OBITUARY.

JAMES GRANT GILCHRIST.

James Grant Gilchrist, Iowa City, Iowa, was born in N.Y. City, Apr. 28, 1842, He studied under private tutors in New York City, in Mitchell's Academy, Philadelphia, in the University of Pennsylvania and the State University of Iowa conferred on him the A.M. degree in 1886. He attended, 1860–’62, the Homœopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania, where he received his professional degree. He practiced in Philadelphia, 1863-66; Winona, Minnesota, 1866-67; Owatonna, Minnesota, 1874-76; Detroit, Michigan, 1875-77; Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1877-79; Detroit, Michigan, 1879-83, and in Iowa City since 1883, having limited his practice to surgery for the past eighteen years. He was surgeon to the out-patient department of the Homœopathic Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1865-66; demonstrator of anatomy in the Homoeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1866; professor of surgery in the homoeopathic department of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; chief of staff of the Detroit Homoeopathic Hospital (now Grace Hospital), 1879-83; professor of surgery in the College of Homœopathic Medicine of the State University of Iowa since 1882; organizer of and surgeon to the Homoeopathic Hospital (State University of Iowa), Iowa City, Iowa, since 1887, and conducted the general surgical clinics of the College of Homoeopathic Medicine in the State University of Iowa. He also was its registrar from 1883 until 1903, and director of the Homœopathic Hospital, Iowa City, at the same time. A frequent contributor to the medical press, he edited the department of medical jurisprudence, and, later, that of surgery for the "Medical Investigator," and was a regular contributor to the American Observer." He is author of the following works, with dates of publication: "Rules for Tying Arteries," 1867; "Surgical Diseases," 1873; "Etiology and Curability of Tumors," 1876; "Tactics and Drill for I. O. O. F.," 1877; "Surgical Therapeutics," 1880; "Surgical Principles and Minor Surgery," 1881; “Surgical Emergencies," 1882; chapters for Arndt's "System of Practice," 1884-85: chapters for Dickinson's "Practice," 1885; "Charles the I, a Martyr," 1885; "Manual for Infantry Officers," 1887; "Syllabus of Surgery," 1882; "Elements of Surgical Pathology," 1895; "Itinerary of English Cathedrals," 1901. His "Surgical Therapeutics" was translated and published in Madrid, Naples, Berlin, Leipsic, and Paris.

Dr. Gilchrist is a member of the American Institute of Homoeopathy, Hahnemann Medical Association of Iowa, Central Iowa Homœopathic Medical Society, and of the last two has been president; is a member and ex-president of the Johnson County (Iowa) Homoeopathic Medical Society ex-member, ex-president and ex-secretary of the Homœopathic Medical Society of the State of Michigan; ex-member of the Missouri Valley, the Pennsylvania and Minnesota Homœopathic Medical Societies; ex-member and ex-president of the Detroit College of Homœopathic Physicians and Surgeons, and honorary member of the New York Homoeopathic Medical Society, the Missouri Institute of Homoeopathy, the Illinois Homœopathic Medical Society and the Homoeopathic Medical Society of Kansas. He is ex-president of the Baconian Club (scientific), Iowa City, and ex-colonel of the 3d Iowa National Guard (1890-1896), after serving as first lieutenant and captain of Company C of that regiment, while his first military service followed his enlistment in 1863, 40th Pennsylvania Infantry, in the Civil War. He married, June 15, 1863, Elizabeth Thomas, and their children are: Bertha, widow of William H. Ridgway; Rollin; Redelia, wife of Herbert L. Stone; Helen: and Janet Marjory, wife of J. V. Westfall.

His death occurred March 22d, after an illness of about a month, although he had been in failing health for the past year.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL ITEMS.

Some doctors don't attend medical meetings or take a medical journal. They are back numbers, passe, out-of-date. They crawl along in the same old rut getting more rusty, musty, mouldy, mildewed and stagnant every year till they finally evaporate out of the landscape. Every Homoeopathic physician in New England ought to take the GAŻETTE, the only Homœopathic journal in this section, and as many more as he can afford. We are sending out some sample copies this month to non-subscribers, and we trust that no one receiving a copy will fail to give it careful reading, thereby becoming convinced it would be profitable to keep it coming. A doctor said a few days ago "I believe the GAZETTE grows better every month." Try it and see if you don't agree with him. Fill out the blank you will find enclosed, Doctor, and send it in before you forget it.

ANYONE who is desirous of procuring a lucrative practice in a country village in which homeopathy has been represented for a considerable length of time, may obtain further information by writing to the Rev. J. C. Carnahan, Sherbourne, Vt.

A request has reached the editors of the GAZETTE to procure, if possible, a homœopathic physician of some experience for a thriving town in the western part of Massachusetts. Anyone who may be desirous of obtaining more information concerning this opening can do so by addressing Dr. W. H. Watters, 80 East Concord Street, Boston.

