Phoenix weekly herald., 1897-10-14
DEATH OF DIR. HELM. Thrown From His Horse He Dies Within Three Hours. A LOSS TO THE CITY OF
 PHOENIX. The Medical Fraternity and Citi- zens of Phoenix Sustain
 Great Loss.

upon to chronicle for many months oC cured last evening at the M & P depo
 in this city. A large crowd had essem bled there to bid Godspeed to the EIke
 who were about to leave on sn exouK sion to Tucson, snd among them va De. Scott Helm, member of tb at or
 der. The doctor rode his high-struuE saddle horse, which cad not been unde the saddle for several weeks and we
 full of life. It would not stand etil
 out moment ard while the doctor wal talking with Secretary Akers it kep
 nervously backing and siding until the
 doctor suddenly pulled it of it's feet IF
 an effort to stop it from moving too fel
 awsy. As the horse rose on it's hind feet it's lead came in contact with z
 telegraph post with such forcs as tc
 stun ie and it fell to the ground.
 The doctor was thrown with great foFcs from the saddle, striking the ground on the back of his head, with
 the horse on one of bis limbs. MT 1 Akers at once ran to his assistance, as did number of other gentlemen pres : I injured man was osrried to the plat form, where Dr McIntyre, wbo was
 soon joined by Drs Duffield and Wylie, did everything possible for him. The | injury was to the base of the brain and | was at once seen to be fatal and the pa-
 sient beyond earthly aid. He was placed on cot and tenderly carried to ais home, where he died, never having regeined consciousness.
 TelegEsns were in medistely cent to She parents of the deceased at Chicago and brother at Los Angeles. The to attend the funeral.
 Scott Helm was born in April, 1861, and was therefore but 8 little over CniFty six years Of ags. Hs comes from noted family of physicians and sur geons, his grsndfather having been one of the u ost noted members of hie pro- tession in the state of Kentucky, and an uncle now living in Indiana has been one of the most famous practitioners in shat state for forty years. Scott Helms father Judge H. T. Helm, of Chicago, and qnite noted member of the bar of that city, was anxious to have Scott study law, but the boy's whole bent and inclination was toward medicine, and when about fourteen years of age he went to livs with his grandfather in order that he might begin the study of his chosen profession. He was really good doctor long before hs ever entered any medical college; he entered Rush Medical College while 8 mere youth, and graduated second in his class, and also the youngest men beF of his class, sims of graduation.
 After finishing his course at Rush College he vent to Heidelberg, Ger many, V here ha took 8 postgraduate course in that famous institution of learning, being the second ranking man in a large class ct the close of the course
 RstuFning home, he took the exsmi nation for entrance into the Marine Hospital Corps. Five vacancies were to be filled and there were twenty-seven applicants to take the examins nssion Although the youngest man in the lot, DF. Helm ranked second in the exemi- nation the only one having B big her percen tage being 8 practitioner of ten years experience and also a graduate of Heidelberg.
 Alter several years experience in the Marine Hospital Corps, the dootoF re- signed and located in Chicago. AL though still very young man he soon built up Gn extensive practice. Tn 1887 while performing an operation ID the removal of 8 tumoE he accidentally pFicked his left hand with needle. Semi blood poisoning followed, and his decline was so rapid that in the early summer of 1888 hls life was despeirsd of.
 Having made a trip OF two before into New Mexico and northern Mexico he learned something Of the wonderful climate of Phoenix and the Ssit River Valley, and came here in August. 1888, in the hope that the dry clear siR of Arizona might restore him to health Oh reaching Msgicops he was so weak and emsciated that he doubted if be could survive another day aud chartered epecisi engine to bring him to Phoe- nix so that in cese of death hls re- mains could be properly csred for. His recovery here wss very rapid and within a few months he WAS as hearty and vigorous es at any time in his youth, and remained strong end well to the time Of his sudden death.
 Dr. Helm was a man thoroughly in love with his profession. It is said of newspaper men end actors that they ere more devoted Do their professions than men in any other calling in life, but certsinlv no man In either of thess walks of life was more devoted to his calling than was Dr. Helm to the prac- tice of medicine. His love for surgery was intense, and ths performing of a delicate surgical operation was to him one of the greetesb pleasures of life, and his success ii this class Of work was remarkable.
 He wes man who exemplifad in bis every day life A belief in the universal fatherhood Of God and the universal brotherhood of man. No matter how