The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-06
MEDICAL MEN
 HONOR CARMALT At State Banquet Here Physi- clan is Called the Best
 Known Surgeon in
 the Country. PRESIDENT HADLEY SPEAKS Yale Head Declares the Guest of Honor is Good Surgeon and
 Good Friend-Those
 Present.
PRESIDENT HADLEY SPEAKS

1 The faculty of the Yale Medical school, from whose number Dr. Will l Ham H. Carmalt has but recently re- signed, and over 150 medical men high in their profession about the state last night gathered at the New Haven house to do honor to him. The oc- casion was gala one. The doctors had left all thoughts of medicines and of sicknesses at their offices and sick rooms. They smoked with utter dis regard of the bad physical results and they drank-some of them, it is ru- mored-as if King Alcoho. was never anybody but the best friend the hu- man body could have
 A very creditable menu was sam plel at great length till after 10 o'clock when the speeches were begun and they lasted until long after the midnight hour.
 One of the hits of the evening was the singing of Dr. William J. Sheehan It must remember that the title of Doctor" was as common last night as Mister at an ordinary banquet l The medicine men were the whole thing. Dr. Sheehan sang the follow ing words to the tune of "The Stein Song:
 Give ringing cheer tonight boys, To the soul whom we revere
 For whose manly inspiration
 Gratefully we hold him dear.
 Chorus.
 Let us ever remember,
 From May till Lifes December
 William II. Carmalt
 Sing his praises loud and clear.
 (Repeat) With affection and devotion,
 Honor him until we die;
 And forget not that his precepts
 Guided us to things most high.
 (Chorus.) Give ringing cheer again boys, Make it full and clear and strong. That our hearts deep admiration
 May reverberate in song.
 (Chorus.)
 The menu gave Dr. Carmalt's at- tainments as follows: Lecturer on opthalmology and biology, 1876 to 1879; professor of orphalmology and otol- ogy, 1873 1881; professor of the principles and practice of surgery 1881 to 1907. Yale University at tending surgeon New Haven hos. pital, 1877 to r190S; consulting sur geon New Haven hospital; president oi the Connecticut Medical society. 1904. 1905; secretary of the American Con. gress of Physicians and Surgeons since 1888; and president of the American Surgical association.
 The postmaster was Frederick H Wheeler, of New Haven He said We are going to have a kind of sym posium tonight, with Billy (Dr. Car mal) as symposee. Each speaker vii V be limited to five minutes with the ex ception of myself" pr. Wheeler thel introduced the president of the Con necticut State Medical society, pr. E J. Mcknight. of Hartford.
 Dr. Mcknight said he considered hi great honor in representing the stat = association. Some one has said that ', is hard when a man has nothing [ tell for his age but his year. D1 Carmalt had much to show for hi age, he said. and he followed tha statement with a short biography Q V Dr. Carmalt from his election to tn state association in 1877 down to tn ? present time. In 1879 he delivered : dissertation on Some Limits in tn Y Use of the Thumb Screw In 1SS S2 and 'S3 he was again elected rep Y resentative of the New Haven Count j. Medical association to the state sc g ciety Tn 'So he was made presider u Of tine New Haven County association Q He was the first president of the stat association under the new constitution IL Dr. Mcknight said he thought th e present fiourishing condition of til s- state society was due largely to D Carmalts work He said he was tf J. best known surgeon in this countr, Id At the last meeting of the America te Surgical association he was electe ,r president. the highest honor that ca l. come to an American surgeon. "Tf 1- contemplation of his attainments is T. great and lasting joy to us all, I l. said. His work is written on Il hearts. the minds and lives of all us. a high ideal for the present an le all generations to come. In The next speaker introduced ws nt Dr. John F. Sullivan. of New Have l- Before ne was introduced. the toas st master read letters and teIegrams (Continued on Second Page.D