Memoir of the late John Osgood Stone / by John C. Peters ... Read before the New York Academy of Medicine on Thursday evening, Dec. 21st, 1876.

  • John Charles Peters
Date:
1877
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Credit: Memoir of the late John Osgood Stone / by John C. Peters ... Read before the New York Academy of Medicine on Thursday evening, Dec. 21st, 1876. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    Here he again came into association with his old friend, Dr. Willard Parker. His other col- leagues were the lamented Dr. Dalton. Dr. James Crane, of Brooklyn, and Jackson S. Schultz, Esq. It is justly claimed that the sturdy integrity, shrewd common sense, great executive ability, and directness of purpose of Dr. Stone materially aided his able coadju- tors in establishing the new board in the good opinion of the medical profession and of the public. He inspired the greatest confidence in the young medical men who were selected as Health Inspectors, for they quickly found that merit, and not political [or meretricious service of any kind], was the only way to secure his friendship and support.” * Dr. Parker says : “His talent and integrity were of great avail. His ability and his ac- quirements, together with his fidelity to his own convictions of truth and justice, commanded our very highest esteem.” The Rev. Dr. Bel- lows, writes : “ His courageous and conscien- * Dr. Emerson.
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