Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-23
DIR. AGNEw DEAD.
He Endeared Himself to the American Peo.
pie During Garfield's Inness.

He Endeared Himself to the American PEG.
PIE During Gardeld's Illness.
d. Hayes Agnew, the eminent physician and
surgeon, died shortly after o'clock yesterday
afternoon at his residence In Philadelphia
For some months past DR.. Agnew had been q
victim of the grip or influenza in an aggra-
waited FORM. but persisted in attempting 10 con-
dnue the practice Of his profession. thus max
ing drafts on his vitality, which, impaired by
age and sickness, refused to further sustain
him In his labors aud resulted in a total physi-
cal collapse whsn the critical moment came.
The serious nature Of DIR. Agnews last illness
did not become apparent until last Sunday
night, when the earlier symptoms of a bron-
chial and throat trouble were complicated by
An affection of the kidneys. Then q heart
trouble. 70 which DR.. Agnew had been subject
for years, developed in an alarming form, and
to this combination the rugged constitution
was finally forced to succumb.
DIR. AGSEw's CAREER -..
DR.. Agpew was born in Lancaster county,
Pa, In 1873 His first experiences after gradu-
atins from the University Of Pennsylvania in
1888 Was in the country, but he soon became
dissatisfied in that limited sphere and went to
Philadelphia
It was said Of him almost at the outset OF
his career that one of the secrets Of his success
lay in bis wonderfully acute anatomical knowl-
edge and that he always appeared to have as
exact . bearing Of the different organs and
Tissues of the human body as if nothing were
concealed and the frame were of transparent
glass
PRESIDENT eARFIELD's ILLNESS
DR.. Agnew is probably known better to the
American public from his connection with the
treatment of President Garfeld's case than
from any other circumstance. Not many days
after Guitesu's fatal bullet had brought Ameri-
can people TO the bedside Of Garfield the emf
nent surgeons whom the government had re-
tanned felt the necessity of further advice and
called upon DR.. Agnew. He was quick in his
response TO what be felt to be public as well
rs Q professional duty. and from that time until
death came remained in almost constant attend
snce upon the distinguished patient Toward
the latter part Of July in that summer of 1881
il was found necessary TO use the knife on
tho dying President Around the bed we're
. half dozen of the most eminent physicians
Of the country, but DR.. Bliss, who was in prac-
teal charge of the case. felt that there only
one surgeon present to whom the delicate
operation should be entrusted. He passed the
keen-edged blade to DIR. Agnew, to whom, by
this graceful acknowledgment, the eyes of the
whole country were drawn. The recurrence
OF dangerous symptoms required q second APP
plication Of surgical skill, and the relief
afforded to the patient in both instances will
still be remembered. As he said himself after
ward, DR.. Agnew was never sanguine of the
Presidents recovery, and always regarded the
case as one Of great hazard But to him the
country was full of gratitude for the rendering
Of his surgical skill in alternating the Presi-
dents suffering during his dying hours.
AVAILABLE ExPKRIEycE.
The experience which most tended to fit him
for his subsequent high responsibility was his
service as consulting surgeon in the great
Mower Army Hospital, which maintained
at Chestnut Hill, near Philadelphia, during the