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this city, during some portion at least of the fifty years, and it 

 was a source of great comfort to receive in life's evening such 

 evidence of good will and esteem from his professional brethren. 



How well he deserved this evidence of respect is shown by a 

 list of more than 165 distinct contributions to medical literature, 

 besides his miscellaneous publications. The world is indebted 

 to him for his work on " Congenital Occlusion and Dilatation 

 of Lymph Channels " and his masterly exposition of "The 

 Wrongs of Craniotomy upon the Living Foetus," writings which 

 have long since become classic. 



Dr. Busey, notwithstanding his natural reserve and austerity, 

 was always the friend and leader of the practitioner in uniformly 

 contending for the rights, honor and dignity of the medical pro- 

 fession, and in his relation to the public, Dr. Busey evidently be- 

 lieved that the education and betterment of the people at large in 

 sanitation are not less humane than the healing of the sick. 

 That he discharged this obligation imposed by the Code of Ethics 

 of the American Medical Association is evidenced by his nu- 

 merous contributions to preventive medicine, his public addresses, 

 and the fact that he with his colleagues of the Committee on 

 Legislation were instrumental in framing and enacting seven 

 laws in the interest of public health. Indeed the history of 

 sanitation of the National Capitol is inseparably connected with 

 that of the Medical Society and Dr. Busey as its President. 



For several years Dr. Busey had been in delicate health, yet 

 his interest in the Academy was so great that he rarely missed 

 a Board meeting and rendered service as Chairman of several 

 prominent committees ; he also made the Academy the bene- 

 ficiary of a bequest, without conditions, amounting to about 

 $5,000.00. 



Peacefully and quietly in the earliest morning hours of Feb. 

 12, 1901, came the end, that end which despite anticipation or 

 expectation, was felt as a shock through a wide circle of friends 

 and admirers in the city which he loved and which owes so 

 much to his bright, fertile and discerning mind. 



George M. Kober. 



