The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-06

 died yesterday at Roosevelt Hospital. of angina pectoris. an agonizing disease of the heart was one of the most forccfuI men of his profession in this city. He was a tirelcss student, a man of strong con victiOns, and strongly devoted to experimental and laboratory work. Nevertheless he was an active practitioner and did for years the work that falls to the lot of a family physician. He had specialized in diseases of the nerves, was a devoted disciple of Pasteur. and inter ested as well in the creation of public institutions for the treatment of tuberculosis.
 Dr. Haskell was a slender, boyish looking man, and retained the ap- pearance of extreme youth even after his hair was silver white. The Opin- ions that he had he defended fear ]essly. He was during many years a doctor militant of the Bridgeport Medical Society, and rushed into the lists with voice or pen whenever any medical theorem was under fire. Dr Haskell took a prominent par1 in the contest which occurred during the term of Mayor Henry Lee, to re- peal the rule which required school children to submit themselves to compulsory vaccination. Dr. Haskell was an ardent champion of the Jen- nerian cult, and when the Compulsion was repealed, he was much disap- pointed. and predicted an early epi- demic of small pox, which has not ar rived, though more than q decade has elapsed
 pr. Haskelps opponent in this memorable contest was the late Major Thomas L. Boudren, who was then about 70 years of age, a veteran of the Civil War, a fighter from the drop of the hat. and an anti-vacciu- atiOnist known throughout the world Dr. Haskell was born in Wood stock, Vt, 56 years ago. Before he was Is years old the local station agent had taught him the Morse code. and when he was IS, Dr. Haskell took the Carnegie medal for fast and accurate sending, in a competition with the best operators in the United States,
 He always retained his interest in teleEraphy, followed the developments of the art, kept a set of instruments in his office and never abandoned his practice in the Morse code
 He was a man of keen powers of observation. which led him, some 2o years ago to attend the then famous seances of SantanelH. a long haired, handsome fellow who was giving ex- hibitions in hypnotism with the aid of few accomplished "horses.' which is to say, confederates. Among the wonders Santaneii performed was the feat of the triple pulse, by which there seemed to be a differing pulse In each arm, and another of the heart, a most striking exhibition, be- cause the pulse won't beat with the heart and at the same speed.
 Among the doctors who viewed this phenomena was Dr Haskell. who not being convinced. consulted with some of his lay friends and made an independent investigation. By a pro- cess no more difficult than gaining the confidence of one of the confed- crates, it was discovered that the subjects eXperimented on had by long practice acquired the power 10 move a small muscle very rapidly. This muscle lay beside the pulse. and its movement could he distin.
 
 difficulty. These subjects also had gained great control over their breathing, and hence over heart ac- tion. so that they could set a slow heart against a very rapid imitation pulse, the differing beat of the pulse in the other arm being provided by error in timing
 SantaneIH afterword came to grief in another city, where he was caught in red-handed trickery.
 Dr. Haskell fought for the Pasteur- izatiOn of the milk supply. and gained q victory. He constantly sought more powers for the Board of Health. Dur ing the recent influenza epidemic he was actively interested in the diseases from the standpoint of finding q serum that might be of service He took charge of the Isolation hos pital, and with characteristic fearless ness cared for many influenza patients there. The failure of serum treat ment was a. disappointment to him