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SWAN MOSES BURNETT. 



established in connection with a hospital for clinical, bacteri- 

 ological and pathological research in the City of Washington. 



He was for many years the ophthalmologist and otologist of 

 the Children's and Providence Hospitals, and also a member of 

 the consulting staff of the Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat Hos- 

 pital. In 1889 he was elected president of the Medical Society 

 of the District of Columbia, and was a member of the Washing- 

 ton Academy of Sciences, Philosophical Society, Anthropolog- 

 ical Society, Historical Society, the American Ophthalmological 

 and Otological Society. In 1896 he was elected to the presi- 

 dency of the Cosmos Club of Washington, of which he was one 

 of the founders. 



His degree of Doctor of Philosophy was bestowed by the 

 University of Georgetown in 1890. During his service extend- 

 ing over 25 years in the cause of higher medical education, he 

 was distinguished for his devotion to his calling and was unex- 

 celled as a teacher, scholar and gentleman. His kind, open and 

 earnest manner, his clear, concise and comprehensive lectures 

 could not fail to impress his students, while his shining example 

 always upheld the ethics of the profession and the dignity of the 

 physician and teacher. 



Doctor Burnett died of chronic myocarditis, at his residence 

 916 Farragut Square, Washington. His second wife and his 

 son Vivian survive him. 



Among his literary contributions and important writings are 

 the following : Translation of Edmond Landoldt's Manual of 

 examination of the eyes. A course of lectures delivered at the 

 Ecole Pratique, Rev. Edit., VII, 9-312 pp., i ch., i table, 8°, 

 Phila., 1879. A theoretical and practical treatise on astigma- 

 tism, VIII, 245 pp., 8°, St. Louis, 1882. 



The principles of refraction in the human eye based on the 

 laws of conjugate foci. 67 pp., 8°, Phila., 1904. 



Study of refraction from a new viewpoint. Phila., 1905. 



See also Billings, J. S. The National Medical Dictionary. 

 Roy. 8°, Phila., 1890. — Landolt, E. The introduction of the 

 metrical system into ophthalmology. 8°, London, 1876. Dis- 

 eases of the conjunctiva and sclera. 82 pp., 2 pi., 8°, Phila., 

 1898, contained in Vol. II of S3'st. Dis. Eye (Norris & Oliver). 



