Evening star., 1936-03-25

the Edward L. Trudeau Foundation at
Saranac Lake, N. Y, will receive the
Kober medal The medalist is chosen
annually by the Association Of Amer
ican Physicians and the presentation
to DR.. Baldwin will be made on May 6
at the annual meeting of the asso-
citation at Atlantic City.
Announcement was made at George
town that Capt. johnson. who Is now
on temporary duty at the Navy De-
partment, will deliver his lecture Sat-
urday evening at 8:l5 o'clock in Cas-
ton Hall at the university. His sub
ject will be Plastic Surgery in Rela-
ton to Armed Forces, Past, Present
and Future"
The lecture will be attended by
prominent scientists, including mem
bers of the Army and Navy Medical
Corps, and the District Medical and
Dental Societies.
Kober Provided Award.
Dr.. Kober, who died April rs, 1881,
was one of the leading authorities in
the United States on tuberculosis and
hygiene. For many years he was dean
of the Georgetown Medical School
and before then was an ex-Army sur
geon and United States Public Health
officer. In 1923 he presented foun-
dation to Georgetown for annual
awards to Americans who had distin-
guished themselves by their contribu-
tions to preventive medicine.
Under the terms of the Kober Foun-
dation the lecturer is chosen in alter
| mating years by the Association of
Military Surgeons and the Medical
Society Of the District of Columbia.
The choice of Capt. johnson is of
primary interest in Naval medical
circles, in which he has made a re-
markable record since being commits
stoned in 1908. He Is now senior med
ical officer Of the hospital ship, U. S.
s. Relief. In 1880 he was decorated
with the Navy Cross for heroic work
during the Santo Domingo hurricane
Capt. johnson Is well known in
Washington. He was on duty here at
the Naval Hospital after the World
War and from 1924 to 1928 he taught
at the Naval Medical School. He has
specialized in plastic surgery since he
has been in the Navy.
He was born in New York State
June "a, 1882, and was graduated
from the University of Pennsylvania
in dentistry and medicine. While at
Pennsylvania he rowed in the 1907
national championship crew.
Studied in England.
In 1919 Capt. johnson specialized
for two months at the Queens Hos
pital, Sidcoup, England, where $500
MANNED British and colonial soldiers
were undergoing treatment for facial
wounds. He engaged in such work
at the Naval Hospital after the war
and has written extensively tor service
and scientific journals on the subject.
In later years Capt. Johnson saw
medical duty in Haiti and IVES in
charge of the Puerto Rican Hospital
for tour Of duty. He was chief sur
geon at the Naval Hospital, San Diego,
Calf. until his last assignment to
the U. s. s. Relief.
Under the terms of his lectureship
it was understood Capt. johnson will
deliver several lectures before various
bodies during the year.
DR.. Baldwin, who receives the medal.
Is a former president of the National
tuberculosis Association and for many
years has been regarded as one of
the leading consultants on tuberculo-
sis in America. He was born in Bethel,
Conn, September 8, 1864. His brother
Albertus H. Baldwin, lives in West
Falls Church, Va.
A graduate of the Yale Medical
School, he contracted tuberculosis
while performing the arduous duties
Of a country doctor. In 1891 he went
to Saranac Lake to seek treatment by
DR.. Edward L. Trudeau, who had be-
come widely known as an authority
on tuberculosis. He became DR.. Tru-
deau's chief assistant and helped
build the Saranac Laboratory, the first
of its kind in America for the study
Of tuberculosis.