The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-01-22
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n WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. S.-Dr
& Walter Remsen Brinekerhoff, of Boston
assistant pathologist in the Harvard
Medical school, will, in all probability
take charge of the new station for the
treatment Of leprosy on Molokai. DR.
Walter Wyman, of the Marine Hospita
Service, has conferred with DR.. Brinck
erhoff, who was here a few days age
and expressed his Willingness to accept
the place. But DR.. Wyman has yet to
submit the matter to Secretary Shaw
for his approval and, until the Secre-
tary's approval has been had, nc off,
cial announcement of the appointment
can be made.
As soon as the appointment is official
ly announced, DIR. Wyman expects to be
able also to announce plans in some de-
tail for the operation and maintenance
of the station.
DIR. Brinckerhoff is a young man and
is very favorably spoken of in Boston.
He has been back there only few
months, since his trip to Manila, but his
work as a pathologist was so well
known that a place was awaiting him in
the Harvard Medical school, it having
been kept open in his absence.
Those who have been associated with
DR.. Brinckerhoff at the Harvard medi-
cal school and the Boston city hospital
assert that he is the most competent
man they know OF who could have been
selected for this difficult and RESPONSE
BILE task. Young, patient, persistent, en-
thusiastic, he is described as born in
vestigator, to whom his profession rep
resents all ambitions, hopes and de-
Sires.
DR.. Brinckerhoff was born in New
York July 4, 1874, the son of P. Rem
sen Brinckerhoff. The doctor was edu-
Gated in private schools in New York
City, but his father resided in Chicago
during the World S Fair, so the young
man prepared for college at the Harv-
ard school in that city.
DR.. Brinckerhof entered Harvard
with the class of '97, being student
at the Lawrence scientific school. Hej
was an athlets in college and was u
member of the Harvard cycle associa- |
tion. As a cyclist he was on the Mott !
Haven team in 1896.
He received his degree of NJ. D. from
the Harvard medical school in 1901, !
and his hospital service was at the Bos-
ton City hospital. There he was house
officer, then second and first assistant in
the pathological laboratory. He was
a great favorite of DIR. Mallory, head
of the pathological laboratory. Upon
completing his service at the hospital
DIR. Brinckerhoff went to the Harvard
medical school as an assistant to DR..
William T. Councilman, head of the de-
partment of pathology. From 1908 to
1905 he held the place OF assistant, but
last year was made an instructor
During 1902, when there was an out ]
break of smallpox in Boston DR.. Brinck- ;
erhoff devoted himself assiduousIv to
the investigation of the cases at Gal :
lups island. DR.. Carson, port physician, {
was in charge of the quarantine hospi- {
tai, and he permitted DR.. Brinckerhoff,
DIR. Ernest f. Tuzzer and Dr. Magrath !
to observe the development of the dis a
ease there +
DR.. Brinckerhoff gathered a large t
amount of valuable information from :
his observation of the patients and from h
autopsies. This material was used by v
DR.. Councilman during his investiga- e
ion, which resulted in the discovery of T
he smallpox protozoa, the microbe by
which the disease is transmitted to the a
human family Dr. Councilman has not b
esitated to indicate the value of DR.. :
s services. =
The young physician devoted six o
aonths TO investigation at the south de- o
'artment of the Boston city hospital.
n January. 1904. when further investi- q,
alton of smallpox was decided upon by ii
he Harvard medical school, DR.. Brinck- Il
rhOff and DR. Ernest +. Tuzzer were Il
ent to Manila. They remained there y
lore than a year gathering material ii
rom observation, autopsies and investi- la