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46<br />

Dr. Alexander B. Moore, <strong>of</strong> Fauquier<br />

couutv, \'a., a giadj<strong>at</strong>e <strong>of</strong> the Medical<br />

School <strong>of</strong> t'le <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Virginia, and<br />

Miss Carolyn Bell W<strong>at</strong>son <strong>of</strong> Falls Church,<br />

Va., a recent gra lua'ed from the <strong>University</strong><br />

Traitiing School for Nurses were married<br />

on S<strong>at</strong>urday afternoon, June 19th.<br />

Dr. K, N. Lee and Miss Cordelia Thomas,<br />

both <strong>of</strong> Ch<strong>at</strong>tanooga, Tenn., were married<br />

June 22nd <strong>at</strong> the Church <strong>of</strong> Christ in South<br />

Ch<strong>at</strong>tanooga.<br />

Dr. Lee is a gradu<strong>at</strong>e <strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong><br />

<strong>of</strong> Ch<strong>at</strong>tanooga, and is well known in Ch<strong>at</strong>tanooga,<br />

both in business and social circles.<br />

Dr. Arthur Grayson Vaden <strong>of</strong> M<strong>at</strong>hews,<br />

Va., and xMiss Mabel Lee Anderton <strong>of</strong> Saluda,<br />

Va., were married <strong>at</strong> the bride's home<br />

on June 2nd.<br />

The groom is a gradu<strong>at</strong>e <strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong><br />

College <strong>of</strong> Medicine, Richmond, Va., class<br />

<strong>of</strong> 1895.<br />

Dr. Thomas L. James, who is surgeon <strong>at</strong><br />

the B<strong>at</strong>tle Creek Coal iS: Coke Co., <strong>at</strong> Orme,<br />

Tenn., and Miss Elizabeth Mulcke <strong>of</strong> th<strong>at</strong><br />

cit)', were married <strong>at</strong> the home <strong>of</strong> the bride's<br />

parents on June 24th.<br />

Dr. Percy Wade Olive, a prominent<br />

young physician <strong>of</strong> Wake County, X. C,<br />

and Miss Sallie McDonald Williams <strong>of</strong><br />

Wade, N. C, were married <strong>at</strong> the Presbyterian<br />

Church in Wade on June ISth.<br />

Dr. Harry Clay Willis and Miss Alma<br />

Hverine Lewis, both <strong>of</strong> Rome, Ga., were<br />

married <strong>at</strong> the home <strong>of</strong> the bride's parents<br />

on Tuesday, June 22nd.<br />

De<strong>at</strong>hs.<br />

Dr. E. J. Setz, who <strong>at</strong> one time was one<br />

<strong>of</strong> the most popular physicians <strong>of</strong> Georgia,<br />

died <strong>at</strong> his home in Marietta May .31. Dr.<br />

Setz was in his seventy-ninth year, and had<br />

been very feeble some time.<br />

He gradu<strong>at</strong>ed from the Medical College<br />

<strong>of</strong> Georgia in 1882.<br />

Dr. Albert T. Ryall, an aged physician,<br />

died <strong>at</strong> his home near Shelby ville, Tenn.,<br />

on June 19th. He was in the 70th year <strong>of</strong><br />

his age, and had been unusually successful<br />

as a practitioner.<br />

Dr. W. A. Reynolds, aged 52 years, a<br />

very prominent physician <strong>of</strong> Union Springs,<br />

Ala., died <strong>at</strong> Margaret's Hospital in Montgomery,<br />

Ala., on June, 19.<br />

He was a gradu<strong>at</strong>e <strong>of</strong> the Medical Department<br />

<strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Alabama, and<br />

had been very successful in the practice <strong>of</strong><br />

his pr<strong>of</strong>ession since he received his diploma<br />

from th<strong>at</strong> institution in 1885.<br />

THE CHARLOTTE MEDICAL JOURNAL.<br />

Dr. William H. Whitehead <strong>of</strong> Rocky<br />

Mount. X. C, died in Raleigh June 25tli,<br />

aged 5') years, his de<strong>at</strong>h Ijeing caused by<br />

paresis. The St<strong>at</strong>e has lost one <strong>of</strong> her best<br />

citizens and the medical pr<strong>of</strong>ession an honored<br />

member. Dr. Whitehead has held<br />

many places <strong>of</strong> honor and trust as the following<br />

will show. He was <strong>at</strong> the time <strong>of</strong><br />

his de<strong>at</strong>h, an honorary fellow <strong>of</strong> the St<strong>at</strong>e<br />

Medical Society. From 1890 to 1896 he<br />

was a member and president <strong>of</strong> the St<strong>at</strong>e<br />

Board <strong>of</strong> Medical Examiners, member St<strong>at</strong>e<br />

Board <strong>of</strong> Health 1901—1905 and vice president<br />

<strong>of</strong> the Medical Society <strong>of</strong> the St<strong>at</strong>e <strong>of</strong><br />

Xorth <strong>Carolina</strong> 1885, and also a member o'<br />

the Board <strong>of</strong> Directors <strong>of</strong> the Central Hospital<br />

for the Insane <strong>at</strong> Raleigh.<br />

Dr. Whitehead was a gradu<strong>at</strong>e <strong>of</strong> the<br />

<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Maryland and passed the<br />

Examin<strong>at</strong>ion for license before the Board<br />

<strong>of</strong> Examiners in 1885 since which time he<br />

had been engaged actively in the practice<br />

<strong>of</strong> his pr<strong>of</strong>ession. During the early part <strong>of</strong><br />

his pr<strong>of</strong>essional life he lived in Baltimore.<br />

In 1892 he came to Rocky Mount where for<br />

years he was division surgeon and adjuster<br />

<strong>of</strong> damages for the Atlantic Coast Line Railway.<br />

He enjoyed a large and lucr<strong>at</strong>ive<br />

practice, was gre<strong>at</strong>ly loved by all with whom<br />

he came in contact and stood high in the<br />

esteem <strong>of</strong> his fellows.<br />

Dr. Q., Kohnke <strong>of</strong> Covington, La., died<br />

June 21 <strong>of</strong> apoplexy while visiting a p<strong>at</strong>ient.<br />

Dr. Kohnke gradu<strong>at</strong>ed from the medical<br />

department <strong>of</strong> Tulane <strong>University</strong> in 1890.<br />

He was prominent in the public affairs <strong>of</strong><br />

New Orleans, where he resided and practiced<br />

after his gradu<strong>at</strong>ion, serving as a<br />

member <strong>of</strong> the city council and subsequently<br />

as chief health <strong>of</strong>ficer <strong>of</strong> the city. He was<br />

one <strong>of</strong> the first to recognize the truth <strong>of</strong> the<br />

mosquito theory <strong>of</strong> the transmission <strong>of</strong> yellow<br />

fever, and his efforts to have the Council<br />

pass an ordinance requiring measures to<br />

eradic<strong>at</strong>e the mosquito finally culmin<strong>at</strong>ed<br />

in success.<br />

During the prevalence <strong>of</strong> the fever his<br />

energy and zeal, though <strong>at</strong> the time not<br />

received in the proper spirit by the ignorant<br />

<strong>of</strong> the city, won for him a name as one <strong>of</strong><br />

the foremost sanitarians <strong>of</strong> the Ignited<br />

St<strong>at</strong>es, and he received calls to address<br />

assemblies in many parts <strong>of</strong> the country.<br />

Dr. Kohnke held the position <strong>of</strong> chairman<br />

<strong>of</strong> the City Board <strong>of</strong> Health until 1006.<br />

Upon his retirement from <strong>of</strong>fice he<br />

moved to Covington and resided there until<br />

the time <strong>of</strong> his de<strong>at</strong>h. He had built up<br />

quite a large practice in th<strong>at</strong> city. He was<br />

a member <strong>of</strong> the Progressive Union, the<br />

Board <strong>of</strong> Trade and <strong>of</strong> the Chess, Checkers<br />

and Whist Club; for many years he was a<br />

member <strong>of</strong> the Press Club, the Artists'

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