William Gibbons Daggett, M.D., New Haven.

HENRY W. RING, M.D., NEW HAVEN.

William Gibbons Daggett was born in New Haven, Conn., January 8th, 1860. He was the son of Dr. David L. Daggett, a former member of this Society and a prominent and well-beloved practitioner in New Haven for fifty-three years.

His mother was Margaret Donaldson Gibbons Daggett, the daughter of Dr. William Gibbons, who practiced his profession in Wilmington, Del., and was descended from John Gibbons, a Quaker who came from England and settled in Pennsylvania in 1683, and the family were prominent in local and state affairs for several generations.

On the Daggett side he was descended from John Daggett, who came from England with Governor Winthrop in 1630 and settled in Watertown, Mass. Fifth in descent from John, David Daggett was graduated from Yale in 1783, practiced law in New Haven and was in the General Assembly, the United States Senate, Mayor of New Haven, Kent Professor of Law in Yale and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Errors of Connecticut. He received the degree of Doctor of Laws from Yale in 1826. He was the great grandfather of the subject of this sketch, and it will be seen by this brief biography how fortunate an hereditary endowment our friend possessed.

After being graduated from the Hopkins Grammar School in 1876 he entered Yale in the class of 1880, finishing his course with credit. For one year after leaving college he had charge of the Old Lyme Academy, Lyme, Conn. The next year was passed as a student of medicine at Yale, and the succeeding two years at the University of Pennsylvania, from which he received his medical degree in 1884.

After a year in Blockley Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa., during which time he did valuable and faithful volunteer service in the

extensive typhoid fever epidemic at Plymouth, he returned to New Haven and did active practice till the time of his death, September 18th, 1910.

From 1886 to 1888 he lectured on bacteriology in the Yale Medical School and in 1905 was appointed lecturer in clinical medicine. He was attending physician of the New Haven Hospital from 1887, one of its directors from 1896 and secretary since 1906. From 1896 to 1907 he was a member of the Prudential Committee of the hospital.

He was a member of the American Medical Association, Connecticut Medical Society and the New Haven Medical Association and its one time President.

He made visits to Europe in 1888, 1903 and 1905 on professional work.

His published writings have been limited to a few papers on professional topics, typhoid fever being one of the diseases in which he took special interest, and in the treatment of which he exhibited uncommon judgment, skill and success.

Early in his professional work a clientele of high character sought Dr. Daggett's services and remained with him, but the testimony of the less fortunate is indicative of the extent of his disinterested compassion, charity and devotion. The best that was in him he gave to all alike and his work was characterized by a thoroughness which left no details too unimportant to be investigated. His long service in various capacities in the New Haven Hospital illustrated his fidelity, industry and usefulness.

He was a frequent attendant at the meetings of the New Haven Medical Society and an active participant in the scientific and practical work. His interest in the New Haven County Medical Society was no less keen. He always used his best endeavors toward elevating the standard of medicine. He had a deeprooted hatred of shams and quackery, and his attitude toward any wavering in allegiance to the highest ethical plane was uncompromising.

In his association with his professional brethren he was always anxious to help and to learn and, while firm in his convictions,

he readily and gracefully yielded to a change of view when persuaded that his judgment might be doubtful.

As a citizen he was strongly imbued with a sense of obligation to serve. He stood for civic betterment and was ever ready to help a good cause with true altruistic spirit. As a man his exemplary character and peculiarly charming friendliness endeared him to all his associates. His manner was characterized by uniform courtesy and an unkind act was foreign to his nature. The most conspicuous instance of his persistent faithfulness was his devotion to his college class, which was almost an obsession, and the affection of Yale '80 for "Squire" Daggett was manifested in a material as well as a social manner as the class presented him at two different reunions with beautiful tokens of appreciation and regard for his long-continued and effective work as class secretary.

He married, in 1894, Edith, daughter of Alfred Andrew and Emilie (Gibbons) Cohen of Alameda, Cal. He had two children: Stanley, born in 1895; and Emilie Jeannette, born in 1899.

In August, 1910, after a few days' illness, he died from the effects of a large aneurism of the right common iliac artery, two operations failing to save his life.

Daniel Michael Driscoll, M.D., Bridgeport.

CHARLES J. LEVERTY, M.D., Bridgeport.

Daniel M. Driscoll, M.D., died in this city, December 18th, 1910, after a few months' illness with endocarditis. Born in Norwich in 1876, he received his early education there, graduating from the Norwich Free Academy in 1896. He took his degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York City in 1900, and served as interne at Columbus Hospital, New York.

He began the practice of medicine in Bridgeport in 1901. He leaves one brother and one sister to mourn his loss. He was a member of the State, County, and Bridgeport Medical Associations and was treasurer of the Bridgeport Medical Association for two years.

Dr. Driscoll was an earnest student, and always took an active interest in medical organizations. He was one of the first to be appointed as Visiting Physician to St. Vincent's Hospital, and continued as such to the time of his death.

Conservative, conscientious and painstaking in his treatment of disease, he enjoyed a creditable and appreciative clientele. Although deliberate in reaching conclusions, he was firm in his decisions and persisted in carrying them out. His decision oncė reached as to what was the right course to pursue, he earnestly worked on without regard to friend or foe. Always earnest in his convictions, gentlemanly in his conduct, he commanded the respect of his opponents. He was a man who was honest, pure, kindhearted and highminded, and was faithful and diligent in the exercise of all his powers. His life was replete with kindly deeds and self-sacrifice, and he left behind a host of loyal friends.

Horace Smith Fuller, M.D., Hartford.

CHARLES A. GOODRICH, M.D., HARTFORD.

Horace Smith Fuller, M.D., son of Joseph and Cordelia Smith Fuller, was born in Suffield, Conn., April 10th, 1835, and died in the city of Hartford, December 30th, 1910.

His ancestors were all from England and were among the early settlers of this country.

He received his education in the public schools and in the Suffield Literary Institute and was the Salutatorian of the class of 1854. He taught school at Southwick, Mass., for one term, when he entered Amherst College and was graduated in the class of 1858, and three years later received the degree of A.M. from his Alma Mater. He was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi and Phi Beta Kappa Societies, the latter indicating his scholarship. Then followed several years of teaching in Williamsburg, Mass., in Kentucky and in the Literary Institute, of which he was a graduate.

He entered the Harvard Medical School in the fall of 1862 and later took courses at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, where he was graduated in 1865. In March of that year he was appointed Acting Assistant Surgeon in the United States Army and was stationed at Fort Schuyler in New York Harbor, where he continued on duty until the close of the war.

In the following October, 1865, he came to Hartford and established himself in his profession. He was then thirty years of age. During his forty-five years of practice Dr. Fuller occupied many positions of responsibility and prominence. From 1877 to 1884 he served as Coroner and Chairman of the Health Committee, and since that time until his death as Medical Examiner of Hartford, which office he filled with rare judgment and ability. During Governor Andrews' administration he was in 1879-80 Surgeon-General of the State, and from 1873 to 1885 a member of the Board of United States Pension Examiners.