Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1894-01-19
Death Of DR.. VIM, J. Jones.

DR.. VIM. j. JONES' prominent young
physician of Baltimore, died In that city on
Wednesday, the 10th instant, from acute
Brights disease. He was takeE seriously
i'll on last Saturday and from the first his
attending physicians, Drs. Atkinson and
West, could give his anxious friends and
relatives no hope for his recovery. II was
the elimination of that insidious disease
that has baffied the skill Of the most ad.
vanced medical men. He had warning
attack about one year ago, and his unerring
knowledge of the symptoms of the disease
and its fatal character convinced him that he
was doomed man, and that his days were
numbered. This he stated to his intimate
friends, and predicted that the end would
come in less than two years How true was
his prediction.
DR.. Jones was son Mr.. Evan A. Jones,
Of the Fourth district of this county, and
had just entered his thirty.eighth year. His
mother was daughter of the late Elisha
Riggs, Of Montgomery county. He was con.
nected by blood with many of the leading
families of this and Montgomery counties,
and was named for his great uncle, DIR. VIM.
Jones, of Washington city, who was an in
innate friend of President Andrew jackson
and advised him to appoint Roger Brooke
fancy Attorney General OF the United
States.
Early in life young Jones decided to study
medicine and with that view began teach.
ing school to earn the necessary funds to
carry him through college. This he did
successfully and then entered the office oil
Dr. Augustus Riggs, Of Cooksville, under
whose guidance he prosecuted his prelimi.
nary studies. He entered the University Of
Maryland in 1889, and graduated with honor
in 1888, standing eighth in class oil eighty
He assisted Prof. Niles, as student and post
graduate in the clinic Of nervous diseases at
the University Hospital lie was resident
physician at Bayview Asylum for two years,
from April, 1884, to 1896. lie then deter
mined to enter into active practice and To-
Gated in northeast Baltimore, continuing,
however, his connection with the Asylum
as visiting physician and lecturer, giving
practical demonstrations in throat and chest
work to large numbers of students with de-
cided success He was for several years one
of the phys icians to the Baltimore General
Dispensary, and chief Of clinics to the pro
lessor of throat and chest diseases In the
out patient department of the University of
Maryland; also visiting physician to the
Presbyterian Eye and Ear Hospital, having
charge of the throat department
The late DIR. Frank Donaldson took great
interest in DR.. Jones, and had him as an
assistant in the throat department OF the
Maryland University, and when he died
gave him his valuable surgical instruments
and many medical works. Dr. Jones took
charge ol the practice OF DR.. Donaldson dur
ing his last illness, and after his death To-
Gated in his offices ON Park Avenue. He
was the founder Of the Medical journal
Club, of Baltimore, and its first president.
This has grown TO be an influential and
leading medical organization composed of
the younger members of the profession.
DR.. Jones was universally respected and
esteemed by his medical associates and rated
by them as man of marked ability, and
skilliul and capable physician. In his rela-
tons to men he was kindly and considerable,
and had in an eminent degree the faculty OF
attracting people and inspiring confidence In
patients; as a general practitioner, he gained
wide popularity and was very successful in
his treatment of cases.
During the past two years he has made
specially of the diseases Of the throat and
chest. His untimely death has caused sor-
row and regret not only among his many
relatives and friends in Howard county, but
among his associates and patients in Balti-
more who held him in high regard.
His remains were carried to Goshen, Mont.
gomery county, on Friday, and inferred in
the family burying ground on the farm of
his uncle, Richard Jones' The pail. bearers
were Drs. Charles Mitchell. Hiram Woods,
Frank Martin, Rdgely B. Warfield and j.
Hooking, and Messrs. John Warileld, Rch'd
Dorsey and Albert G. Kenly EIlic0H CITY
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