The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-12

in n green and hule old age. TO DO shonor
TO the memory of It's illustrlous founder.
The published works of Dr. Chapman, are
many; too many to be enumerated here.
They are Ell marked BY fidelity to the
by elegance Of finish, and BY that sign
by which one knows most surely the
product of a scientific mind, the orderly,
ice nd wns Il
Medca, on his work on the Elements 8. o. I,
Therapeutics and Materin Medica, may y,
chapan's fame as q medical e! writer l,,an
safely be declared that 1t does no dis
credit III Its view nor In It's presentation
I to him who was the foremost OF his day,
and marks him as n man who protected
into any other age might we'll become
foremost of that day.
With honors thick upon |, n him. n, a s,,sh
seycnty-three years OF IA lie tro4 81 sH h,i
Nathaniel Chapman died in
Joseph Hartshorne.
From the same part of Virginia as Pr.
Chapman, came joseph Hartshorne. VINO WIZ,
was born at Alexandria, III 10y Lame =.
previously studious habits, he decided on
medicine as profession and, having
read with Craik or Alexnndra, ne Went NJ
a hospital andfentered the university as
a student. After graduation. DR.. hart
shorne returned to the Pennsylvnnla, HOS =
Dltal ana LOT i've YEARS B IcWf SlSttois
ability and repute, assuming, charge Of
the outdoor work and recording an as
founding number and variety OF ca s sc,
He added to his knowledge OF men ana ,li
of books acquired, at least in part, that
habit of exhaustive thinking, for which
he was well known, by a service OF con on
siderable duration as surgeon IN ne
Trade and at last settled down in Phila-
,,delphia, where he soon built up an
enormous surgical I. and general practice.
the PENNSYLVANIA Hospital: but the care
of his private practice forced him 70
reslrn, and this same over-occupation
OF his time made it impossible for him
Another Of these Virginians, almost
precisely contemporary with Hartshorne
was William Horner, who was born IN
yNa1.renton in 1888 and died in. Philadelphia
in 1853. His early education was re-
ceived in his home schools and he began
medical work as a pupil Of Spence, With
whom he continued to study ld until ls ~
University Of Pennsylvania during the
same time. He was surgeon or mate IN;
the War Of 1872 and early n LIS, ISIS, e
coming assistant to the celebrated Wis
tar, then to his successor Doctor Dorsey.
and to Doctor Fhysic. who succeeded
ton, Horner3 yas made professor Of Anat-
osny. This place he held until his death
and with ever growing power,
''Horner made an imumense number Of
preparations, Of =, which many GeI y, were e re-
yersity and they are now In the !. astar
Doctor Horner was a very considerahie
ture Of medicine. Some Of his books
have gone through many editions md
his Anatomical Atlas, especially, ACQUIRED
great eelebrity Els name pbs Ms
culus Horneri. which he first located.
Weir Mitchell's Father.
John HERSHEY Mitchell was another
Born in jefferson county,; ne went TO his
mothers , relatives s; IN seotland where,
common qualities as a school boy. and
imbibed genuine love of literature
which kept Insisting on recognition, even
On his return to America he became a
pupil of Nathaniel Chapman, and. enter
Ing the University. OF, PENNSYLVANIA. he
at sea- and 1t must have been the at
fractions of opposites which directed his
attention especallyGto s. nervous diseases
be cursed wthffew&ne as they are
blessed with many wives. Coming to live
In Philadelphia,,M Mitchell soon grew to
be distinguished in the treatment Of ner-
general practice, and was selected in 1924
to lecture in the Philadelphia Medical
Institute, where he became professor of
Chemistry in 1926. This post he filled for
seven years and left; to / give -. q ti ,
Franklin Institute. From this position
he was elected to nj the chair Of Theory
which, work he continued to do for the
seventeen years from 1871 to his death
In 1855. Doctor Mitchell was at the head
of large private practice for a number
of years and on as many as two ocuca-
sions. certainly, rendered services which
were publicly recogni lie when his abili-
him peculiarly useful in times Of pcsti-
lence Ills post as visiting physsi,eilan to
phia, gave him great authority In sug-
costing what was wisest to be done In
days of need. and the same character
which urged Doctor Mitchell not to spare
himself, In any service which he under
took, forbade his sparng his subirdi.
mates. Mitchell was an excellent scholar
Of the classic poetry and no mean cons
poser of English verse. He Is said to
have been exceptionally pleasing In his
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