The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-02-11
| DR.. EDWARD G. JANEWAY DEAD
FAMOUS AS 4 DIAGNOSTICIAN
AND PATHOLOGTST.
Ions Active as Teacher and Practitioner
Of Mctlcine-Serypda as Commissioners
OF Health for seven Years served IN
the Ciyil War as q Medical cadet.

Or. Edward Gamaliel Jancway, who
died at his country home at Summit,
n. j.. yesterday. stood high in the esti-
nation Of the medical profession of tho
country as specialist and writer on
medical topics and as n practitioner OF
unusual brilliancy. As n diagnosticinn
and pathologist he ranked at the head
OF his profession in New York
He was born in Middlesex county.
n. j.. August 81. 1891. After preparing
in the public schools he entered Rutgers
College with the class Of 1860. After re-
ceiving his bachelors degree at Rutgers
he entered the Columbia College of Physi-
clans and Surgeons with the class of 1884.
That was during war times and when the
great stream ofwounded soldiers came up
from Southern battlefelds there was need
of every 'edglng physician and surgeon
who could be found. With the other
members of his class young Janeway
served in the United States Army Hos
pital at Newark. n. j.. in 1928 as n
medical cadet. After 1853 he returned to
the medical college and succeeded in
graduating with his class.
When he had received his degree OF
NJ -. DR.. Janeway took up practice for
twoyears Then he became curator Of the
Bellevue Hospital Medical College. thereby
| forming an association which con
tinued for many years. He held this
| Office for six years and in 1872 he became
visiting surgeon at Bellevue. a position
which he continued to hold until 1892
| From 1872 to 1875 he was professor OF
pathology and anatomy at the institu
ton and demonstration of anatomy for
three years thereafter.
In tho midst of his duties as teacher
and his practising DR.. Janeway found
time to serve az Commissioner of Health
for New York city from 1878 to 1882. In
the course of his lifetime he held many
other public offices within the province
of his profession. He became n member
of the commission of conference OF the
Health Department and of the Academy
Of Medicine in 1887. During the cholera
scare of 1892 he was member of the ad-
visory committee Of the Chamber of Com
merce.
After serving several years as a pro-
fessor OF diseases of the mind and the
nervous system in the Bellevue Hospital
Medical College. Dr.. Janeway assumed
institution. In 1892 he went to the New
York University medical school in the
same capacity and from 1898 TO 1905 he was
a dean at the school.
During the later years OF his life DR..
Janeway spent much Of his time in the
llnNeStIRutlOH Ol tIle prevention Oh tuDeI-
culosis. In the course of his efforts in
this line he practised much quiet philan-
thropy. He was at various times visit
ing and consulting physician of the
Charity Hospital Of the Mount Sinai
Hospital of the Presbyterian Hospital
and the Hospital for Ruptured and Grip
pied Children.
Among DR.. Janeway's published works
was his Pathological Report Of Autopsies
Made in Bellevue Hospital" He was a
member of the Century. National Arts.
Tuxedo and CITY clubs and of the Asso-
citation of American Physicians.
DR.. Theodore &, Janeway of l3i East
Sixtieth street is his SON