New-York tribune., 1909-02-23
CAREER OF DIR. VI. T. BULL.

After a gallant fight Of nearly a year against the
ravages of the cancerous growth on his neck Dr.
W T Bull left this city for Savannah January
% on private car. He was accompanied By Mrs
Bull and Dr. John B. Walker, besides two nurses
from mis- sanatoriun. in East SD street
Dr.. Bull was in a hopeful frame OF mind He
said TO DIT Walker: Il am in splendid condition
have every confidence that the Southern sun, with
its warmth and strength giving properties viii
make me whole man again
Dr. Bull was born in Newport, r. l., May is. 1913.
It was in 1855, while he connected with the
Chambers Street Hospital, now the House Of Re
lief that Dr. Bull first came into prominence
There he invented new method OF treating gun
shot wounds in the abdomen- Formerly 81 per
cent of the operations of this kind had been fatal
To-day all surgeons Use~h:s methods. and the
chances of success are greatly in favor Of the
patient His ability a surgeon was soon recog-
nized and patients to him from every state
in the Union.
In 1sss he left the Chambers Street Hospital and
became consulting surgeon at St Luke's Hospital
and attending surgeon at the New York Hospital
He was also consulting surgeon at the Manhattan
Hospital and the Orthopedic Hospital and Dispen-
sary and surgeon in charge of the Hospital for
the Ruptured and Crippled and other institutions
In 1861 in company with DR.. John B. Walker, he
started a private sanatOrium at No. SO East SD
street and conducted it until 1897 when the Private
Hospftal Association was formed to conduct the
sanatorium, having as its members. besides Dr-
Buu rs Virgil P Ciibney. Clement Cleveland
William NJ Polk and John B. Walker
The I5rivate hospital idea. which then
IN this country was a great success, and this
sapatorium became known all over the world
In 1909 DR. Bull appointed chief surgeon at
Roosevelt Hospital to succeed DR.. Charles McBur-
new and was also consulting surgeon at j. Hood
Wright Hospital for time
Though a cancer specialist. Dr. Bull did not limit
himself TO operations of this kind In fact he was
considered of the pioneers in operating for ap-
nendicft.s During his connection with st. Luke's
on CAPTAIN Temple Edward Rose of London. which
attracted the attention of the medical world.
Another difficult operation performed by DR.. Bull
was on a twelve-year-old girl named Lillian Des-
mond In November. 1888. The girl became the vic
rim of catarrh in 1857. Because Of lack of proper
+raatnent her nose was finally destroyed. When
the vouugster was brought to the New York Hos
pitai as an experiment Dr. Bull cut heart shaped
flap of skin from her forehead Then he scarihed
the edges of what was left of the old brought
the hap of living skin forward and inserted be-
meath it two rolls of oiled cotton to guard the nos
triIs The skin grew together and within few
months her nose was almost as good as ever.
For a long time he believed that he had discov-
cred cure for cancer, for which he did years OF
research work. BY his method the surgeon first
operated on the growth. and then introduced the
germ OF eTySipelas.
Or Bull numbered among his patients many Of
the best known people in all parts of the country
He was physician for the family of the late Will
tam g whitney on whom he performed an opera
ton Among some of his other patients we're Mrs
Reginald c. Vanderbilt. kingdom Gould. the Duchess
of Marlborough the wife of ex-senator William a.
Clark, e. H. Hartman, George Crocker, Of San
Francisco; John D. Rockefeller and William NJ
Rice.
Dr. Bull always willing to operate on de-
serving charitable patient. Few persons knew the
extent Of his work without remuneration He was
an indefatgable operator and never spared himself
Dr. Bull had a splendid physique clear cut
strong face and we'll poised head Until afflicted
by his fatal malady he the picture Of health.
Among all those with whom he associated
patients physicians and nurses. he greatly ad-
mired because of his skill and gentleness He was
the author of numerous articles which appeared IN
medical publications in this country and abroad
most of them the subject of cancer. He was
member of the American Surgical Association. the
Practitioners Society. the Academy OF Medicine
and the New York County Medical Society. He
held Office nearly every organization with which
he was connected and member of the Har-
ward Century, UNIVERSITY. Racquet, Zeta Psi and
New York clubs In 1899 he married Mary Nevins
FIaine who was formerly the wife OF James G.
Blaine jr Besides his wife DR.. Bull leaves