The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-09-11
William Cecil Dahney. n. D.


I'm view Of the death ON August I'D; $50
AZ tb.ir coliearue William Cecil bahnry,
N D. late Professor of the PRACTICE "i
Medicine and Obstetrics in the hi\yI7I-
~ Of virginia. the Faculty of the Uni
1ersity Mace ON record this minute OF
his lie and services
Or Dabney was horn NJ DunIola NJ
bermarle county Virginia. July h. M
his carly education was received ny
homo from private tutors. lie entered
Inc I-niyersitvp of Virginia IN 1866 ana
nursued the study of medicine for two
rears graduating with the degree ot
}He"'9, "a EIedi6ine i'm 1865 Ills first
service was as resident physician ia
bosrital I'm Baltimore for Il year In 1863
he married Miss Jane Belle Minor ddueh-
for Of NIr William Minor. Of Albemarie
comm, and soon afterwards entered
mon Inc uractice of his profession 1T
Ng Lick. now Roanoke Virginia. where
Ire remained about twelve months ON
account OF his health, be then IciuIhea
TO Albemarle Countyp ana hesdSea in
farming for over two years Mneh Hr
resumed the practice or inehSluc lA
charlottesville. His hrsa medlcal eSs"f
which brought nm more l IVnnH,ge i'iy
before the public. was on ne HIHe
of Chemistry 60 the Medlcal frdc non
er. a small book, for Which ne reCe.Ntu
the BoylstOn prize from halN aId OhlN err
sity IN 1913. This was the hfst or IoiS
series OF essays on mcdlcal SuRTS p,'o-
lshed in various Journals Oh VIE Io"n1I9
which made him wldely known. ~ 40.
Tor the restoration 81 Al. H'tit" az
spent some time IN toreisn LANNei' man
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Board 81 lllg'Il13 "'S or 1i.l~y l 81. II.
he was appvhtei us HiH t''
had actlNcy ,itSt,l NUS. D." ul'
organization or thlS fodri Tor me IeSl-
latiOn of the practice OF Ined-clne ~ thr
state. In 1870 ne was CHOSEN lIpitSi.'I
of the lra'HI.ce, oil Mei.1lEe 4nI D3s,e
tries In thG University or Nlttinl'. when
chair ne hIlcd WIN k!r1t crtHIl 20 nm
sell ana Hl'n SlIlsi nrl ,'.tt 10 'nr i. Nt
Nerslty. re. VIZ J.. '''' .''tiI HII''''''
u me Mrul,ai 'V'i''N ol flt''I'i" "S
the AHlcIl'dli Nc'"CS' S2~..'l'si.; h''n
or the As9oOid'lo" vi -Aii''''D~" / H' ale-
ldiS'
DR. Dabney was an indefaticable stu
dent of his profession. and his contri-
buttons TO medical journals were nuner
Gus. Besides some forty OF nifty origin
alarticles he made over one hundred
TRANSACTIONS from the French and Ger
man. In a brief sketch Of his lie n
is impossible TO give the Tiles ~ his va
rious writings. but he was a coutrihfi-
tor TO the American Journal Of Medical
Sciences. the Medical News. Philndel-
mia the Medical Journals ~ Nir,,i~il
North Carolina ana New York me %e,
York Medical Record and the Trans
actions Of the Medical Societies of N-fr-
giuia and North Carolina. ana of the
American Medical Association. A mo-.
table article may be mentioned The
chapter on Maternal Tmorcssious %
contributed TO Keating's "Cvrlo1.Jia ~
the Diseases Of C;liIdren." Vol 1854
He was the author az "AD Als.r-,'., 80
a Course Of Lectures on the Practice ~
Medicine" used in his University lee