The Washington times., 1902-03-23
Remains to Be Inferred
Privately in Family Lot
at Oak Hill.
SERVICES AT ST. THOMAS
Honorary Pailbearers to Be Selected
From Districts Most Prominent Cit
izens-Long and Honorable Career of
Wsshington's Distinguished Physician

The funeral Of DIR. William WaTins
Johnston, the eminent physician, who
Sled OF heart failure at Atlantic City
early Saturday morning. will be held at
St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Eighteenth
and Madison Streets northwest tomor-
row afternoon at o'clock, Rev. J. A.
Aspiawail the rector OF the church, Off
ciating. The interment. which will be
private. will be made in Oak Hill Gem
etery. The honorary pallbearcrs are
among the most prominent citizens OF the
District
Dr. Johnston was taken i'll about two
weeks ago, with an attack OF indigestion
He was confined to his bed for several
days. but last Monday became so much
better that it was decided to remove him
to Atlantic City. The improvement hoped
for from the change was not so great as
had been expected. and Drs. Hardin ans.
Frye. OF this city, and DR.. Osler. of Balti-
more, went TO see him. On Thursday
night he was worse. the action OF the
heart being very weak. and on Saturday
morning he died OF angina pectoris His
wife. his daughter, Mrs. Van Rensselaer,.
OF this city. and his son. DR.. William b.
Johnston, OF Johns Hopkins University.
Baltimore. were with him at the time Of
his death The body was brought 10 this
city yesterday afternoon and taken to his
late residence. 1868 X Street.
His Honorable Career.
DR.. William Waring Johnston was born
in Washington December Is, 1S42. His
early education was received in private
schools and in ST. Johns College. Mary
land. In 1865 he graduated from the medi-
cal department of the University OF Penn
sylyania. and then went abroad to con
tiuue the study OF medicine.
At The University of Edinburgh. Scot
land. he enjoyed the advantage of being
the priv ate pupil OF DR.. John Hughes Ben
nett living with that eminent physician
and studying under him for a period Of
TWO years. At the expiration of that time
he went 10 Paris for the purpose of com
pleting his medical education. and from
the latter city went to New York City to
work for some time in the hospitals there.
In 1865 he entered the practice of medi- |
CiLe in this city, being associated with his |
father, William Patrick Johnston. william !
Patrick Johnston, like his son, WAS the
head of the medical profession OF his day
in Washington. He was one OF The found
ers OF the Children's Hospital, and 4
leader and director of opinion. Dr. Will
liam Naring Johnston succeeded TO his
fathers practice and prestige in the com
munity, and added fresh laurels to the |
family fame by his own indefatigable |
energy.
Columbian University Faculty.
Since 1871 he had been 4 member of the |
faculty of the Columbian University, and /
at the tine of his death WAS the professor
OF theory and practice in that institution.
He was member of the Association of
American Physicians, and president of the
Medical and the Obstetrical and Gyne-
Geological Societies OF the District of Co.
Iumbia. AS writer and lecturer in the
field Of his chosen science, Dr. Johnston's
fame was widespread.
DR.. Johnston was the friend and col
labCrator Of the celebrated Philadelphia
physician, DR.. William Pepper. He con-
tributed largely 20 DR.. Peppers standard
work. The System and Practice Of Medi-
cine Il is said that the tastes. working
methods, and even personal appearance Of
DR.. Pepper and Dr. Johnston were strik-
ingly similar. Both exhibited indefatiga-
bic energy and ambition in their practice
and Investigations and both died Of heart
disease
DR.. Johnston was not specialist, pre-
ferring the broader field of general prac-
tice and research. In both lines he has
stamped his vigorous and intellectual
personality deeply upon the medical his
tory OF his time. He first introduced into
the District of Columbia the modern
method Of the treatment of disease which
relies not so much upon drugs as upon
the treatment OF the patient with rest
and proper food. His writings and lee
lures upon affections OF the lungs dis
eases of the alimentary canal, and typhoid
fever, the result OF individual and iude-
pendent research along those lines, are
recognized by the medical profession
throughout the country as standard au-
tho-ities.
An Eminent Practitioner
Not only was DR.. Johnston accorded by
his fellow physicians OF the District of
Columbia the place OF the most emf
nent practitioner among them but he was
recognized throughout the whole country
as one of the leaders of the medical
thought in the age in which he lived. 4,
His personal characteristics endeared him .
to the hearts OF his patients. and he had
The firm and calm manner which inspires
confidence and allays apprehension. He
lld not spare hlmSeH IN the interest Of Z
his profession. and his delight in his
work amounted to almost a passion for it,
Many OF his vacations were spent, not in S
he rest which lie had earned, but in the J
Investigation Of important and inter- =
sstng cases.
He did great deal of work. in and out }
Of the hospitals, for which he received !
and expected no pay. II was not alone '
Unique or puzzling cases which he desired =
10 study from a scientific standpoint |
which he took without remuneration, but
min!stered to multitudes of the poverty 7
stricken. ]
The names OF Dr. Johnston's patients =
comprise some of the most illustrious in
he history of the country during the last Il
hirty years. In that period Of time he !,
las been called upon either as consulting Il
,hysician, or physician in charge, to min !,
ster TO most of the prominent people in | II
he District OF Columbia. He had charge -
4 the cases of the late Judge Walter Q. .,
iresbam. John Sherman, James G. Blaine
nd others. Dr. Johnston was called upon r.,
fter the assassination Of the late Presf- 4,
ent Mckinley. but arrived TOO la to be
( any assistance. II IS stated that his
ees were, considering the wealth and
romincnce Of his patients and his ou-p