The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-06

A telegram was received from Chat
tanooga, Tenn, Saturday, saying that
DR.. James y. Reeves had died there
after u long and painful Illness ana
that the remains would be brought to
Wheeling for burial, arriving TINS
evening. The funeral will take place
on Tuesday, the services being IN 81
Matthew'S church. Dr. RceVes's illness
from u cancerous affection which rem
dered death only question OF time
was mentioned in the Intelligencef
some days ago, and caused great
shock to his many old friends In Wheei.
ing, where he may be SAID 10 nave sps .,.
the best years OF his life. HIS ueatIl;
while not a surprise, caused SehethI
and sincere sorrow. $50,
Eulshed members of his profession, ana
especially eminent us n microscopic
In this branch OF science he was an
enthusiast, and had achieved success
in an unusual degree. He was an nc.
tive, braIny man, interesting himself
always In public affairs, and was pc
sides genial and whole hcarted, and It
was u source OF regret to all who knew
him well when he severed his long relo-
tions with this section and removed 10
Tennessee, He was fond Of lauding the
climate of the mountain country where
he made his new home, and OF compdr-
Ing It with the changeRble weather IN
this part OF the Ohio Valley, which ne
called, not innptly, 1.-THE battle-ground
OF the elements"
DR.. Reeves was born at Harrison
burg, Rockingham county. virginia
IN April, 1929. He graduated In medl-
cine at the University OF Pennsylvania,
and began the practice Of bis profession
ut PhilippI, this state. He, thence re-
moved to Fairmont, and came TO
Wheeling in 1868. From this city he
removed to Chattanooga in 1887.
DR. Reeves was the moving spirit In
founding the West Virginia State Ned
zeal Society, and was the author and
most efficient advocate OF the law ere
nting the State Board OF Health, OF
which body he was long an efficient
member, most Of the time its secretary.
He was president OF the State Medical
Society and also OF the American
Health Association, and many able pa
pers were contributed by him TO the
proceedings OF these societies. He was
also n member OF the Association OF
American Physicians, a corresponding
member Of the Pathological Society of
PHILADELPHIA, honorary member OF the
Connecticut Medical Society. and a
corresponding member Of several
European medical societies. He was
the author OF many valuable papers
and treatises and OF several books.
among them ~ Practical Treatise on
Enteric, or Typhoid Fever" and "A
Hand Book OF Medical Microscopy"
He was recognized authority in snnt-
tary matters, but It was in microscopy
that he won his most enduring fame.
and his practical work and research
was widely recognized and appreciated.
Perhaps his most important contrl-
button to science was the discovery,
made while he was citizen OF Wheel
ing, of the Identity OF the germ OF
lupus, a stubborn disease of the skin,
with the bacillus OF tuberculosis. This
had before been suggested us probable,
but DR., Reeves first established the
truth of the theory by the microscope.
He was the designer of very delicate
and intricate machine for preparing
microscopic slides from sections OF hui
man tissue, and was recognized as one
Of the leading authorities on practical
DR.. Reeves, since his removal to
CHATTANOOGA, has revisited Wheeling
but n few times, but he had not lost
his hold on the hearts of his old friends,
all OF whom will sincerely mourn his
death