Record. xli 
Memoria 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 
