The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-22
DIR. JOHNSTON'S body
TO REACH HERE TODAY
His Sudden Death a Shock
to the National Capital.
ILLNESS OF SHORT DURATION
Arrangements for the Funeral Not Yet
PeTfected-His Demise Removes From
the Sphere Of Activity One of the
CountTy's Most Prominent Physicians.

The remains Of DR.. W w Johnston. the
eminent Washington physician. who died
al Atlantic City, n. J., AT an early hour
this morning. are expected TO arrive in
Washington at 3.40 O'Clock this afternoon
DR.. Johns;7n was taken i'll two weeks
ago. but became so much better that he
was able to 90 TO Atlantic City the early
part OF this week. on Thursday night he
was suddenly taken very IN again with
angina pectoris. disease Of the heart.
and his son, Dr. William B Johnson. II
Johns Hopkins University. was sent for.
DR. Johnston's wife and his daughter.
Mrs. Rensselaer,. Of this city and Drs.
Hardin and Frye. accompanied the disti--
guished surgeon cp his trip 30 the sea
shore On Friday Dr. Johnston grew very
much worse and died shortly after ,
O'Clock this morning.
A Leading Medical Authority.
DR.. W. w Johnston was not only the
most prominent physician OF Washington
bait was reeo gHized by the members Of
the medical professicn as one Of the lead
ing medical authorities OF his time He
was born IN Washington Hfty-nine years
ago. and received his early education here
He graduated 81 the University Of Penn
sylvania Medical college in 1865. and from
skers went to Scotland. wnere he pursued
The study Of his chosen science for several
years. From there ne vent 10 the con
tiBenJ Of Europe taking final course in
Paris.
Father Was a Physician.
Dr. Johnson's father. DR. ". p Johnson.
was fer many years one CT the most prom
ineut and best known physicians in Wash
inston. and when the son retured from
Europe in 1865 the two were associated in
practice. The younger Dr. Johnstons
success was in no way due. however. to
The prestige which his father had built up.
but to his own eHors. His delight In mis-
profession amounted almost TO a passlsA
for it. and for period Of over twenty
years he worked almost continuously. His
vacations were almost always spent in the
Investigation CT some Important or inter
esting case.
The loss to the medical profession can as
yet be hardly appreciated. The science Of
medicine has been gaiEer through the
indefatigable labor Of Dr. Johnston almost
from the time that he took up the practice
OF the profession. He is zLown through
ont the United States anc England for his
lectures and writings on various subjects
embodying the results Of his independent
Investigations. Although handling the
largest and most remunerative praeticc
in Washington. Dr. Johnston found time
to contribute TO numerous standard medi-
cal works, and to take charge OF class
the Columbian University
Some of HIS Spscialties
Although not a specialist as he pre-
ferred the broader HeId OF general prac-
tice. Dr. Johnston was recognized as an
authority on the diseases Of the alimen-
tary canal. and his writings and lectures
on the subjects If typhoid fever and dis
/ eases of the lungs are accepted as stand
ard.
On his return frcm Edinburgh Univers-
/ ity. where he had spent several years as
| the private pupil af The famous Dr. John
( Hughes Bennett, he INTRODUCED for the
first time in Washington the conservative
method Of treatment. which consists in
treating the patient largely with rest and
I food rather than with drugs as was the
! former practice. For over thirty years
ne had been the professor Of theory and
/ practice at the Columbian University and