The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
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North Carolina and was licensed by the
State board and came to Kinston, where
he entered at once upon the successful
practice of his chosen profession. 1t
may be said that Doctor Parrot passed
one of the best examinations ever made
by the State Board of Medical Examin-
ers.
During the year 1896 he was admitted
as a member of the State Medical Socie-
ty and since that period has taken a very
active interest in the affairs of the socie-
ty, reading a paper at every meeting
since that date. In 1897 he was APP
pointed chairman of the Section on Sur
gerry and Anatomy of the State Medical
Society.
During the same year he was appoint
ed superintendent of health of his city
and was also chosen the local surgeon for
the Atlantic and North Carolina Rail
road. In 1898 he was elected local
surgeon of the Atlantic Coast Line
The Doctor was one of the charter
members of the Seaboard Medical Asso-
eiation of North Carolina and Virginia
and was actively engaged In the organi-
cation of that excellent body. He also
assisted in the organization of the Tri-
a very active interest in the workings Of
that organization.
During the winter of 1897 and 1898,
he passed his time in Europe studying
the diseases of the skin, diseases of wo-
men, and venereal diseases, in the hospi-
tails Of London and Edinburgh. He re-
turned home thoroughly equipped for the
practice of that part of his profession.
In the fall of 1898, he was invited to
read a paper before the Mississippi Val
ley Association, that met at Nashville,
Tennessee. This paper was upon opera
tions for stone in the bladder.
In 1898 he was elected superintendent
of Health Of Lenoir county and in March
1899, was elected city physician by the
local board of aldermen, for the espe-
cial purpose of stamping out smallpox.
1t may be said that in ten days after he
assumed the duties of that position the
situation was absolutely under his con-
troll He took the position after other
physicians had refused to have it.
Doctor Parrott is a versatile writer
and has contributed some able medica!
writing upon surgery, for medical
magazines. During this year he
Will contribute articles to the Interna-
tional Journal Of Surgery, the Journal
of Surgery and Gynecology and the
British Medical Journal three of the
greatest medical journals in the world,
extensively circulated and read
Aside from his professional duties Doc
tor Parrott is a great worker in behalf
of Kinston's growth and welfare He is
always ready and willing to devote both
his time and means to the accomplish
ment of that object. He has made
many warm friends by his courteous and
kindly ways and is popular as an individ-
ual and IN his profession.
He is thoroughly welded to his profess
sion and always keeps thoroughly
abreast with its progress and advance
ment. No man in the profession, for
one of his years, has wider reputation
or is more esteemed. 1t may he said
in concluding the sketch of this eminent
and talented physician, that his exam
pie is worthy of emulation by the youth
of North Carolina His success in life
is due to his close attention to work,
careful study and progresslveness. Merit
always wins as amply demonstrated in
the case of DIR. James NJ. Parrott, one
Of the foremost physicians of the State.