The sun., 1901-09-08
TBE PRESIDENTS PHYSICIANS.
skilfui Men VINO Are Doing Their Utmsst
60 save liis Life.

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60 save ms Life.
BUFFALO. Sept. THE operation per-
formed upon tho President at yhe little
emergency hospital within the Pan
American grounds yesterday was In
many resp>cts remarkable. II he recov-
ers. IL will be In no small measure due TO
tho fact that within a comparatively few
minutes there was gathered together In
the operating room a corps Of the most
able surgeons In the world. Besides the
Presidents own physician. Or Rxey.
thsrc were present thrce surgeons Of in
tcrna tional reputation and FIVE accounted
A. among the BEST In their localities Al
t07 O'Clock tho President was shot A.
1 ais he lay on the table ready for the opera
ton. DIR lee. OF ST Louls and DR. Mynter.
OF Buffalo. were on tho grounds and at hand
/ within ten minutes. DR. Mann and DIR.
Psrmentcr were away from their Offices.
but wcre at the hospital within an hour
after the shooting DIR. Roswell Park was
at Niagara Falls. A special Michigan
Central train bore him with marvellous
= speed to Buffalo and within an hour aud
half ho. too. was At tho operating table.
! DIR. Roswell Park IL easily the foremost
! OF the cori- Of physicians attending the
, President. He II surgeon Of world
! wide fame and author Of Parks System
OF surgery standard work. u. is also
an Acknowledged expert In cancer He
IL about ~ years Of Age and enjoys a good
practice. He was graduated from the Rush
Medical College, Of Chicago. some twenty
! FIVE years ago and for time taught there
what he had learned Subsequently he
spent much time In Europoan study and
upon his return earned his present rcputa-
tion as a rapid. clean. and what is pro-
fessionally termed a pretty operator. and
10 one of the few amh,dextrous surgeons
ia practice. He is chief surgeon at the
Buffalo General Hospital. professor Of sur
gerry at the University 10 Buffalo and live-
at SO Delaware avenue.
Dr. Herman Mynter. an older man.
perhaps 50, Is a Dane by birth and famous
Ia two continents as an expert abdominal
surgeon and specialist on appendicitis. con-
cerning which subject he has written a work
which l.. indispensable to the profession
Recenty he went 10 Denmark and lecturcd
on his chosen sub jcct before the DANISH
M~licsl Congress At Copenhagen he was
formerly surgeon at the sisters Hospital
and now operates az the German praconeSs
2
Dr. Matthew ID Mann aged S. professor
Of gyns-ology al the University of Buralo.
and gynacologist at the Buffalo
General Hospital. has attained a world
wide reputation through his standard
text book on Gyn~cology He is a park
commissioner of the city 81 Buffalo He
has practis"t from thirty to thirty-hve
years In Buffalo and L. known an emit
nent abdominal surgeon. He was once
! an Instructor at the Harvard University.
| Dr John Parmentcr though not 40 well
known abroad. In esteemed ~ one Of the
best and most CAREFUL operators In New
York STATE He is under ~ years old. and
Il professor 81 anatomy at the University
Of Buffalo
/ DIR. Eugene wasdin. surgeon of the Ma
rine Hospital. DepartmeG; Of the United
States, stationed here. will be remembered
as one Of the -xJ-rts detailed To investigate
yellow fever In Cuba during the recent war.
J He " about 20 years old and an expert
surgeon of more than local reputation.
/ Dr. r W lee. Of ~ Louis. who assisted
I In the operation. IL medical diryctor Of the
I Omaha Exposition and is famous surgeon
DIR. Charles q. stockton. Of buffalo. was
called into consultation becaus. Of hts
! store OF medical knowleige. lie ~ perhaps
the be-t-known physician in Buffalo.
! Dr. n. ". wilson. who was Ia charge OF
the emergency hospital nj the time and
who was m charge Of the President until
the surgeons arrived. won a reputation
early In his career. lie is and has been
for three years post surgeon at Fort Porter,
is connected with the stan Of the Sisters
. Hospital and is the sanitary officer Of the
Pan American Lxpc~ition
| WAsHIsoroS. sept. DIR Presley VI
RiHey. the physician to the Mckinley family,
! who " with tho President In Buffalo. u a
medical inspector Ia the United States
Navy. He is a Nirsinian. born In Gull
pepper In that State. and brother Of John
Franklin Rixey. the Representative in
Congress from the Eighth Virginia dis
uict.
Dr. Rixey was appointed an assistant
surgeon In the regular navy ON Jan. -.
1874. His first cruise was In the Congress,
attached to the Eastern station, and when
his service ON her was completed In 1870.
he was assigned To- the Marine Hospital
! At Philadelphia. remaining ther. until the
following year. His next s.rvice was at
the Norfolk Navy Yard. aud then In 1873
be was assigned TO special service.
I Surg"on-tieueral Bates. OF the Navy,
! Who had been Mrs McKinley's physician
In Washington when the President Wa. IN
Congress and who had resumed that duty
whcn the Mckini-ys moved into the White
I House. died In October. 1897. Gen Leonard
Wood, then an assistant surgeon In the
army on duty In Washington. succce,ied
him "a the White House physician. and
when Gen. Wood went away from Washing
ton A. Colonel Of the Rough Kciers early
in isss, the President made very careful
inquiry as to the qualifications OF certain
physicians before selecting Gen. Woods
suocrs-or A a result Of this inquiry lac
decided on DIR. Ri1sy. and for thrce Year,
that officer las been constantly In attend
aDce on the President and his wife lie
Las always accompanied Mrs. Mckinley
/ on her railroad Journeys with the President
and Vas With her when she vas taken 30 -cri-
o,isly al in California lad spring
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