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Memorial to Dr. Gustav Baumgarten - . 



The following appreciation of our late associate, Dr. 

 Gustav Baumgarten, was prepared by Dr. John Green: 



Gustav Heinrich Ernst Baumgarten 

 June 1,1837— September 20, 1910. 



It was my rare privilege to make the acquaintance of 

 Dr. Baumgarten early in 1867, — an acquaintance which 

 proved to be the beginning of an association of forty- 

 three years in the teaching of medicine, and of an abid- 

 ing friendship now a gracious memory. 



Dr. Baumgarten had already won recognition by lead- 

 ers in the profession as distinctively the exponent of 

 scientific medicine in this community. His broad knowl- 

 edge perfectly coordinated and at instant command, his 

 gift of direct and lucid exposition, his unwavering fidelity 

 to duty, and above all his intellectual honesty and punc- 

 tilious regard for the rights of others, were distinguish- 

 ing attributes of the wise physician, the helpful consult- 

 ant, and the impressive teacher. 



Dr. Baumgarten 's life work was in the practice and 

 teaching of internal medicine, but in following this predi- 

 lection he was ever mindful of the essential oneness of 

 medical science as the summation of knowledge garnered 

 from many fields. So every year brought accession of 

 wisdom and power ; — his growth was continuous and sym- 

 metrical to the end. 



Single-minded in his reverence for truth and deliber- 

 ately exact in formulating his convictions, he was impa- 

 tient of self-assertion and rhetorical display in discuss- 

 ing scientific problems. His own utterances, always per- 

 tinent and illuminating, were characterized by a judicial 

 discrimination that compelled the respect of receptive 

 hearers. In the local Society of German Physicians he 

 found congenial companionship, and gave freely of his 

 best in impromptu friendly debate and in carefully 

 studied papers. For thirty years and to the very last 

 he was constant in his attendance at its meetings and 



