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Excerpt from Transactions of the Society of Alumni of Bellevue Hospital, 1898-'99
Dr. Louis A. DI zerega said that there had been an epidemic of hydrophobia in John Brown's Tract in the Adirondacks, in 1878, which had lasted three years. A number of people had been bitten by skunks, and the infection had been traced to a dog known to have been rabid. The disease had been conveyed by this dog to the skunks It would seem to be a question merely of inoculation rather than of a particular species of animal.
In Memoriam - Dr. John Blair Gibbs - Dr. Parker syms presented the following: mr. President and gentlemen: It is most fitting that at this time we should pay tribute to the honored memory of our beloved and distinguished brother, Dr. John Blair Gibbs.
In honoring him we' honor one who was peculiarly dear to all who knew him, and one whose tragic death in the cause of patriotism has made him a more than national hero.
Dr. Gibbs, who was a graduate of Rutgers College, and, later, of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, was appointed to the first surgical division of Bellevue Hospital in the fall of 1881. During his service in the hospital he distinguished himself as an exemplary in terne by the excellence of his work and by his proficient skill; and he endeared himself to the members of his staff by that personality which has made him such a host of friends.
After graduating from the hospital he continued his medical studies in Europe for some time, and then re turned to this city and entered upon the practice of medicine. For five years he was attending surgeon to the out - patient department of Roosevelt Hospital. For several years he was a member of the teaching body of the Post-graduate Medical School of this city. At the time of his death he was assistant attending surgeon to Lebanon Hospital, and attending surgeon to Demilt Dispensary. In all of these capacities he worked with that diligence, integrity, and skill which were among his prominent characteristics, and thereby he won for himself the much-deserved esteem in which he was held in his profession.
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