The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-20

Winchester and practiced his profession
In connection with his father.
Soon after his return to his native town
he was elected to the professorship OF
anatomy in the Winchester Medical Coz
Iege. He remained in Winchester in thls
capacity for some time, but at the tune
of John Browns raid was in Philadel-
pl1ia. While in this city he was
the associate and friend of such
men as Pancoast and Luckett. lie,
with them, organized Z! large "culz
class. that was patroniZed largely by
Southern students, of whoin there were
several hundred in the city at tnat Tune.
When war seemed inevitable, Dr. NC
CURE was the chosen friend and adviser
of these young Southerners. Ite ie,.stiae uien
displayed those traits and characteristlcs
which, later made him the leader OF
men
ROSE FROM THE RANKS.
DIR. MCGUIRE volunteered in Company Z,
Second Virginia Infantry lie marcheo
with his company to Harpers Ferry, III
April 1861, but was soon atterWard COM
missoned surgeon in the Virginia State
forces, and in MAJ was Medical Hlrec-
tor of the Army of the SheLandoah, then
under command OF General L. j. Jackson.
Later, when General Jackson was relleN-
ed of the command and had organized the
First Virginia Brigade, the future Some
wall Brigade, he requested that surgeon
Mcclure be assigned to him as brlSade
surgeon This was done and ne served
Is chief surgeon of Jacksons command
until the fall Of that gallant soldier ana
iltrepio leader, ministering assiduously
to his beloved commander in his last mo-
ments After the death of General jack
son Surgeon Mcclure was attached, as
chief surgeon, to the Second Corps OF the
Army OF Northern Virginia, under Lieu.
tenant-General Ewell, and later became
the medical director of the Army Of the
Valley with Lieutenant-General Early un-
Ill the surrender at AppouIattoN.
1t was, indeed, in itself an honor to
have served under such a commander as
General Jackson, and especially to have
served satisfactorily on his staff, for un-
der his eagle eye only those who posses
sed the capacity to contrive, the ability to
perform, and the judgment to select those
to aid in the successful execution OF great
deeds, found favor In DR.. Mcclure were
found these attributes of true genius"
He was honored by his sunerior. He nrs-
sessed his entire confidence, his warmest
friendship, and received from him his
highest commendation. The sword pre-
sented by Jackson to his surgeon could
only have been bestowed on one in whom
was found indomitable energy, transcend
ent skill and unflnchins fidelity.
GREAT DEBT DUE.
To Surgeon Mcguire belongs the honor
of organizing the Reserve Corps Hos
pitals of the Confederacy,' and perfect
Ing the Ambulance Corps" He inva-
riably received the hearty cooperation
of his commanders in his efforts to per-
feet the medical department in the field.
In all reports of battles made by the gen
erals commanding, Surgeon Mcclure was
highly complmented for his zeal and
ability. He enjoyed not only the per-
sona1 friendship of his beloved Jackson,
Sut that of Lee and Early and Ewell, all
of whom he attended when sick Or wound
ed.
After the war DR.. Mcclure soon remov-
ed to Richmond, having been appointed
10 fill the chair of surgery in the Medi-
cal College of Virginia, made vacant by
the death of DR. Charles Bell Gibson. AT
the time of his death he was president
and professor of surgery of the Universl
iy College of Medicine and surgeon-in
chan ge of st. Luke's Home for the SIX.
IN this city he rapidly acquired an en-
.ensive practice, both medical and surgi-
cal. His remarkable successes in ltthoto-
lsy, ithotrity and ovario tony placed him
IA the front rank of civil surgeons. AS a
teacher he was clear, lucid and impress
sive; as a contributor to medical litera-
ture his reputation extends far beyond the
COnllneS Ol MS IstliFe ldiio i1S was looh-
ed upon as one of the path-finders in med
tcne and surgery. For many years he
was the friend and contemporary of such
famous practitioners a. Simms, Camp
bell and Butty, and with him dies the
last member of that noted school. He was
tne associate of Gross, Agnew and Sayre.
He was one of the greatest surgeons the
South has ever produced, and assuredly
the greatest of his day. He is more fre-
1tt, nj
the South, and many of his operations are
referred to in foreign medical publica-
tions. One of the most noted of English
surgeons, DR.. sFoy, has dedicated his work
On "Anesthetics" to him.
FAMOUS OPERATIONS.
One of Dr. McGu!re's most important
works is his Chapter on Gunsnot
Wounds" 1t is fact that Twenty-Five
gears before ihe publicatio Of this noted
treatise, DIR. lcGuire read a paper before
the American Medical Association, which
met in Richmond, advocating the opera
tive Intervention in gunshot wounds of
the abdomen. Prior to that time bullet
wounds in the intestines were invariably
fatal. The United States Surgeon-Gene-
raj, in his report of the war between the
States. at that time stated that there was
not we'll authenticated case on record
of recovery treated without an operation.
This paper of DR.. McGulre's attracted
widespread attention at that time, and
did much toward the establishment of op-
serations in such cases, a practice which
now saves 67 per cent. of the lives. Nc
CURE. Sinlms and Kenlouch were the pio-
neers in developing this field OF surgery.
DR.. Mcguire added greatly 10 his reputa-
ton by advocating supra pubic cystoto.
my for. the relief of the consequences OF
prostratic. hypertrophy.
MANY HONORARY DEGREES.
In 1888 DR.. MCGUIRE was elected presl-
dent and professor of Clinical Surgery IN
the University College of Medicine. Whicn
positions he still holds. Ills ao,llties
were recognized both at home and ABROAD
In the most flattering manner lie ceeelv-
ed many honorary degrees and heid
many positions of eminence. Ine desree
of Doctor of Laws was conferred. upon
him in 1857 by the University OF North
Carolina, and in 1883 by the Jefferson on Med
ical College, Of philadelphia. He was
president Of the Richmond Academy of
Medicine in 1865; of the Associa sion of
Meliieal Officers of the Army and Navy
sf the1 Confederate states in 1870; Of the
Virginia Medical Society in 1880; of the
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