Evening star., 1935-10-23
FAMOUS SURGEON
DIES IN BALTIMORE
DR.. ]. C. BIoodgood, III for
Year, Was Leading Foe
of Cancer.
Nv the Associated Press.

8y the Associated FIcoS
BALTIMORE, october 23.-The in
ternationally famous career of DR.. JOS
eph Colt Bloodgood, noted surgeon anu
q leader In the long battle against
cancer. had ended in death today.
DR.. Bloodgood, head Of the johns
Hopkins University Laboratory OF sur
Sical Pathology, staff member at
Johns Hopkins Hospital and chief sur
geon at st. Agnes Hospital here. was
stricken suddenly last night at MS
home.
Death was due to coronary throm-
bosis, DR.. Bloodgood would have been
6S years old November l.
Although in i'll health for more than
wear, DR.. Bloodgood had been able TO
continue his duties. He was stricken
while seated with members Of his fam
tly In the living room Of his home.
Fought Fake Cures"
As spokesman for the American So
ciety for the Prevention Of Cancer,
which he helped found in 1918, it was
his task to puncture claims made for
baseless or fraudulent "cures" OF the
malady. The society aimed to educate
the public on the nature. control and
prevalence of cancer. and DR.. Blood
good always emphasized that too much
was spent searching for cures and not
enough on research for causes and pre-
vention.
His addresses were made at medical
association meetings in all parts of the
United States and also abroad. Always
they were given to the press, chiefly
through the Chemical Foundation,
whose president, Francis P. Garvan,
was q stanch ally with both effort and
money in the fight that DR.. Bloodgood
waged.
Educating the public was, however,
only one half the campaign. The other
was devoted to spreading knowledge of
the latest methods Of diagnosis among
physicians and surgeons and X-ray
specialists. To that end DR.. BloOdgood,
as director Of the cancer research fund
bearing his name, was the chief spon-
sor of a series of meetings that called
cancer specialists to Baltimore from
all parts OF the country.
Born in Milwaukee.
Or. Bloodgood was born at Mil
waukee on November !, 1867. He was
the son of Francis and Josephine
Colt Bloodgood and scion Of family
prominent as lawyers. His father and
two brothers, Wheeler and Francis
Bloodgood, jr., formed one of the
most widely known legal firms in
Wisconsin. He was graduated from
the University of Wisconsin in 1888
with the degree of bachelor Of sci
ence and from the University of
Pennsylvania as a doctor Of medicine
in 1891. He went to Baltimore the
next year as assistant resident sur
geon in Johns Hopkins Hospital,
where his career was to center. He
also studied abroad.
How notable that career became
was evidenced in 1922, when he was
chosen of the 10 selected
from 10000 alumni of the University
Of Wisconsin for that institution s
hail of fame.
31c ANCO W Scc SACuG PAOSlCoo AinoC
in both the prevention and treat
ment Of cancer. In 1890 he told a
congressional committee considering
o measure for q Nationwide survey
Of the malady that the percentage of
cures was still less than 10 per cent
but that this represented an increase
Of so per cent as compared with 1920.
Funeral Services Tomorrow.
Private funeral services will be held
at his home tomorrow.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs
Edith Holt Bloodgood; a son, Holt
Bloodgood; a daughter, Miss Wini-
fred Bloodgood; two sisters, Miss
Margaret Bloodgood and Mrs. Frank
Turner of Milwaukee, Wis, and a
brother. Francis Bloodgood, also of
Milwaukee.