New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-05

Doubleday. Iafe y 60.
TuY RrIOvTD PHYSICIAN EDWARD Nv
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"The vhvsician." wrote Robert Louis
Stevenson. els the flower such as 1t isl
Of our civilization: and when that
stage - mar IS done with. and only
remembered 20 hc marvellcd at IN his
tory. he viii be thought 70 have shared
as ltte as any in the defects OF the
period. and most notably exhibited the
virtues q the race
No two men ever differed more rad
icallv IN temperament than Edward
livingston Trudcau and his illustrious
rati,ut Stevcnson's optimism, ms IN
concuerable chcerfulness and courage
through lingering illness ana suHerihH'
has been sufficiently celebrated by
many of his friends and ADMIRERS ou'
IN cualty j. was distinct from Iru-
deau's The distinction is worth oWeH-
inc upon. FOR optimism was unqueS-
,.crebiv The most powerful motive
force In Trudeaus useful, almost IN
cxampled. career i'm his last pubic
address. quoted in part by way OF
preface 70 Mr. Stephen Chalmers's al
nirsble little memoir, lie SAID; As i
look hack on my medical HE the one
thing that stands out as having been
most helpful 20 me and when mas
mailed me more than anything else 70
srcorprsh whatever ! have been able
70 do seems 10 me 70 have been that
was ever possessed OF a fund OF
optimism. indeed, st times optinisinl
was about the only resource had ~
with which TO face most uniaVoraole
conditions and overcome serious oO-
stacles.' 49,
7, would not be just 20 say thai
Stevenson evaded the Obstacles puv IL
would fair have shut his eyes 70 tneh'
l. was bv kind Of denial Of diihcuitles
mat he surmounted them; he shrank
i,e+irrt-vely from what was repeHe"S
~ uncomfortable in life, whereas ru-
leau faced y steadfastly, learned 70
sccept II and with unfailng perse
verance achieved q mastery over ~
Thee is no more Illuminating passage
~ Trudeau's fascinating autobiography
80 +bat in which ne describes steven
cons visit 20 Sararac Lake IN loo - 90
-, Is hardly 90 be wondered A. ne
s,ri+es. CHAT we ala not agree on man!
tonics. for our interests ara our pun
a view on many subjects were uVIeI-s
AZ variance. Ny life interests
Iov-6 mn in the study Of facts, ana IN
49, Toborotorv | bowed daily to the
,,eiee+v Of fact. wherever Il might
go NJ Stevenson's view was 10
i(.ro-o or avoid as much as posslD!e
,,rrleoean, facts and live in q beauu,
~ strenuous and ideal world OF
rsrcr lie didn't care 10 80 10 the
ca,,tsri,ro with me or see the Laoofa-
-, because 20 him these were uh-
pleasant things" When atrast nc Na'
Iior-re5ed his uneasiness was apparent
and as he left hastily ne salG' ~ y.
Ias, vour light may be very o!iehI "
80 we, t;,, 10 ne It smells OF oil Ike inc
Tbere is no smell Of oil in the his
80 nv Trudeaus life as ne teilS
rTis outlook on the world was 700
-, TOO comprehensive TO be as
lorcer.ed bv unpleasant circumstances
oven bv his own suNerings OF lnVts
,bsr twoscore years he sIues!FsN
AGAINST the foe he had devoteo nls ~
20 conquer; living constantly aAo anu,
tbe SICK. himself disabled lIeque"-.'
Tor long periods, he never los. CoSi e. O.,
never for d moment iaiIeI 70 AZ.
the light. A quality OF iueai!Sil .,',.h
80 ~ Stevenson carried MN thtouen
nn die5culties and taught him to iorgel
20 own troubles. Il have been IN thc
IN ~ the tiger and in bed now t9'', loI
~ ,.oels" ne wrote 10 SIR NAlia.'
ogor ON one occasion, but II my Dou'
Lareesed and shrivelled by disease
INV soul Is full Of hope. 80, $500,
re- was characteristic Of the man.
II fai4b never failed him. i kno"
ION hate sentiment" he wrote again !"
49, le.ter 10 the same correspond
. "but with some Of US sentimehy
Id for good deal, and Is re@l
fsctor In the problems OF me, ~ -
of,en the very spirit OF that mysterious
90 which governs our actiohs F"u
sbanes our lives after certain 'ue"'S
I'd 10 my mind no held oHeis SUE
aHo S,ities for the development OF
high ideals as does tne meu'S@' pia,.
Eass;on" II ever there was pnyslcIai.
80 lived up 10 the highest ideals OF
lie profession IL was Trudeau. IN ms
I'm story we find nothing but graz
,n5o and recognition Of those VINO
beIred him In his great work. mere
he no conscious repression, but com
nle.s absence OF vanity. A genuine IN
diFerence 10 fame and popular sp,
nlause tends 20 obscure the genius ana
orieiualitv Of the man himself
For Trudeau was a pioneer lue
etoty Of his life IS essentially the story
of What has been done in this country
fo FIGHT the most destructive OF mice
Eous diseases 10 10 difficult Tor Il
NOR. ger generation TO realize that me
<srnmonplaces Of to-day were heresles
on Trldeau's youth. When Irudeau as
"a bow was nursing his tuoerculous
brother in his last illness he was
warned especially "never 20 open me
windows. as 10 would aggravate the
cough" When. years after, he hrst
vcntured 20 speak 20 one OF hls elder
colleagues OF Koch's great discovery, 1t
Was onlv 90 learn that he ID ant be
neve much IN germs" Through all
fine changes and revolutions that have
.cen witnessed In the last thirty years
Trudcau's conception Of the problem
mas sill held good. II IS difficult 70
estimate the good that has come Of the
min he made 20 the Adrondacks in
1872 after what was az that time re-
rarded as little better than q sentence
IN death. But, cit was not many years
before new hope, hope which II
Mss part Of my life's work 10 help de-
,aion and demonstrate, could honestly
Le.leld out 20 pat ents; for the disgno-
lis of tuberculosis does not now carry
the sinister meaning that attached 10
~ in the carly seventies
TIE autobiography Is much more
.ha, narrative OF Dr. Trudeau's great
york IL is an absorblngly interesting