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did, though his junior by half a century, could doubt 
that there would be transmitted to his children unusual 
and notable traits of mind and character. Of these 
children it is not fitting that I should now allude to 
any but the immediate subject of this sketch. 
After being educated at Dr. Crawford’s well-known 
school, John Forsyth Meigs began the study of medi- 
cine at the University of Pennsylvania, at the prema- 
ture age of 16 years, and received his degree in 1838, 
when he was still under 20 years of age. He then 
served as Resident Physician in the Pennsylvania 
Hospital for eighteen months, and in April, 1840, he 
went abroad, remaining until August, 1841, a con- 
siderable portion of whichtime he spent in Paris, en- 
joying the then unrivaled advantages of that city 
for students of medicine. Immediately after his return 
he began the practice of medicine in Philadelphia, and 
from that time until a few days before his death, he 
continued the practice of his profession with almost 
unequaled assiduity. 
His chief public service was in connection with the 
Pennsylvania Hospital, which institution he served as 
Attending Physician from 1859 to 1881, when he re- 
signed* and was succeeded by his son, Dr. Arthur V. 
* Resolutions passed Nov. 28, 1881, by the Board of Managers of 
Pennsylvania Hospital upon the resignation of Dr. J. F. Meigs: 
Dr, John F. Meigs having presented his resignation as one of the 
attending physicians of this hospital, which, at his request, has been ac- 
cepted, it is therefore 
Resolved, That this Board desire to record their grateful recognition 
and appreciation of the faithful and efficient work done by Dr. Meigs in 
