The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-17

6S'TR|CKEN
n HOSPITAL .
after NOON
Informed First Opera.
tion Yesterday After
Previous Attack.

r,eath today, following a sudden !!
M attack in st. Anthony's hos
,ul lat l:l5 o'clock. terminated the
~ and useful career of DIR. Elmo
Yofran Sala, so, one Of the
acknowledged leaders Of the medi-
ri profession in Rock Island and
ne who had labored. tirelessly Tor
Me growth and development OF the
city,
DR.. Sala performed his first op-
ration yesterday morning in this
DIV following his illness Of two
ypeks ago, and this morning Oper-
~ on a case in Moline. He had
~ arrived at the hospital before
! o'clock this noon to see several
4 bis patients, but had stopped in
~ hall OF the first floor to speak
nh one Of the hospital sisters.
How are you feeling today. doc
Mr said the sister.
Very we'll, today. I am feeling
His another man." the doctor re-
llied, almost instantly afterwards
hInng to the floor. without saying
nother word. Death was due to
hart trouble. DR.. Sala was at
lacked two weeks ago and had been
mnned to his home until yes
tkday.
me passing Of DR.. Sala came as
4 ,hock to friends who had seen
lh on the street, apparently In
Ipd health, only half an hour be-
iae he collapsed and died at the
lnpital, In fact, he performed
I eerations at the institution yester-
Iky and at Moline hospital this
ucning.
Or. Sala was conversing with one
Id the hospital sisters when the
Ind came. In failing health for
xme time, he had been stricken
tSo weeks ago last Saturday while
nforming his duties at the hos
jnl He recovered sufficiently
from that attack to be removed tt
Ihh home in the Sala apartments
h was not until yesterday that hs
nit strong enough to resume hi
dutes.
There was no task too great OF
i nall for the welfare Of the com
Il nsntty, whether it was. yeomaI
4 ikvice in the interests Of bette
lalth, or the rise Of the city, tina
& ~ beyond the ever kindly skill o
! " master surgeon-physician. H
& b Mown to have saved many live
y sheer personality alone, whel
Nasrs might have piled more ma
4 tRial remedies to little avail.
Dr.. Sala was always q read
hcoster for Rock Island; its In
q situtons and enterprises. Hi
Z delth removes q bulwark OF goo
cidsenship whose loss will lon
y regretted by the community.
|sI Family All Physicians.
Dr. Sala was born. at Blooming
IA tna, Wis, Sept. 8, 1879, a son Of D.
d nd Mrs. Orlando P. Sals. The pr
!ession Of medicine ran In the fan
Ea W, the Rock Islanders fathe
rnndfather, and great grandfathe
n ,ssving been physicians. DR.. p
osgan Sala, grandfather OF s
limo Sala, for a time practiced
aock Island.
n Dr. st. Elmo M. Sala was ed,
Ri u'sd In Bloomington public ar
nsh schools. following which !
uasht school for one year in th'
9sn, when he entered the medic
apartment OF the State Universe
u Iowa. He was graduated fro
@ kcokuk Medical college {
safch 5, 1892, and the f0llowiE
~ opened an Office at Rock Islam
Snefe he had since practiced. 7
asa been located in the Sala ia
y ~. tourth avenue and Nineteen
10 1901 he took . course In Cf
Il ~ ,o Post-Graduate college and
~ took an X-ray course In {
@yclinic hospital at Vienna, Au
~ connection with his professi
belonged to numerous intern
~. , national, state and coun
;u-taberculosis associations, me
/ NJ societies. and the stats OF
=. sss1lony, Mercy and st. Luke's HI
a