The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-03-22
A NOTED CATHOLIC PHYSICIAN.

A NOTED CATHOLIC PHYSICIAN.
1t is now nineteen years since DIR.
John Culinary Shea, the eminent his
torian of the American church. be-
came the recipient of the first Laetare
medal conferred by the University of
Notre Dame upon those American lay
men and women who have become dis
tinguished for the part they have talk
en- in the service of religion, the COM
mon veal, art, education or science.
AS it's name might Indicate the medal
is conferred on Laetare Sunday, the
fourth Sunday in Lent. Year after
year, as the appointed time. comes
around, the trustees of the University
are called upon to make a selection
from among those whose lives have
made them worthy to be looked upon
with such favor, says the Intermoun-
tain Catholic. The following is the Or
der which has been observed in the
choice of those who have already re-
ceived this mark of recognition:
In 1888, DR. John Culinary Shea was
the medalist, as stated above; in 1884.
the honor was conferred upon Patrick
Kelley, the Catholic architect, who
devoted his life to the construction of
magnificent temples of worship; in
1885, q woman was selected, the late
Eliza Ann Starr, poet and artist; in
1886 General John Newton became a
member OF this distinguished COM
pany; in 1887 the person to whom the
medal was rendered declined the prof
fered honor for reasons of humility,
and desired that his name should not
be given to the public; in 1888 an ed
itor was chosen, Commentators ?. V.
Hickey; in 1889 an eminent novelist,
Mrs. Anna Hanson Dorsey, was added
to the list; in 1890 Hon. William J.
Onahan beanie the medalist. Follow
ing these in regular succession are. to
be mentioned the names of Daniel
Dougherty, DIR. Henry II. Brownson,
Patrick Donahoe, Augustin DAILY, Mrs.
Anna T.. Sadlier, General Rosecrans,
DIR. Thomas Adds Emmett, Hon. Tim
othy Howard, Mary Gwendolen Cald-
well, John A. Creighton and Hon. w.
BOurke Cochran.
This year the honor goes to Chicago
for the third time in the history of the
medal. 1t is worthy to note also that
in selecting DR.. John B. Murphy on
this occasion, the trustees of the uni
versity turn for the second time to the
medical profession in their desire to
pay tribute to the eminent men and
women whose labors beyond the rail
ing of the sanctuary rebound to the
glory of the Catholic church in Amer
lea.
DR.. John Benjamin Murphy, of Chi
cago, was born Dec. 81, 1857, in APP
pleton, Wis. He received his early ed
ucation in the public schools Of that
city, and graduated from the high
school i'll 49,. He tools up the study
of medicine under his preceptor, Dr.
John r. Reilly, of Appleton, Wis. He
entered Rush Medical college and
graduated from that institution in
1870. He was the successful candi-
date from that college for the inferno
ship in Cook county hospital, and be-
gan his services there Feb. 1. 1879.
His service terminated Oct /, $780,
He then became an associate in prac-
tice of DR.. Edward w. Lee one of the
then attending surgeons of the hospi
tai (which association lasted for pc
Rod of ten years. In September. 1882,
he went to Europe to pursue his stud
les in the great hospitals of the vari-
GUS European cities, namely, Vienna,
Heidelberg, Munich. Berlin and Lon
don. returning in April, 1884. Since
that time he, has practiced medicine.
and latterly exclusively surgery, in
Chicago. He is professor of clinical
surgery in the Medical school of
the Northwestern university Chicago
Medical college,: professor of surgery
in the Chicago Clinical school and in
the Postgraduate Medical School and
Hospital of Chicago. He is attending
surgeon to Cook county hospital,
which position he has held for sixteen
years; consulting surgeon to the Alex
ian Brothers hospital: attending sur
geon to the West Side hospitals: chief
to Mercy hospitals; consulting
surgeon to st. Joseph's hospital and
the hospital for crippled children.
He is Il member of the American
association, the American AS
ISOLATION of Obstretricians and Gyne-
cologists. a member of the internation-
nj congresses of Rome and Moscow, a
life member Of the Deutsche Gesells-
chaft fur Chirurgie, a member of the
Society of Paris, a fellow of
the Academy Of Medicine of Chicago,
and of the Chicago Surgical society.
DR.. Murphy's professional writings
are, as one might suppose, the natural
result of wide experience, deep re-
search and Christian disposition,
which prompts the man of science to
spread abroad the fruits Of his knowl-
edge. In his practice of surgery, DIR.
is highly gifted with that ex-
cellent quality of mind which carries