One of the old land marks of the medical profession is gone! Few men are
privileged to continue in actual practice fifty-seven years! Thousands
have heard him lecture, seen him operate and read his published papers.
He was indeed a remarkable man. At the age of eighty he continued to
operate with the freshness of youth. As a lecturer he was terse—direct
to the point; as a writer he was lucid and clear; as an operator he was
steady, bold and self-reliant; as a man he was a Christian.
If there was one thing more than another more prominent in his
well-rounded character, it was his devotion to duty. He was a man of
fine religious faith, devout in his behavior and an excellent theologian
and Biblical scholar. The two things he is said to have most enjoyed
were a surgical operation and a prayer meeting. He was a consistent
member of the Presbyterian church, and his example of earnest, unselfish
devotion to duty can not help but leave an influence for good which will
last long after his brilliant surgical operations are forgotten.
Dr. Post was born in New York city in 1805, graduated from Columbia
College in 1822, became a medical student in the office of Dr. Wright
Post, his uncle, an eminent surgeon of a former generation. He graduated
from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1827. After spending two
years in the medical schools and hospitals of Paris, Berlin and
Edinburgh, he commenced active practice of his profession in New York
city, which he continued until the week before his death. He was one of
the founders of the Medical Department of the University of New York,
taking the chair of surgery and pathological anatomy, and at the time of
his death was president of the medical faculty and emeritus professor of
the clinical surgery in that institution. His funeral took place
Wednesday, February 10, and the Church of the Covenant, of which Dr.
Post was a member, was crowded with professional and other friends of
the dead man.
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE WESTERN RESERVE
UNIVERSITY.
The annual meeting of the Alumni Association will be held at 2 o’clock,
P. M., Wednesday, March 3, in the amphitheatre of the City Hospital
corner of Erie and Lake streets.
Dr. E. D. Burton of Collamer, Ohio, will be the orator of the occasion,
and Prof. Proctor Thayer, the elected poet.
The president, Prof. G. C. E. Weber, will also deliver an address.
The subjects for discussion are: First, Cholera, the leading speakers
being Doctors Thayer, Lowman and Kelley. Second, Diphtheria, its
Aetiology and Treatment, with Dr. Knowlton of Brecksville, and Dr. Orwig
of Cleveland, as leading speakers. The annual election of officers will
be held, and other important business transacted.
The Hon. S. E. Williamson will deliver an address to the graduating
class in the evening. The graduating exercises will be held in the First
Methodist Church, corner of Euclid avenue and Erie street. There will
afterwards be a reception and banquet at the Hollenden.