were combined vast knowledge and the strlctest
| cOnsciontiousncss.
Those Of his medical brethren In the city who
learned 10 know him could not foil % admire his
rare and varied gifts and powers
| The writer Of those lines would mention tho
| following, which came under his personal know
| ledge:
A sick friend having tried several physicians
OF this city without receiving the desired RELIEF
| sent their several prescriptions to one OF the
! most eminent specialists Of Europe, AZ the same
! time giving M minute au account OF his suffer
| ings "a he could. The reply Of the specialist
| was: Place yourself In the hands Of Dr. Rust
| he Is an eminent and scientific physican.p
| Or. LOOMS, Of New FORK, told one Of DR.. Rusts
patients, who consulted him, 70 90 HON as he
| could do no more for him than Dr.. Rust was do
Ing, whose treatment was all that could be 60
sired.
The dean Of the faculty Of a renowned west
ern university wrote 70 Or. Rust to congratulate
Inn on the very able aud learned articles OF his
! which were published in the Medical journal Of
vfrg'niG and copied into thehsd1eaI Journal Q
| Nsic York.
| The Dean said in his letter: You have shown
| that you are thoroughly versed 10 modern medi-
| cal science, / hope tho day IA not far distant
when will pass through Richmond and VIII
do myself the honor Of making your acqua.nt-
ancr."
The lectures which he delivered from time 70
| time at the Medical College were brimiul OF
scientific research, and gave unm!siakable evil
dence OF the deep thinker and powerful reasoner
and they wero at tho same time comprehensibe
| % an ordinary intellect. Ills knowledge ~ what
| appertains to sanitary conditions was truly sI-
| traordinary. Nothing escaped him.
Outside of his profession DR.. Rust was man
Of vast knowledge in almost every branch OF
| learning; his reading was immense, and he
seems TO have we'll digeste1 everything he read
and 10 have forgotten nothing. He threw hght
! upon every topic no handled. ami his listener
was bound 10 feel that he was in the presence u
| one who was his superior.
His faYorlio study was science, IN Whlch ne
! truly eXcelled. HIS knowledge or botany was OF
q very high order, and IL was raro treat 10 auy
| one knowing anything OF that science 10 hear
him converse about plants.
He was n hne Latin and Greek scholar, mas
! tor OF French and Italian, AMI wrote English
with force and clearncss. lie travelled through
/ the various fields OF literature, culle1 fragrant
! flowers wherever he went, sud ther perfume was
felt by those who enjoyed the pleasure Of ms
conversation.
He followed his profession out Of love TO Il and
not for goln. lie Was Ia no sense money
grabber. Many are tho poor families whom no
attended for years without ever rendering Dill
On one occasion man long his patient, atter
/ repeatedly asking for bill, sent "A TREND 10
| Or. Rust DR.. Rust inquired what the man
! earned o month, and the answer was from forty
| five 70 nifty dollars. "1hen he caonot afford 10
| pay mo- replied Doctor Rust; "let him walt
| until he cam he late Doctor said to the writer
/ OF these lines several years sgo: Never hest
tate to call ma to any poor person Ia whom you
! feel interested"
lie was modest and unassuming and had n
! thorough dislike for anything in the least bor-
l dering on osteni Stion His opinions were formed
/ after long and mature elaboration, and he de-
| Tended them with the vast erudltion AZ his COM
/ mand. lie was beyond doubt an Intellectual
! giant. lie was extremely simple In his tastes,
free from all vices, and al ardent lover OF truth,
for which, as he conceived II, he would, If noceS-
/ sary, have laid his head on the block. lie was In
every sense Of the word a good husband and
! father. a staunch and true friend Tlthodt making
/ any Unnecessary display. lie had no fear Of
| death whatever. he spoke Of Il to the writer OF
/ those lines, who visited him Ofton during bis Ill
( ness, which preceded the sad and fatal accident,
/ with tue greatest chlmness and compOsure
J He Was IA groat adnror Of Huxley, TINS
! lev, spencer, kOmanes. Il III ORAe genus,
/ aud no WAS as entitled 70 his opinions
/ honestly entertained as were they Take him
all in all. there very few Ike him 20 be found
| anywhere. HIS great and extensive knowledge
/ was In measure due 20 his lofty sense ot iho
/ value Of timo. II never wasted H. ip healih and
/ in sickness he was 10 be found roGding tho pro
/ ductions OF the master minds Of our age lila pa-
Z tients and Intimate frcuds feel thai his denth Is
/ nothing less than calamity TO them, and tho
/ depth OF their sympathy with tho bereaved
/ family no words can adequately express.
kEy. De. a. HARRiS.