REPORT OF JOINT RELIEF COMMITTEE OF CALIFORNIA MEDICAL FUND

Editor Gazette:

In accordance with instructions received from the Joint Relief Committee appointed by our state and city societies to solicit funds for our California colleagues, at its last meeting, held May 10, the Secretary has prepared for the GAZETTE the following account of its transactions, with extracts from letters received from California physicians.

At a meeting of the Boston Homœopathic Medical Society held at the College Building on April 21, at the call of the President, Dr. David W. Wells, it was voted that the President appoint three members to serve with the President, Secretary and Treasurer of the Society as a relief committee of six, to solicit funds for our suffering colleagues in California.

At the request of the President of the Massachusetts Homœopathic Medical Society, and by vote of the Boston Society, this committee met with the executive committee of the State Society on the evening of April 21, and together with three members of the State Society appointed by the executive committee to act with the President, Secretary and Treasurer formed a Joint Relief Committee for the purpose outlined above. This committee was made up of the following physicians: Drs. J. H. Sherman, T. M. Strong, T. E. Chandler, Walter Wesselhoeft, J. P. Rand, and G. Forrest Martin, representing the State Society, and Drs. David W. Wells, B. T. Loring, Alonzo G. Howard, Horace Packard, N. M. Wood, and J. Herbert Moore representing the city society. The committee organized by electing the following officers: Chairman, J. H. Gherman; Secretary, J. Herbert Moore; Treasurer, Horace Packard.

Dr. Packard reported that 1300 copies of an appeal, which the Boston society at its noon meeting had instructed him to have printed, were delivered at the medical school at four o'clock the same afternoon, and with the kind assistance of certain students and hospital internes all the circu

lars were addressed and ready for mailing by six o'clock. These were mailed after the evening meeting of the joint committee, one having been sent to every homoeopathic physician in New England. At a later meeting the committee instructed the secretary to acquaint our two societies with the fact, and I now do this through the courtesy of your columns, that "The White Press" of 74 India Street, made no charge for the 1300 circulars and envelopes, and furthermore were obliging enough to print these on a Saturday half-holiday.

These circulars were followed on the next morning by the following letter sent to each of the presidents of the New England State Homœopathic Medical Societies: "My dear Doctor:- Enclosed please find circular explaining action taken by our Societies to-day. We would especially call your attention as President of the-Homœopathic Medical Society to the clause in the circular stating that each contribution will be credited to the donor and to the State from which it comes. All moneys will go out in name of the homœopathic physicians of New England. Will you in your official capacity do all you can in furtherance of this end."

The following letter was sent to the President and Secretary of the California State Homœopathic Medical Society, the Southern California Homœopathic Medical Society and the San Francisco Homœopathic Medical Society: "My dear Doctor:- The Massachusetts Homœopathic Medical Society and the Boston Homœopathic Medical Society have made appropriations in aid of our professional brothers in San Francisco, and have appointed a Joint Relief Committee to solicit contributions from every homoeopathic physician in New England. Please select committee to receive and administer funds, and notify Treasurer of our committee to whom and when to remit." A telegram to the same effect was sent to Dr. N. H. Chamberlain of Oakland. Nine days later the following telegram was received from Dr. Chamberlain: "Express aid Dr. George H. Martin, Delger Building, Oakland, for distribution."

In reply a draft of $1000. was sent to Dr. Martin which was acknowledged in a letter in which Dr. Martin, who by the way is an '81 graduate B. U. S. M., stated that Drs. Ward, Boericke, Brooks, Manning and himself had been appointed a committee to receive and distribute the fund.

At the last meeting of our committee, held on May 10, it was voted to at once send the balance of the fund to this committee, who are to hold it until such time as it may be used to best advantage in assisting the physicians in reopening their offices.

Following are extracts from letters received from those California physicians to whom our first letter of assistance was sent. The first is from Dr. Thos. G. McConkey, President of the California State Homoeopathic Medical Society and reads in part as follows: "I am just now in receipt of your favor of the 22nd inst. informing me of the benevolent action of the Massachusetts Homœopathic Medical Society and Boston Homœopathic Medical Society in behalf of our burned-out brethren of San Francisco,”—“No one is actually suffering, of course, but many of us have lost nearly everything, and your action is very timely as it will help us re-equip our offices which otherwise will be a difficult problem. Permit me on behalf of the sufferers of whom I am one, having left the contents of a trunk and suit case only, to thank you for your timely action." The second letter is from Dr. Guy E. Manning, Secretary of the above Society, and reads in part as follows: "San Francisco and San Francisco homœopaths appreciate most fully the extra endeavors you are making in their behalf, and thank you from the depths of their hearts for the generosity of yourselves and others. We appreciate it fully as being the first offer of aid that we have received and it also comes with greater force as being unasked for. Of our one hundred and more homoeopaths I find only some half dozen who have not lost offices, and by offices I mean medicines, supplies, instruments, choice libraries, office furniture, X-ray machines