The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-07
DR.. Roswell Park Is Considered One
of Ia Greatest Surgeons
of the Country.
LOCAL PHYSICIANS VIEWS
THEY EXPRESS CONFIDENCE IN HIS
KNOWN ABILITY.
DIR. A. W. Brayton and others Talk
About the Nature of the Pres
fdent's Wound

All the physicians and surgeons Of the
city we're greatly interested in the descrip-
ton Of the Presidents wounds, and those
that expressed themselves when they heard
or read that the chief surgeon attending
the President was DIT. Roswell Park said
that he is one of the most capable surgeons
of the country.
Roswell Park. of Buffalo. was born in
Pomfret, Conn, in 1852. his father being
the Rev. Roswell Park. ID. D., who was
first an officer in the United States army,
and later professor in the University Of
Pennsylvania. and then the founder OF
Racine College, Racine Wis. His ancestors
on both sides were prominent in the war
of the revolution. lie received the degrees
OF h. a. and NJ. \. IN course from Racine
College and then became a student IN the
Chicago Medical College. his home being
at that time in Chicago. Here he was
graduated in medicine in 1876, taking the
first prize among his class lie served as
inferno in the Mercy and Cook County
hospitals, then became demonstrated of
anatomy in the Woman's Medical College.
In 1879 he became demonstrated and adj
junct professor of anatomy in his alma
mater. This position he held for three
years. then resigned it in order to study
abroad.
His foreign studies were pursued for a
number of months, when he was given the
position of lecturer on surgery in Rush
Medical College. lie was also made sur
geon to the Michael Reese Hospital. Be
fore leaving for Europe he also gave up
the position of assistant surgeon 10 the
Illinois State Eye and Ear m In
1855 he was made professor of surgery in
the University of Buffalo, and surgeon to
fits general hospital, which position he has
since held. declining most fattering calls
TO other Institutions. lie is a member of
the German Congress of Surgeons, of the
American Surgical Association, the Amer
lean Association of GenitO-urinary Sur
geons, the American Orthropedic Associa-
tion, the New York Academy of Medicine,
the New York State Medical Society and OF
numerous other medical and scientific So
cieties. In 1852 he was made the recipient
of the honorary degree of NJ. d. from Rush
College.
His practice is limited exclusively to sur
gerry and he enjoys a large consultation
practice drawn from extensive territory.
lie has been a rather prolific writer. Be
sides numerous addresses, journal articles
and editorials and a monograph on Brain
Surgery" he has contributed important ar
ticles to most OF the cyclopedias and sys-
TENS OF the day. In 1892 he published a
volume CT "Mutter Lectures on Surgical
Pathology 1t is in this field especially
that he has done much and original work,
and he is one of the few surgeons that
do or superintend their own meteorological
work, having equipped for this purpose a
private but complete laboratory. He was
for some years associate editor Of the An
nails of Surgery He also I4ted for some
time the Weekly Medical Review, of Chi
cagO, and after moving 10 Buffalo the
Medical Press of Western New York.