Connecticut western news., 1922-11-30
AN APPRECIATION
 OF DIR. JOHN c. ADAM
His Many Patients and Friends Regret His Leaving for
 Larger Fields

When Dr. Adams letter in regard to his plans appeared in the News" "a few weeks since, although it asked no answer, there were undoubtedly many hearts in which it touched responsive chord, and in which was felt a desire to send some reply of affection and appreciation, So may one grateful patient" |" follow, even though tardily, the sincere impulse of the many, and attempt to indiz cate what cannot be expressed, in our feeling of irreparable loss at the thought of Dr. Adam's leaving Ca naan.
 Twenty years ago, when he opened his office here, his townsmen thought of him chiefly, perhaps, as the son of his parents, rather than as an in- dividual, and he was commonly known as "Dr. John", title given partly in respect to the memory of his father, who had long been known as Dr. Adam, and partly in affection for the young man himself, in> whose eye lurked more than hint of boyish roguery, in spite of his youthful dignity. As the years have passed, however, the. graver title of Dr. Adam has rightfully settled upon him, in recognition of his skill as a physician and his worth as-a man. These years have tested and tried him, and he has not been found wanting.
 It is difficult to realize the daily demands on the time of those in oc- equations different from our own, but all can see that country doctor must have so many Interruptions. and so little time that he may call his, that it would seem practically impossible to do the constant read ing and studying necessary to keep abreast of modern progress in medi- cine and surgery. Since country people are just as likely to develop illnesses that need skilled treatment as persons in communities where specialists are to be found on every corner, it is highly desirable that the country physician find frequent opportunity to follow the results of the latest research. In some incom- prehensible way Dr. Adam has done this to such an extent that we have felt him able to more than hold his own with any general practitioner of any locality. f&5fafrTsy.
 During the influenza epidemic of 1918 he gave himself unsparingly to the fighting of it for miles around, and brought comfort and courage to countless homes. No one knows the range of his work among the poor of this vicinity, the poor and .unfortun- 1 ate ir spirit as we'll as in material things. He has carried on his mind continually the needs of his patients, and his treatment cannot be found wholly in Materia Medica, but in the understanding heart of the true physician himself. Of his sympathy, his humor, his breadth of mind, his thoughtfulness, it is necessary only to mention these qualities to bring to mind instances in every patients experience. V<
 There is an old book which reads like the Bible, although it is not accepted as an authentic part of 1t, and in this book are found these words: .sv
 Honour the physician with the
 honour due unto him; For verify the Lord hath created him. The Lord created medicines out of
 .. the earth, That He might be glorifed in His
 marvellous works; With them doth the physician heal
 a man, 1-e
 And taketh away his pain. Yea, there is a time when in his
 hands is the issue of life, For by his skill doth he make guppli-
 cation unto the Lord, That he may prosper him in giving
 relief,
 And send healing for the m.inten-
 ance of life;
 And from him is peace upon the face
 of the earth"
 In closing the writer of this an- cient book exclaims,
 "Then give9place to the physician, for the Lord hath created him; let him not go from thee, for thou hast need of him."
 After the years of selhess service which Dr. Adam has given us, we l surely ought not to stand in the way 1 of his advancement to wider fields, but we do feel that our community 1 "has need" of this skilful physician, faithful friend, and Christian gentleman.-*