Vol. 60, 1909 - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Dr. Alexander B. Moore, of Fauquier
couutv, \'a., a giadjate of the Medical
School of t'le University of Virginia, and
Miss Carolyn Bell Watson of Falls Church,
Va., a recent gra lua'ed from the University
Traitiing School for Nurses were married
on Saturday afternoon, June 19th.
Dr. K, N. Lee and Miss Cordelia Thomas,
both of Chattanooga, Tenn., were married
June 22nd at the Church of Christ in South
Chattanooga.
Dr. Lee is a graduate of the University
of Chattanooga, and is well known in Chattanooga,
both in business and social circles.
Dr. Arthur Grayson Vaden of Mathews,
Va., and xMiss Mabel Lee Anderton of Saluda,
Va., were married at the bride's home
on June 2nd.
The groom is a graduate of the University
College of Medicine, Richmond, Va., class
of 1895.
Dr. Thomas L. James, who is surgeon at
the Battle Creek Coal iS: Coke Co., at Orme,
Tenn., and Miss Elizabeth Mulcke of that
cit)', were married at the home of the bride's
parents on June 24th.
Dr. Percy Wade Olive, a prominent
young physician of Wake County, X. C,
and Miss Sallie McDonald Williams of
Wade, N. C, were married at the Presbyterian
Church in Wade on June ISth.
Dr. Harry Clay Willis and Miss Alma
Hverine Lewis, both of Rome, Ga., were
married at the home of the bride's parents
on Tuesday, June 22nd.
Deaths.
Dr. E. J. Setz, who at one time was one
of the most popular physicians of Georgia,
died at his home in Marietta May .31. Dr.
Setz was in his seventy-ninth year, and had
been very feeble some time.
He graduated from the Medical College
of Georgia in 1882.
Dr. Albert T. Ryall, an aged physician,
died at his home near Shelby ville, Tenn.,
on June 19th. He was in the 70th year of
his age, and had been unusually successful
as a practitioner.
Dr. W. A. Reynolds, aged 52 years, a
very prominent physician of Union Springs,
Ala., died at Margaret's Hospital in Montgomery,
Ala., on June, 19.
He was a graduate of the Medical Department
of the University of Alabama, and
had been very successful in the practice of
his profession since he received his diploma
from that institution in 1885.
THE CHARLOTTE MEDICAL JOURNAL.
Dr. William H. Whitehead of Rocky
Mount. X. C, died in Raleigh June 25tli,
aged 5') years, his death Ijeing caused by
paresis. The State has lost one of her best
citizens and the medical profession an honored
member. Dr. Whitehead has held
many places of honor and trust as the following
will show. He was at the time of
his death, an honorary fellow of the State
Medical Society. From 1890 to 1896 he
was a member and president of the State
Board of Medical Examiners, member State
Board of Health 1901—1905 and vice president
of the Medical Society of the State of
Xorth Carolina 1885, and also a member o'
the Board of Directors of the Central Hospital
for the Insane at Raleigh.
Dr. Whitehead was a graduate of the
University of Maryland and passed the
Examination for license before the Board
of Examiners in 1885 since which time he
had been engaged actively in the practice
of his profession. During the early part of
his professional life he lived in Baltimore.
In 1892 he came to Rocky Mount where for
years he was division surgeon and adjuster
of damages for the Atlantic Coast Line Railway.
He enjoyed a large and lucrative
practice, was greatly loved by all with whom
he came in contact and stood high in the
esteem of his fellows.
Dr. Q., Kohnke of Covington, La., died
June 21 of apoplexy while visiting a patient.
Dr. Kohnke graduated from the medical
department of Tulane University in 1890.
He was prominent in the public affairs of
New Orleans, where he resided and practiced
after his graduation, serving as a
member of the city council and subsequently
as chief health officer of the city. He was
one of the first to recognize the truth of the
mosquito theory of the transmission of yellow
fever, and his efforts to have the Council
pass an ordinance requiring measures to
eradicate the mosquito finally culminated
in success.
During the prevalence of the fever his
energy and zeal, though at the time not
received in the proper spirit by the ignorant
of the city, won for him a name as one of
the foremost sanitarians of the Ignited
States, and he received calls to address
assemblies in many parts of the country.
Dr. Kohnke held the position of chairman
of the City Board of Health until 1006.
Upon his retirement from office he
moved to Covington and resided there until
the time of his death. He had built up
quite a large practice in that city. He was
a member of the Progressive Union, the
Board of Trade and of the Chess, Checkers
and Whist Club; for many years he was a
member of the Press Club, the Artists'