The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-15

1 lures in Louisville, Ky, Nashville. Tenn, medical degrees from Bellevue Hospital Medical college in 1884. He was then given a partnership with his brother, Dr. J. D. S. Davis, in this city, who had an extensive practice, and after three years of active work he went to Europe, where he visited the hospitals in London. Ber- lin and Vienna. Upon his return to this country Dr. Davis resumed his practice in this city, and with his brother estab- lished an infirmary, which is one of the celebrated private hospitals in the south.
 This but briefly refers to his career as a there, nor was 1t his wonderful skill and fame as a surgeon that alone awakened so sincere a sorrow in the hearts of thousands on yesterday. This lament for one who in life drew to him men and women of high and low station, one whose sympathies were llmitless, and whose heart pulsated with human kind ness, could not have been a more notable personal tribute
 The great surgeon had been repeatedly honored with office As early as 1891 Dr. Davis was elected president of the Tri-State Medical society of Alabama. Georgia and Tennessee to succeed the late pr. Robert Battey. of Rome, Ga He had been secretary of the American Medi- cal association, a member of the judicial council, and a member of the medical congress- honorary Fellow of the New York State Medical society and of the Louisiana State Medical association, and member of the Alabama State Board oi Medical examiners.
 Dr. Davis was professor of gynecology and abdominal surgery of the Birming' ham Medical college; president of thu Southern Surgical and Genealogical as sociation; ex-president of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gyne cologists; ex-president of the section or diseases of women and obstetricts of thS Americans Medical association; honorary president of the section on abdominal sur gerry of the first Pan-American society; g member of the executive committee of tht surgical section and member of the gen eral business committee of the associa' ton.
 Was Public Spirited.
 He was a Fellow of the Amercian As sociation of Obstetriclans and Gynecolo gists. and also of the British Gynecol ogioal society.
 l Of all the honors that came to hin l in his brief career, 1t is improbable tha' | .ty hal of yesterday ever occurred in the remot est way to those who were associated with him. And least of all would sucf recognition have ever presented itself tt his own mind Probably of his many honors outside of his association with th' organization he founded, the appointment to Rome just before his death was re garded by him as of greatest distinction
 It is difficult to attempt any estimat' l of even so brief a life, and well nigl impossible to adequately conceive thu part he would have taken in public af fairs of the future had he lived to ma ture age He was intensely interested fl Birminghams progress and was deepl. concerned in every movement that per tained to her advancement. He was pub lie spirited to a marked degree. He de sired to see Birmingham a great ant magnificent city and had he lived thii city would have seen other monument! 1 to his work He would have adjusted himself to the changing conditions, but in the complexity of things he would have adhered to those fixed principals of his life that made him the foremost citizer of Birmingham.