Dr. Hugh A. Maughlin, class of 1864, of Baltimore, died Saturday, April
17, 1909, at his home, 121 North Broadway, Baltimore. Dr. Maughlin was a
prominent member of the Grand Army of the Republic. Rev. J. Wynne Jones,
pastor of Abbott Memorial Church, Highlandtown, who is the chaplain of
Wilson Post, of which Dr. Maughlin was a member, conducted the funeral
services. Burial was in Greenmount Cemetery.
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Dr. Newton Clark Stevens, class of 1875, a member of the Louisiana State
Medical Society, died at his home, in Ama, January 28, 1909, aged 62.
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Dr. Howard E. Mitchell, class of 1882, of Ellerslie, Md., died at the
Western Maryland Hospital, Cumberland, Md., April 6, 1909, 48 hours
after having been struck by a train, aged fifty-four.
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Recently at Cavite, Philippine Islands, Mrs. Mary Gibbs Morris, wife of
Dr. Lewis Morris, class of 1890, surgeon United States Navy, was
gathered unto her father. Her husband was born in Baltimore, and is the
son of the late Capt. C. Manigault Morris, commander of the Florida,
Confederate States Navy.
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Dr. William Hungerford Burr, class of 1884, a member of the American
Medical Association, for four years surgeon in charge of the Santa Fe
System Hospital and surgeon to the Clark Coal Company, Gallup, New
Mexico, died in the Santa Fe Hospital, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April
13, 1909, from pneumonia, aged forty-nine.
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Dr. Edgar T. Duke, one of the most prominent physicians of Allegany
county, died April 3 at his home, on Bedford street, Cumberland, the
result of an attack of pneumonia. He was 43 years old, a son of Major
and Mrs. J. E. Duke, and was a native of Charlestown, W. Va., coming to
Cumberland with his parents when a young man. He studied pharmacy with
the late Dr. John F. Zacharias, and later read medicine under the late
Dr. G. Ellis Porter at Lonaconing, graduating at the University of
Maryland in the class of 1891.
Dr. Duke was in love with his profession, and was for a number of years
secretary of the Allegany County Medical Association. He was prominent
before the association for his special papers, and was also prominent on
the church lecture platform. Hardly a church in Cumberland but that has
had Dr. Duke's services.
He was a member of Chosen Friends' Lodge, No. 34, Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, of which body he was secretary for some years, and also a
past presiding officer, and was connected with other fraternal
organizations.
Dr. Duke was also a member of the American Medical Association, the
Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland and the Tristate Medical
Association. He assisted in organizing the Western Maryland Hospital
Training School for Nurses and was one of the lecturers. He was an elder
and the Sunday school superintendent in the Presbyterian Church.
He was noted for his kindness. He was also active in the Young Men's
Christian Association and was chairman of the boys' work committee. His
father is a prominent Confederate veteran. His funeral took place
Thursday afternoon, April 15, from the First Presbyterian Church. At the
present time Dr. Duke's aged mother is very ill.
Dr. Duke leaves a widow, formerly Miss Gardner; his parents, one
brother, Mr. Harry K. Duke, and one sister, Mrs. Mary Campbell, all of
Cumberland.
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Dr. Edward Pontney Irons, an alumnus of the University of Maryland, and
one of the oldest physicians in the city, died Sunday, April 4, 1909, at
the home of his sister, Mrs. William P. Lowry, 1023 Harlem avenue. He
was 84 years old.
He was born in this city, a son of Dr. James and Rebecca Irons, who were
of English and French-Irish ancestry, and descendants of the earlier
settlers of the state. He entered business and was variously employed in
a number of the Southern States. In 1863 he returned to this city and
entered the University of Maryland.
After graduation in 1865, when the Civil War was nearing its end, he
acted as assistant surgeon in the Officers' Hospital at Annapolis. A
year later he went to Alabama, but remained only a short time. He
returned and opened a practice here, which he maintained.
He retired from active work about seven years ago. At that time he was
subordinate medical examiner for the Royal Arcanum, of which he was a
member. He was also a member of the Masons, the Baltimore Medical
Society and the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland.
In 1857 he married Miss Anna Rebecca Sewell, a daughter of Thomas H.
Sewell, a Baltimore manufacturer. A daughter, Mrs. James W. Ramsey, is
the only survivor.
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Dr. Benjamin Franklin Laughlin, class of 1904, died at his home, at Deer
Park, Md., aged 31 years. He first located at Blaine, W. Va., where he
practiced. He was taken ill at Kingwood, W. Va., some months ago, and
was later sent to a Baltimore hospital, but he showed no signs of
improvement. He was a son of Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Laughlin, Deer Park, and
a brother of Hice Laughlin, a prominent Baltimore and Ohio official,
Grafton, W. Va.
Dr. George C. Farnandas, class of 1852, of Baltimore, died Sunday, April
4, 1909, at his home, 1721 Maryland avenue, Baltimore, of old age. The
funeral took place from his late home, 1721 Maryland avenue. Dr.
Farnandas was 80 years old. Before the Civil War he had a large
practice, but gave it up so that he might travel. He was well known to
the older generation of Baltimoreans. The services were conducted by
Rev. J. H. Eccleston, rector of Emmanuel Church.
The honorary pallbearers were Dr. N. K. Keirle, Dr. James M. Craighill,
Dr. Samuel T. Earle, Mr. Thomas H. Robinson and Mr. Wm. P. Trimble, of
Harford county. Burial was in Greenmount Cemetery.
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Mrs. Virginia Blackwell Carder, aged 38 years, wife of Dr. George M.
Carder, class of 1891, of Cumberland, Md., died March 17, 1909, after a
struggle of two weeks against the ravages of a mastoid abscess.
Mrs. Carder was preparing to visit her sister, Mrs. Gay Breton Leroux,
in Douglas, Ga.
Suddenly she was stricken, and when an operation became necessary Mrs.
Carder insisted that her husband, a surgeon who has kept constant vigil
the last two weeks, perform the operation. The operation was apparently
very successful, and Mrs. Carder was improving, when complications in
the form of typhoid fever set in. Prof. C. W. Mitchell, of Baltimore,
and Drs. J. T. Walker and Harry Hyland Kerr, of Washington, were called
by Dr. Carder, and all said everything possible was being done for her,
but held out no hope.
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Mrs. Carder was the daughter of Thomas Callan, of Narrows Park, and,
besides her husband, leaves a little son (Robert Callan Carder), two
brothers (George S. Callan, of Duffields, W. Va., and Charles T. Callan,
of Little Orleans, Md.), and one sister (Mrs. Leroux). Miss Mary L.
Callan, a sister, was accidentally drowned in the Potomac at Little
Orleans.
=In Pneumonia= the inspired air should be rich in oxygen and
comparatively cool, while the surface of the body, especially the
thorax, should be kept warm, lest, becoming chilled, the action of the
phagocytes in their battle with the pneumococci be inhibited.
_Antiphlogistine_
(_Inflammation's Antidote_)
applied to the chest wall, front, sides and back, hot and thick,
stimulates the action of the phagocytes and often turns the scale in
favor of recovery.
=Croup.=—Instead of depending on an emetic for quick action in croup,
the physician will do well to apply Antiphlogistine hot and thick from
ear to ear and down over the interclavicular space. The results of such
treatment are usually prompt and gratifying.
Antiphlogistine hot and thick is also indicated in Bronchitis and
Pleurisy