The sun., 1919-07-15
Public Services Held in Acad-
envy of Medicine After Pri-
vate Home Ceremony.
HELPED RICH AND POOR
Sayre Pays Tribute to Life and
Work Of Noted Physician,
Friend Of Children.

pupuc ceremony priVate~Serv1ce was
held in DR.. Jacobs home, 10 West Forty
seventh street
More than five hundred persons, includ-
ing many of the most prominent members
of the medical profession, were present at
tho public service either as individuals or
representing medical societies or hos
pitfalls with which DIR. jacob had been
| connected. DR.. Jacobs body was
brought in motor hearse from his late
residence and placed in the main audi
torium Of the acadamy. where the service
was held. Afterward those present. half
or whom were women, filed past the
| casket The burial was in Green Wood
Cemetery and was private.
DR.. Reginald II. Sayre. vice-president
OF the Academy of Medicine. in a short
address paid a tribute to tho life and
! work of DR.. jacob. The. address was
an appreciation OF the late physicians
| achievements and worth from the view
point OF a fellow member OF the profess
sion. George Haven Putnam, a lifelong
friend. spoke Of DR.. Jacob as a citizen
and great humanitarian.
"A great light in the medical profess
sion has gone out" DR.. Sayre said.
Abraham jacob is dead, but his in
fiuence still lives, and will be felt as long
as children continue to be born and re-
quif'e medical care
Cast of by the country OF his birth,
which failed to recognize in his striving
for improved conditions among its popu-
| lation the prophetic vision of the future
| and saw in 1t only the destruction Of the
present, he came to this country with
nothing but his inherent ability to aid
him. But starting at the bottom OF the
ladder. he received every honor which lay
| within the power of the medical profess
sion to bestow.
Loyal to Land of Adoption.
HE reached a place of such eminence
that the very country which cast him
| in prison for his revolutionary ideas be-
! sought him repeatedly in his maturer
years to return and accept a professor
ship In Berlin. But. faithful to the
land which welcomed him when he was
thrust out OF his native country, he de-
clined that glittering offer. which would
have necessltated severing his allegiance
| TO the land of his adoption. 1t Is most
| fitting that these funeral ceremonies
should be held in the Academy OF Medl-
| cine, as this building itself is a rnonu-
ment to his wisdom, foresight and sa-
gacty.
DIR. Jacobs learning was founded
on solid substratum of common sense,
and he never allowed himself TO be led
astray by the fashionable medical now
city of the hour, which is taken up for a
time and lauded by the ignorant, only
TO be discarded. after experience has
failed to demonstrate the truth OF the
claims that have been made for It.
He had large share in establishing
the cooperation between the profession
at large and the Board of Health, which
became really effective for the first time
during the threatened cholera epidemic
of 1892 His voice of warning was
heard whenever he felt the city or coun-
try was meaaCed by any danger, and he
felt that as n physician and man or
intelligence ne owed a duty TO the coun-
try in raising a voice of protest against
evils. whether they were strictly med
ical or not, and as he never talked at
random his suggestions were always
listened TO with respect.
Few doctors since the time of BenJa-
min Bush have had the influence in di-
recting the thought of this country that
was exercised by DIR. Jacob. Few peo-
pie could say so much in few words
and say 1t to good effect. To the young
men who showed ability he was most
kind and generous, and many promi-
nent medical man in this city cE! trace
his rise to the helpful aid of DR.. ia
cobb The poor as well as the rich were
welcome TO his aid, and any little child
that was sick and suffering called forth
all the great depth of sympathy that
was his. We shall miss his wise ad-
vice, his kindly face and his pleasant
smile. but we rejoice that he was taken
in full mental vigor and that he. as
1t were, fell asleep among friends"
Many Floral Offerings.
In the party that accompanied Or,
JacobYs body from his home to the
academy were Mg. and Mrs George Nc
Aneny, the latter a daughter OF Dr. ia
cobb, and Miss Laura jacob. niece,
Numerous floral offerings were sent by
the different medical organizations and
hospital boards on which Dr. jacob at
one time or another had served. When |
the ca sket was carried in quartet from |
st. Thomas's Church composed of Reed |
Miller. Mrs. Nevada Vanderveer, Miss |
Gretchen Morris and Edgar ;. Scoheld |
sang Abide With Me- and when 1t was
being carried out the quartet sang !
Crossing the Bar"
Among those who attended the ser |
vices at the academy were DR.. Samuel |
W. Lambert, Louis Livingston Seaman. |
Lee Arnstein. acting president of Mount /
Sinai Hospital; DIR. Louis Fisher Or,
David Bevaird, DR.. Richard Gibbons, |
William A Prendergast. DR.. Willy |
Meyer, DR.. Francis Huber, Carl l.,
Schurz, Leonard G. McAneny, DR.. A. A.
Berg, DR.. +. S. Mandlebaum, DIR. Abra
ham L. Goodman. DR.. Emil Mayer. DIR.
Frederick Kammerer, Dr. NJ. Il, Brill,
DR.. A. G. Gerster and DR.. Robert J.
Carlisle.
Others present were DR.. Graham
Lusk, DR.. L. d. Fisher. DR.. William l..
Stowell. DR.. Philip Van Ingen. DIR. s. S.
DIR. Charles c. Nammack,
Dr. Royal s. Copeland. Or. Thomas l..
Stedman, Dr. Charles II. Peck, president
OF the Medical Society OF the County OF |
New York Dr. Lewis A. Conner, DR..
Alex Lambert. DR.. A. A Epstein, DIR.
Henry Mansilver. DR.. Asa Il. Davis, DIR.
Floyd NJ. Cranfall, secretary OF the
Medical Society of the State OF New
York; Dr. Walter NJ. Brckner, Dr.
Jerome K Leonard, +. III. Levy. presi-
dent Of the Institute for the Improved
Instruction of Deaf MutesS DIR. u. Bry-
son Delavan, DR.. William X Draper
DR.. j. A. Miller, DR.. John w. Brannan,
DR.. w. T. LonZcope, DR.. Charles Good
man. DR.. Carlos Macdonald. DIR. Robert
Lewis, DIR. H. A. Haubold. Dr. C. II.
jaeger DR.. Wolf Prudential. DR.. Ell
DR.. Alexis Moschcowitz
and DIR. S. A. Knofr.
The following medical bodies were
among those represented: Mount Sinai
Hospital. Lenox Hill Hospital. Bellevue
and Allied Hospitals st. Johns Guild,
College of Physicians and Surgeons and
county and State medical societies,
A m bassadOr Morris Goes to Omsk.
BY he associated Press.