The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1907-01-12
He Has Recently Been Honored by Plus x
Conferring Upon Him the Cross
Of the Order Of St. Gregory.
Always Ready With His Time, Money and
Thought to Aid Any Movement
That Might Help Ireland.

objects Of the deepest pity. That they
should have been eventually cured
was owing to the patience, the persis-
[ence' tho ingenuity, tho thoroughly
good surgery. and the faithful work of
'ne who felt for them so deeply that
nc would not give up the task which
had discouraged others.
DIR. Emmet's work did not consist
Oh brilliant operative surgery. His
forte was never manning onera+;v.
work. but, on the contrary. construc.
1--WE surgery. He did more. probably,
FOR the surgery OF repair than any mar.
VIII" lived during the nineteenth CEN
,ury. He showed that under the most
circumstances tissues
might be slipped aside, transferred
from one portion to another. ana do.
1ects of tissue thus made up for tha,
which seemed entirely beyond the do
main of surgical repair. The, principle,
which he thus established have. sin.,.s$,,
been employed to other parts. beside. =
those in which they were originally
employed and Enmet's success ha,,
encouraged men to go beyond even
what he did in this matter and do IL.
in what in some cases are wonderful
results. 1t is such precious incentive
to apply the principles that they have
seen exemplified that makes the bet
ter part of the relationship OF mas
ter and pupil and Emmett has had
many disciples and they have gone out
all over this country to do the surgery
of repair.
Certain other things, however, DIR.
Emmett succeeded in doing very ad.
while accomplishing SO much
In constructive surgery. Working in
the tissues that wero SO liable to be
unclean he learned the valuable ne
ccssity for absolute cleanliness in sur
gerry. This was long before the days
when asceptic surgery was to be the
rule. Ernnet declared, however. that
death for many a patient lurked be
meath the fingernails Of tho surgeon
and his own regulations with regard TO
cleanliness and tho extensive use or
baths and the FREQ employment Of soap
and water gave Some Of the first hints
of the era OF asepsis that was como at
the end Of the nineteenth century.
Dr. Emmet was ono Of those who Gre.
atcd the atmosphere in which was to
flourish so readily the newer ideas
In this. as In surgery Of repair, DR..
Ennet was a great pioneer.
His association with the Wolnen's
Hospital in New York gave that iusti-
tuition {; worldwide reputation, From
all over the United States physicians
young and old. hocked to sit at the
seat of 1c1nmet and see him do his won
derful operations and carefully observe
his methods. Foreign surgeons. who
came to this country wanted first Of
all to see him at work. When his
textbook was published it appeared
simultaneously in England and there
was a large demand for it. Almost
Immediately it was translated into
German and little later into French.
Italian colleagues read the French edi-
ton, but it seemed as IL sunlcient in
terest to make a special Spanish trans
lation. This will give some idea Of the
vital interest Of his work. He was
one Of the first American teachers of
medicine who taught the world. Five
years ago when the Professor Of Anss-
|omy at the University Of Berlin, Prot.
Waldeyer, came to attend the bi-csn-
tenary Of Yale University. he visited
!sll our medical institutions. and sur
|prised at their completeness and the
good work that was being done in then,
said that in the next decade German
students Of medicine ana especially OF
surgery who wanted to feel that they
were up to tho level Of what was best
lin their profession should not prac-