OBITUARY.

Dr. HENRY D. INGRAHAM died at his home in Buffalo, May 23, 1904, after a prolonged illness, aged 62 years. He was a native of New Hampshire, but his youth and early manhood were spent in the neighborhood of Arcade, N. Y., where he was educated at the common schools and at the Arcade Seminary. For a time

he taught in the common schools, and in 1863 began the study of medicine in the office of the late Dr. Lucius Peck, of Arcade. He attended medical lectures at the University of Buffalo, and graduated from that institution February 21, 1866.

Dr. Ingraham began the practice of medicine at East Randolph, N. Y., but soon settled at Kennedy, N. Y., where he associated himself with the late Dr. William Smith. He established there a large and lucrative practice, remaining until 1880, when he re

moved to Jamestown, N. Y., but after a few months decided to locate at Buffalo. He came here in 1881, and this city has since been the scene of his activities until his death. He developed a special liking for gynecological surgery and, while never entirely relinquishing family practice, he came to be recognised as one of the leading gynecologists, and in this department of practice he won the confidence and following of a large professional circle.

In 1883, Dr. Ingraham was one of the active organisers of the medical department of Niagara University, and until its union with the medical department of the University of Buffalo in 1898, he was its professor of gynecology and pediatrics. In the upbuilding of the department, he was an important factor. From 1898 to 1902, he was clinical professor of gynecology and diseases of children of the University of Buffalo. In 1883, he was appointed gynecologist to the Buffalo Hospital of the Sisters of Charity. Besides serving this institution most creditably as its gynecologist, he did much to advance its interests by supervising the erection of the new wing and other additions to the hospital, by coöperating with its authorities in many of the minor details of administration, and by aiding the establishment of the training school for nurses. After severing his connection with the Sisters' Hospital he became the gynecologist to the Riverside Hospital, continuing as such until his death. He was also one of the gynecologists to the Erie County Hospital from the time of its organisation until his death.

In medical societies he was active and influential. He was a member of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, of the American Medical Association and also of the state, county and city organisations. In 1902, he was chairman of the section of gynecology and obstetrics of the Buffalo Academy of Medicine, and at the time of his death president of the Medical Union of Buffalo.

Dr. Ingraham was not a prolific writer, but he found time to publish occasional papers in the BUFFALO MEDICAL JOURNAL, the American Journal of Obstetrics and some other medical journals.

No man of character and ability can live and work in a community for a quarter of a century without leaving his impress upon it, this being especially true of the successful physician, and such was Dr. Ingraham.

He is survived by a wife and step-daughter, by three sisters, and by several nieces and nephews, among the latter of whom is Dr. Henry C. Buswell of this city. A. A. H.

DR. MYRON H. ANDREWS, of Detroit, a graduate of the University of Buffalo, 1847, died at his home June 3, 1904, from pneu

monia, aged 87 years. He was a physician of prominence, having served as health physician of Detroit for three years (1888 to 1891), and as surgeon of the Michigan Central Railroad for several years.

DR. LEWIS B. ANDREWS, of Rochester, N. Y., a graduate of the University of Buffalo, 1885, died at his home of heart disease, May 22, 1904, aged 46 years.

Dr. DELAVAN E. WALKER, of Ilion, N. Y., a graduate of the University of Buffalo, 1882, died at his home after a prolonged illness, May 18, 1904, aged 49 years.

SOCIETY MEETINGS.

THE American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists will hold its seventeenth annual meeting at the Hotel Monticello, Saint Louis, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, September 13, 14, 15 and 16, 1904, under the following administration: president, Walter Blackburn Dorsett, Saint Louis; vicepresidents, Aaron B. Miller, Syracuse, and William D. Haggard, Nashville; secretary, William Warren Potter, Buffalo; treasurer, Xavier O. Werder, Pittsburg; executive council, Edwin Ricketts, Walter B. Chase, A. Vander Veer, Lewis S. McMurtry, L. H. Dunning and Rufus B. Hall.

The Hotel Monticello has been selected for the headquarters of the association, the management of which should be addressed concerning rooms and rates.

List of papers offered to June 28, 1904:

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President's address, Walter B. Dorsett, Saint Louis.

2. Retrodisplacements as a cause of sterility; report of pregnancies following the Alexander operation, Herman E. Hayd, Buffalo.

