The sun., 1901-09-08
THE PRESIDENTS PHYSICIANS.
skiiful Men VINO Are Doing Thesr Utmost
To SAVE li,s Life.

BUFFALO. Sept. THE operation per
formed upon tho President at the ht;le
emergency hospital within the Pan
American grounds yesterday was In
many rcepccts remarkable II he rccov-
ere. Il will he In no small measure due 10
this 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. Re- dcs the
Presidents own physician. DR. Rixey.
there were present three surgeons Of in
ternstionsl reputation and Ave accounted
NJ among the best In their localities. Al
sO7 O'Clock the President was shot. A.
&is he lay on the table ready for the opera
ton. DR. Ice. Of IT Louis, and DIR Mynter,
Of Buffalo. wore on the grounds and at hand
within tan minutes DIR. Mann and DIR.
Parmenter ware away from their Offices.
but wers at the hospital within an hour
after the shooting DIR. Roswell Park was
at Niagara Falls. A sp-cial Michigan
Central train bore him With marvellous
speed To Buffalo and within an hour and a
half he. too. was AT the operating table.
DR. Roswell Park Ia easily the foramost
Of the corJe Of physicians attending the
President. He Is surgeon Of world
wide fame and author Of Parks System
Of Surgery, n standard work. He is also
an acknowledged expert In cancer. He
IL about ~ years of age and enjoys good
practice. He was graduated from tho Rush
Medical College OF Chicago. some twenty
five years ago and for n time taught there
what he had learned Subsequently he
spent much time In European study and
upon his return earned his present reputa
tion as rapid. clean, and what Is pro-
fessionAlly termed a pretty operator. and
10 one Of the few ambideItrous surgeons
In practice. He is chief surgeon at the
Buffalo General Hospital, professor OF sur
gerry at the University OF Buffalo and hv's
at $40 Delaware avenue.
DIR. Herman Myuter. an older man.
perhaps So. l. Dane by birth and famous
In two continents ~ an expert abdominal
surgeon and specialist on appendicitis, con
cernins which subjst he mss written work
which Ia indispensable I" tie profession.
Recently he went 90 u 'nrnark aud h-cturNl
on his chosen -ubJect before ~" Danisn
Melical Congress at Copeuhag"u u" waS
formerly surgeon at the Sisters Hospital
and now operates at the German D~aconcss
Home at the new German Hospital.
DIR. Matthew u. Mann. ag,Sl So professor
of gynsCology at the University e Buffalo.
and gynscologist at IN" Buffalo
General Hospital, has attained world
wide reputation through his standard
text book on Gyn~cnlogv He il a paik
commissioner Of the city - Buffalo lie
has practi-.si from thirty to thirtv-tve
years in Buffalo and Is known n an end
nent abdominal surgcpn He vas once
an Instructor az the Harvard University.
DR. John Parmenter. though not ~ well
known abroad. IL ,s,s.n.d n ono ~ th.
hest and most careful operators Ia New
York state He is under 90 wears old. and
is professor Of anatomy at the University
Of Buffalo
Or Eugen. Wasdin. surgeon of tho Ma
rine HospitN Drpartment ~ the United
State. stationed here. will 10 remsmher,d
as on. ~ the nEI-.rts det allied 10 investigate
yellow fever in Ciha during the recent war
He il about 90 wears old and an esp.rt
surgeon of more than local reputation
pr. W Ice. Of 81 Iouis. who assisted
in The op.rntion. IL meiiral director ~ the
Omaha Expo-ition and IL q ,lnois surgeon
Dr. Charles q stockton. = Buffalo, was
called into consultation h--ntls. Of his
s,or, of rn..dical knowIa,ia. lie L. r.rhau,
the bcs,.known physician In Buffalo
II, y "a Wilson Nbo Uns ,u charyc 90
tho .rn.ry,ncy bu-pitsl nj tn. time and
who was in charge Of the Pre- ii.n, until
the surgeons arrived. won A reputation
.arly in his csr,-.r IA. L. and has h.s,n
for thr,-, wear. rs-t surgeon AT Fort Porter.
/. connected with the stan ~ the Sisters
H,-pitaI and IL the sanitary officer of tho
Pan-Am.rican Exposition.
wAsHINaroN sept 7-Dr Presley VI.
RiSey. th. physician 81 IA. McKin inl.y family.
who /. with the Prr-id..n, in Buffalo. is a
medical Inspector IN IN. United States
! Navy. lie ~ Nirginian. born In Cul-
! peprer in that State. and a brother OF John
| Franklin Rixey. the Representative IN
: Congr-s, from the Eighth Virginia dis
trict
DIR. Rixey was appointed an assistant
surgeon in the regular navy on Jan. -.