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mental Surgery," "Pathology and Surgical Treatment of 

 Tumors," "Intestinal Surgery," "Tuberculosis of Bones and 

 Joints," and " Practical Surgery." He also wrote on the sur- 

 gery of the pancreas, stomach and gall-bladder; as well as 

 contributing several books of travel in which he gives his ob- 

 servation of diseases, physicians and hospitals in foreign 

 countries. 



In 1897 Dr. Senn was elected President of the American 

 Medical Association. He was a member of the Philadelphia 

 College of Physicians, the American Surgical Society, the 

 American National Red Cross, the Norwegian Medical Society, 

 the Swedish Medical Society, and others. 



Also an honorary member of the D. Hayes Agnew Surgical 

 Society, the Philadelphia Academy of Surgery, National Asso- 

 ciation of Railway Surgeons, Academy of Medicine of Mexico, 

 Glasgow Academy of Medicine, Manila Medical Society, the 

 Imperial-Royal Medical Society of Vienna, and the Royal 

 Medical Society of Budapest. He also received the Order of 

 Merit of the Japanese Society of the Red Cross by the sanction 

 of the Emperor of Japan. 



While it was not the privilege of the writer to enjoy any per- 

 sonal intimacy with Dr. Senn, those who were more fortunate 

 in this respect speak of him as a truly great man ; " master of 

 his profession ; always ready to sacrifice his personal interest 

 and comfort for the service of his adopted country ; intensely 

 loyal in his friendships ; generous to a fault ; and too honest to 

 harbor suspicions." " His greatest glory was in his extraordi- 

 nary capacity for work, which he held as a duty, and that work 

 entirely for the benefit of his fellow-men." 



Among the substantial evidences of his generosity may be 

 mentioned his endowment of two rooms in the St. Joseph's Hos- 

 pital, Chicago ; his donation to Rush Medical College of the 

 Senn Clinical Building, and his presentation to the Crerar 

 Library of a valuable collection of books, including the entire 

 library of Dubois-Raymond and that of the late Dr. William 

 Baum, Professor of Surgery in the University of Gottingen. 



Taking him for all in all, it may truly be said : the world is 

 better for his having lived. 



A. F. A. KING. 



