The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-11-09

ven llnolun Physician
And Surgeon Passes Away

lhe community was shocked tnls
morning when it learned the sad in.
telligenee ofsDr. Jta1n R, Cooks death,
Dissolution came this morning at 1886
o'clock Double lobar pneumonia was
me Immediate cause or his death.
Dfs Cook while performing an oper-
alton on September IA pierced his fin.
ser with a needle that had been used
70 close an tncision. His finger be-
came Infected. Blood poison develop,
Cd and on September 21 he took his
he'd. Since that time until his death
he suffered intensely
The best men in the medical pro-
aession were summoned tn his bedside
and CONSULTATION with other eminent
physlcians together with the constant
care Of local doctors, all was done
that codld be done to restore the sick
man to HIS former health, but efforts
proved futile. Three days ago there
was a recurrence of the first symp.
toms. Later pneumonia developed
and at onethirty O'Clock this morning
his temperature reached 1O6 degrees.
Later his temperature registered 1O7
rs. DR.. Dtrrett said that this was
the highest temperature that he ever
saw.
Drs.,I. j, Dnrrett, D. G. Johnson, Hal
Hall and Warder, of Grafton, were at
DR.. Cooks bedside when he died. Dr.
aIackin, Of Grafton, was here earlier
ii the night. DR.. Dnyett held a con-
snltation with DR.. Barker. OF Johns
Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. 3,
The grief stricken family Is pros.
trated over the loss. All the. members
~ the family are here except Miss
ouise, who is a student at ihgtAeryIlle
Maryland. she had been advised Of
her fathers serious illness and will
arrive home this evening on train No.
s5
pF Cook leaves 9 asife. and four.
children to mourn for him Miss Lou
ise isthe Oldest child, The other chill.
tlren are: walter. aged IA; a member
Of the senior class Of the High school;
Virginia, aged s5years, and John, aged
years. Mrs. Cooks maiden name
was Miss Susie Watts Her home was
In strausburg, Va. She was daughter
OF a prominent Methodist minister.
pr, Jchn R. Cook was born in Or
ange county, Virginia, in 1884, Upon
leaving school he entered Jefferson
Medical College, Philadelphia, from
which he graduated in 1884, when in
his twenty.first year He Immediately
began the practice of his profession at
Dayton, Va. Later he moved to Nc,
Dowell, Virginia. where he practiced
four years. From Virginia he came
to this county, opening an office at
Montana, He was appointed physician
ITO the Montana Coal and Coke Com.
pany and remained with the company
tstwelye years. In June. 1897, he moved
TO this city and has been actIvly en-.
gagei in the practice of medicine and
surgery until his recent illness. DR..
Cook was an apt student AMI close
reader OF, medical literature. Hc nc
elected no opportunity to become thor.
ouhgly familiar with the latest discov.
cries in medicine and modern surgery.
He was uD-to-date in all that pertained
TO the science of his profession. This
combined with a large general practlce
gave him thorough comprehension
of the ills of the human body
Itwas Doctor Cook who conceived
the idea that Fairmont needed a hos.
pital. His first effort towards this
endEwas the admission Of patients to
his nome, where special care and at
tention was given them. He started
this scheme in October. 1892. Socn
his home became too small to accom-
modate the demands. A larger build