3. Title to be announced, J. Henry Carstens, Detroit.

4. Cyst adenoma of the pancreas, L. H. Dunning, Indianapolis.

5. Some clinical reasons for advising early operations for fibroid tumors of the uterus, Rufus B. Hall, Cincinnati.

6. Operative treatment for relief of painful menstruation in virgins, W. A. B. Sellman, Baltimore.

7. Title to be announced, E. Gustav Zinke, Cincinnati.

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Title to be announced, J. J. Gurney Williams, Philadel

9. Pseudomembranous tubercular peritonitis, H. W. Longyear, Detroit.

10. The treatment of acute perforated gastric ulcer, Henry Howitt, Guelph.

11. Shall we remove all fibroid tumors of the uterus upon diagnosis? Thomas B. Eastman, Indianapolis.

12. Scar of sigmoid mesentery the cause of spastic obstruction of the bowels; with report of three cases, Hugo O. Pantzer, Indianapolis.

13. Surgical treatment of cicatricial atresia of the vagina, Charles G. Cumston, Boston.

14. Title to be announced, John B. Deaver, Philadelphia. 15. The advantage of limiting artificial interference in obstetric practice, A. P. Clarke, Cambridge.

16. Uterine myomas, with specimens, Joseph H. Branham, Baltimore.

17. Use of antistreptococcic serum in septicemia and scarlatina, with case histories, A. G. Hamilton, Springfield, Neb.

18. An unusual case with many of the symptoms of appendicitis, Magnus A. Tate, Cincinnati.

19. Conservation of the natural resistance of the patient in surgical work, Robert T. Morris, New York.

20. Title to be announced, J. E. Sadlier, Poughkeepsie.

21. Skeleton of an ectopic fetus removed by vaginal cystotomy, William D. Haggard, Nashville.

22: Title to be announced, L. S. McMurtry, Louisville. 23. Title to be announced, Charles A. L. Reed, Cincinnati.

THE American Institute of Homeopathy held its annual meeting at Niagara Falls, June 20-24, 1904. The registry bore the names of about 350 members. Dr. George Royal, of Des Moines, Ia., was elected president.

COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL NOTES.

THE Frederick Ferris Thompson Memorial Hospital, at Canandaigua, was dedicated June 14, 1904, with appropriate ceremonies. The JOURNAL acknowledges the courtesy of an invitation to attend and regrets its inability to accept.

DR. WALTER LINDLEY, of Los Angeles, the editor of the Southern California Practitioner, has been elected dean of the Medical

College of the University of Southern California, which is about to begin its 20th session. Dr. Lindley was one of the organisers of the school and is professor of gynecology in that institution.

Dr. ALBERT VANDER VEER has resigned as dean of the Albany Medical College, an office he has held for many years. This action was rendered necessary by a recent law which prevents a regent of the University of the State of New York acting as dean of a medical college. Dr. Samuel B. Ward has been chosen to fill the vacancy caused by Dr. Vander Veer's resignation.

BOOK REVIEWS.

THE WORTH OF WORDS. By RALCEY HUSTED BELL, M.D. With an introduction by William Colby Cooper, M.D. Duodecimo, pp. 332. Third edition revised and enlarged. New York: Hinds & Noble. 1904. (Price, $1.25.)

With the assistance of Dr. William Colby Cooper, who writes the introduction, Dr. Bell has sent out a work bearing the above title which will fit into many a hidden nook in the library. The book isn't a big one, but there is a lot of material in it. There is an appendix, too, in which Dr. Bell has a few words to say "as to reviewers." He refers to those who appear to have said unkind things about his work, as "several gentlemanly jaybirds," and "asses." Hoity-toity and forsooth and alackaday! It be wise to closely scan one's review of Dr. Bell's Worth of Words before exposing oneself to the bitterness of his reproach. And yet on second thought why fear reproach when one recalls that, according to Tallyrand, words were made to conceal thought. The object of the work is to call attention to the misuse of words and to point out the most flagrant of common errors. There is much common sense in the book; it might be used to advantage in many newspaper offices and most sewing circles; but Dr. Bell's work in the field of slang is unsatisfying. He does not pretend to give a complete description of all the slang in use, very properly admitting that to attempt to do so would require many volumes; but his brief résumé does not represent the slang of today. Dr. Bell appears to have touched only the bumps on the surface of the subject. He refers to "sky pilot" as an exquisite bit of slang, which it is, and adds that "it is a good word and much better than parson, preacher, minister, dominie, priest." This coming from the author of "The Worth of Words" is almost ghastly. "Sky pilot" is pure slang and is applicable to all denominations, even the itinerant exhorter who has nothing but words and an abiding faith on which to build his hopes. On the