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amination. His example exerted a pro- 

 found influence upon his son, not only in 

 ehildliood and adolescence, but also during 

 many years of close professional associa- 

 tion in office practise. 



Frances Strong Rogers Janeway was the 

 daughter of a minister, and of a mother 

 who was a woman of strong character, of 

 rare spirit and of considerable artistic 

 talent. From his mother, Theodore Jane- 

 way inherited charm of manner, a kindly 

 tolerance, and a warm love for all man- 

 kind. 



During his boyhood in New York City, 

 and especially in the summer vacations, 

 Theodore Janeway became acquainted with 

 "William K. Prentice, a boy a year older 

 than himself, and the acquaintance grew 

 into a friendship and intimacy that lasted 

 throughout his life. Each regarded the 

 other as his best friend, and in riper 

 years the professor of Greek at Princeton 

 and the professor of medicine at Johns 

 Hopkins continued to prize highly this re- 

 lationship. 



After preparation at Cutler's School in 

 New York, Theodore Janeway at the age 

 of sixteen entered the Sheffield Scientific 

 School at Yale, graduating in 1892 with 

 the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy. 

 Like many others who attended this school, 

 he profited much from the influence of 

 Chittenden, the professor of physiological 

 chemistry, an influence that may be dis- 

 cernible later in his career in the interest 

 he manifested in disorders of metabolism. 

 As a youth, he is said to have been sensi- 

 tive and high strung, interested in every- 

 thing, impressing his companions with his 

 alertness and the extraordinary activity of 

 his mind. Though agile and fond of 

 games, his rather delicate constitution 

 limited his participation in college athlet- 

 ics. He early evinced an interest in public 

 speaking. In the debating society to 



which he belonged as a boy, it was obvious 

 that he possessed the gift of -simple, lucid 

 and powerful expression. This stood him 

 in good stead when he became a teacher 

 in the medical schools ; in medical societies, 

 and in campaigns for public betterment, 

 too, his addresses were characterized by 

 clearness, force, and refinement. lie had 

 a feeling for the proper use of words andi 

 an ability in combining them that one 

 could wish were more common to men of 

 science. His natural endowments, his 

 early associations, and his college training 

 all contributed to make his choice of a 

 career in medicine a wise one. 



Janeway entered upon his undergradu- 

 ate medical studies at the College of Physi- 

 cians and Surgeons of Columbia University, 

 and obtained the degree of Doctor of Med- 

 icine in 1895. After graduating he served 

 as interne at St. Luke's Hospital. In his 

 medical studies, he exhibited unusual in- 

 dustry and enthusiasm, and from the be- 

 ginning appreciated the significance of the 

 scientific method in medicine and realized 

 the importance of a broad training in the 

 natural sciences and in the preclinical 

 medical sciences as a foundation for the 

 best type of clinical work. 



Dr. Janeway 's potential ability as a 

 teacher could not long go unrecognized. 

 In 1898, he was appointed to an instruc- 

 torship in medical diagnosis in the reor- 

 ganized New York University and Belle- 

 vue Hospital Medical College ; later, he was 

 given a lectureship there, continuing his 

 work in this institution for some eight 

 years. It was a time of transition from an 

 older to a newer type of medical teaching 

 and of hospital work in New York City 

 and he and his father, experiencing the 

 difficulties that are common to campaigns 

 of reform, did their best to overcome the 

 obstacles that impeded progress in the 

 change of policy. It was during this 



