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suggest changes essential for the health of the student body. It was at his 
suggestion, a few years later, that a systematic study was made of the water 
and milk supply of the college. He was ever urgent for a sewage disposal 
system and good water supply. 
In this day of specialization the “family doctor” is almost a thing of the 
past, but the doctor was not only true to his calling as a surgeon but a good 
“Family Doctor.” He knew all about the members of the family and what they 
needed to restore them to health. It was not always medicine they needed. 
The patient felt that he was safe in his hands. That he had the confidence is 
shown in tne fact that his office was always filled with patients waiting for 
him. To all it was the same kind word and treatment. No matter what time 
of the day he was ready to serve his fellow men. It can be truly said that he 
offered his own life for the good of others. 
So conscientious was he in his work that when a patient had a . serious 
sickness he never left him until he was certain that the patient was on the 
road to recovery. No matter in what circumstances the patient was, he re- 
ceived the same treatment. This he considered to be the duty of a physician. 
It was his great interest in the student that commended him to every one 
in this community. There were stated hours in which the students could see 
the doctor, at the College Hospital, but they came to his office and called on 
him at all hours of the day and night. He was always ready to help them 
and in this way avoided many serious troubles. 
His sensitive nature and conscientious scruples made him more than careful 
in his medical work. His diagnosis was carefully made and consequently few 
errors in treatment. I had many talks with him, and he frequently un- 
bosomed himself in his frank and straightforward way about many subjects 
we had in common. He had a profound reverence for authority and felt 
deeply chagrined when an injustice was done to some one. It was in this 
frank and straightforward way that he won the esteem and respect of his 
fellow men. I love to think of the good doctor as I saw him in his profes- 
sional work in his prime, and when he was a student in my classes in the 
early nineties. His work as a student was an inspiration to me and his 
fellow students. 
The last time I saw him his health had been undermined to such an extent 
that he said, “I will have to quit practice for a while,” but his message to me 
was cheering and full of hope. It was the same kindly greeting as in earlier 
days. I did not think it would be a parting message, but such it proved to be. 
We looked back over the years when he told me that he was anxious to prac- 
tice medicine in Ames and establish his name among good practitioners of the 
State and become a worthy member of our community. 
Though young in years the service he did to his fellow men was rich in 
blessings and full of fruition. His life was one of strict service to others. 
What more can be said of any man devoted to his work of helping humanity? 
It is blessed beyond measure and our words are inadequate to express our 
gratitude to the man who led an unostentatious life for the good of mankind. 
L. H. Pammel, 
A. C. Page, 
G. F. Kay. 
