Southern Medical and Surgical Journal - Georgia Regents University

:;1859.] Editorial and Miscellaneous. 791satisfaction, but we regard the entire apparatus, with but few exceptions,as one of the most completeand useful modifications of the various appliancesfor fracture, which has been presented to the Profession formany years.We would advise those of our readers who may wish to supply themselveswith the above apparatus, to insist on having- from the agent, anapplication of the various pieces, especially the mere complicated ones,before he leaves, otherwise, they may be subjected to much annoyanceand the patient to much pain, while they are learning how to apply theapparatus.This request will doubtless be readily acceded to, by the higiily intelligentand urbane gentleman, who is now presenting this apparatus tothe notice of the Profession in this section of the country.Necrology.—We take pleasure in complying with the request to presentthe following pleasing Tribute of liespect. We add no word ofcomment. Those who knew him better than we, have better recordedhis many virtues.Tribute of Respect.At a meeting of the physicians of Montgomery, Ala., called to expressa sense of their loss in the death of Dr. A. B. McWhorter, Dr. Baldwinwas called to the Chair, and Dr. Seelye was appointed Secretary.On motion of Dr. Norton, a committee of three was appointed to preparesuitable resolutions fnr the consideration of the meeting. Drs. S.E. Norton, R. S. Wilson and W. P. Taylor were appointed said committee,who shortly reported the followingpreamble and resolutionsAn eminently worthy and useful man has been called from ourmidst. Through a long life he has passed with a character unstainedlife's labors were performed with manly integrity, and its enjoymentswere received with thankfulness.He came up to the measure of his duty as a physician. Many rememberhim for his skill, devotion, and humanity. Science and religionfound in him a willing worker. Ready with his skill and hismeans, he has w 7 orked well. An all-wise Being has called him fromearth to a higher, nobler life. Let the memory of such a man live withas. Let his devotion to our profession, his high-toned morals, and hisactive benevolence, stimulate us to the discharge of our duties ; thatlike him we may come well to the end—loved, honored, remembered.It is fit that we should express ourselves on this sad occasion. Therefore,Resolved, That the decease of Dr. McWhorter, calls pre-eminentlyupon us, as a profession, for an expression of sentiment—so long amongns—active, useful, beloved—we realize that a good man has indeedfallen.