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active, and an untiring worker. He held the confidence of his 

 patients to a remarkable degree. He was a good diagnostician ; a 

 logical reasoner ; and possessed great common sense. 



He was equally loyal to his profession, and t-o his brother physi- 

 cians. As an anatomist he was exact and thorough ; expert and 

 dexterous, his dissections were more than excellent, they were 

 beautiful. 



He contributed largely and wisely to the Warren Anatomical 

 Museum with the work of his own hands. Many of his preparations 

 of coarse anatomy are, and will remain, unsurpassed. 



From practical anatomy to surgery the step was short. He be- 

 came a rapid and skilful operator. He was also so well grounded 

 in Surgical Pathology that he was a thoughtful, level-headed, and 

 much valued consultant. 



As a writer he was concise and clear. His " Dissector " went 

 through several editions, and was of the utmost value to students. 

 Unsullied by pictures, it ligliteued the work of the young anatomist by 

 clear and true descriptions, by accuracy, and by brevity. His essay 

 on the " Excision of Joints " won the Boylston Prize in 1861. 



His observations on " Spiroidal Fractures" and on " Pilo-nidal 

 Sinus " were original. His latest work was a " History of the Dis- 

 covery of Anaesthesia," which will endure as a complete and careful 

 account of that great surgical event. 



Dr. Hodges did a large share of public gratuitous service in the Chol- 

 era Hospital ; in the Boston Dispensary ; at the Massachusetts General 

 Hospital; at the State House during the Civil War, on the examining 

 board for surgeons ; and also as a volunteer surgeon sent to the seat 

 of war. 



His quick and buoyant manner, his keen insight, decision of char- 

 acter, and honesty, would have insured success in any pursuit ; and 

 they won for him an enduring reputation as a skilled anatomist, a bold 

 yet conservative surgeon, and a reliable observer and physician. 



1896. David W. Cheever. 



HAROLD WHITING. 



Professor Harold Whiting was born in Roxbury, May 13, 

 1855. He was fitted for Harvard University at the Roxbury Latin 

 School, and graduated from the University with the degree of A. B. 

 in 1877, of A. M. in 1878, and of Ph. D. in 1884. He was Instructor 

 in Physics in the University from 1883 to 1891. In 1892 he was 

 appointed Associate Professor of Physics in the University of Cali- 



