Dr. Adam Hammer, surgeon and apostle of higher medical education / by James Moores Ball.

  • Ball, James Moores, 1863-1929.
Date:
1909
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Credit: Dr. Adam Hammer, surgeon and apostle of higher medical education / by James Moores Ball. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    J. Steele, I. G. W. Steadman, J. Spiegelhalter, Jas. R. Washington, J. L. Whipple, J. C. Whitehill, J. M. Youngblood, St. Louis. NAYS. J. S. B. Alleyne, B. A. Barrett, St. Louis; J. F. Barbour, New Madrid, Mo.; A. F. Barnes, G. H. Baumgarten, J. Bates, J. W. Clemens, St. Louis; J. Blane, St. James, Mo.; W. H. Cooper, E. De- Courcillon, W. Dickinson, St. Louis; J. P. H. Gray, California, Mo.; J. Green, St. Louis; S. Griswood, New Haven, ]\Io.; W. W. Grissom, G. Hurt, A. Jaminet, A. Ktieckelhan, E. S. Lemoine, St. Louis; W. Lough, Kirksville, Mo.; R. B. Lewis, Flat Hill, Mo.; E. Montgomery, G. M. B. Maughs, St. Louis; L. J. Mathews, Lebanon, Mo.; H. F. Steinhauer, Sappington, Mo.; John Shore, J. M. Scott, B. F. Shumard, C. Sprague, R. Trevey, J. H. Watters, N. C. Washington, St. Louis; G. A. Wil- liams, Boonville, Mo. NOT VOTING. V. H. Auler, C. E. Briggs, St. Louis; D. L. Bassett, Florissant, Mo.; G. S. Bryant, E. Benkendorf, J. Fisher, E. H. Gregory, St. Louis; H. C. Gibson, Boonville, Mo.; W. A. Gibson, St. Louis; P. A. Heitz, Palmyra, Mo.; J. Heitzig, J. T. Hodgen, J. F. Johnson, J. B. Johnson, D. Kuhn, J. J. McDowell, M. Martin, G. E. McCosh, P. E. Noel, H. Nagel, C. F. O’Neil, M. M. Fallen, H. C/ Pococke, St. Louis; J. Pitman, Kirkwood; F. G. Porter, St. Louis; T. L. Rivers, St. Charles; C. G. Rohlfing, St. Louis; W. Rannells, Laclede; F. Shade, A. Strothotte, R. H. Slingleiff, Fred Wolf, St. Louis.” Note “G.” DEATH OF DR. HAMMER. Dr. Hammer left St. Louis April 20, 1877, for Germany, intending to pass his remaining days in the Fatherland. He died August 4, 1878. RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT. A meeting of members of the medical profession was held in St. Louis on August 28, 1878, to take action upon the death of Dr. Adam Hammer. A committee offered the following resolutions, which were adopted: “The victorious general builds the monuments that com- memorate his fame upon pyramids of human bones, and his kindred and countrymen glory over his record inscribed in characters of blood. The statesman, the orator, the poet and the preacher trans- mit their names to posterity by the brilliancy of their intellect and the merit of their deeds. Our noblest and greatest achievements are accomplished in silence and seclusion, without aspirations for glory or hope of reward, where the pestilential poisons permeate the hovels of the poor or the purlieus of the outcasts, the noble, brave and