fied himself with a church of that denomination in the various towns of which he became a resident.

The Rev. George L. Clark said in his funeral discourse: "He was full of that hopefulness which moves to do the best, and then hopes for the best. He was chivalrous, tender and unfailing in his devotion to his patients, his home and to the dear ones more precious to him than his life. He had great selfcontrol to bear the hurts and sorrows of others, as well as his own heavy burdens, with a smile and a kindly considerate message for all. This was an achievement costing more than we can imagine to a man who knew for years that the disease was moving toward the citadel, yet was silent and cheerful about it all, even with the most intimate friends, staying in the harness until the week before the tired heart ceased beating, then closing his eyes for the long rest, with words of strength and courage on his lips, brave and smiling to the end."

Harmon George Howe, M.D., Hartford.

FREDERICK B. WILLARD, M.D., HARTFORD.

Harmon George Howe, for thirty-seven years a practitioner in the art of medicine and surgery in Hartford, Conn., and for the same length of time a member of the Hartford County Medical Association, met his death by accident at Stamford, Conn., June 12, 1913. The accident and the events following it, which culminated in his death, are all too well known to need rehearsal here.

Dr. Howe was born in Jericho, Vt., on September 3, 1850. His early ancestors originally came from Connecticut, but migrated about the beginning of the eighteenth century to Vermont. Among these were the Chittendens and Galushas. Dr. Howe's education was in the district schools of Jericho and, previous to his entry into the Medical Department of the University of Vermont, he attended the Essex Classical Institute of Essex, Vt. His father was very desirous of his becoming identified with some business, and for a time he acted as clerk in the grocery store of Elisha Herrick of Winooski, Vt. The doctor has often told me how he used to make vinegar by pouring water into the brown sugar barrel. The doctor's father always maintained, to the time of his death, that by Harmon's becoming a physician, a good business man had been spoiled. He entered the Medical Department of the University of Vermont in 1870, graduating at the head of his class in 1873. Following his graduation he substituted for a time in the Hartford Hospital and later went to Sanford Hall in Flushing, Long Island, as assistant to the superintendent. While there he continued his medical studies in the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, and received his degree as Doctor of Medicine in 1875.

He returned to Hartford and was Medical Assistant to the late Dr. Henry P. Stearns at the Hartford Retreat. On April

12, 1876, he married Miss Harriet M. Stevens of Jericho, Vt., and in the following month he opened his first office on Village Street, in Hartford. He had not been in Hartford long before he was made a member of the Visiting Staff of the Hartford Hospital, and served in that institution long and worthily until the time of his death. For a number of years he was chairman of the Executive Committee and under his directions, the Children's Ward, the Contagious Ward, and Wildwood Sanatorium were built; also the new kitchen, as well as the Nurses' Home. He was, up to the time of his death, president of the Surgical and Medical Staff; also was a member of the Board of Trustees, serving for a time as its president. He also continued his interest in the Hartford Retreat and, for the past ten years, was a member of the Board of Visitors.

Dr. Howe was born and brought up a Baptist in the strictest sense of the word, and, until the last few years was identified with the South Baptist Church. At the death of the late Joseph B. Pierce, he felt that his services were needed more at the Fourth Congregational Church, and he therefore transferred his membership. He was actively engaged in the conduct of its affairs, and was President of the Board of Trustees. It was largely through his efforts that the transfer of the Church property, from the Main Street site to the old Batterson place, was made.

He was also prominent in military affairs, and from 1879 to 1890, he was Assistant Surgeon, and later Surgeon of the First Regiment of the Connecticut National Guard. For the last ten years he was connected with the Governor's Foot Guard as Assistant Surgeon, and Surgeon.

He was an honored President of the Hartford County Medical Association from 1911 to 1912, and also of the Hartford Medical Society. He was greatly interested in the transactions of the Connecticut State Medical Society.

Dr. Howe was very fond of books and almost any week day afternoon, between the hours of two and three, one would find him, sitting in his parlor, reading the latest fiction. He loved to have books about him and his library with its crowded shelves

attested to this fact. He loved to have his medical books about him, as the shelves in his office attested. He was greatly interested in the establishment of the library connected with the Hartford Medical Society. His widow gave his entire medical library to the Society, because of this interest and his oft-repeated wish, although the bequest was not specifically mentioned in his will. By this addition of 500 volumes or more, the library became stronger in surgery than in any other department.

Politically, Dr. Howe was a Republican and always voted the Republican ticket, but at the time of the last Presidential election his interests swerved to those of the Progressive party. He was a great admirer of Theodore Roosevelt.

Dr. Howe certainly had a peculiarly attractive personality. He was greatly beloved by the great majority of his patients. With them, his word was almost law. It is also true that he obtained great success, both as a physician and a surgeon. He never gave up his medical work, and at his death had an extensive family practice.

He was quick in reaching conclusions and often in making diagnoses. It was surprising to me to see how often he was right, although so many times he could present no logical reasoning for his conclusions or diagnoses. As I look back now, it appears to me to be akin to the instinct which comes from ripe experience.

Dr. Howe, to be seen at his best, was to be seen in his home. There was nothing vicious in either act or word. What had to be said was quickly said, and the matter was there ended. He was generous to a fault. A guest was "no stranger within his gates."

Dr. Howe will be greatly missed in all circles, where, by his genial manner, and captivating smile, he made many friends, and scarcely an enemy.

George Henry Knight, M.D., Lakeville.

STEPHEN J. MAHER, M.D., NEW HAVEN.

When it became known throughout the state on the morning of October 5, 1912, that Dr. George H. Knight of Lakeville was dead, there immediately sounded from every corner of the Commonwealth such mourning as is seldom heard in Connecticut at the death of any citizen, and never within my recollection at the death of any doctor. And yet to many of the members of this State Medical Society of which he was a member, he was not personally known. The younger physicians who asked their elders what great operations Dr. Knight had done, what great discoveries he had made, invariably received as answer, "Not any."

But when the mystified juniors inquired further why Dr. Knight's death was considered such a loss to the state and why Dr. Knight's career was held up to the medical profession of the state as an honor to them and to the state, the answer of the elders was longer and more illuminating.

"Dr. Knight," they said, "was not in private practice. He had not the opportunity that the private practitioners have of making powerful friends of the patients whose sorrows and joys they share. Dr. Knight's patients were four hundred imbecile children, sequestered in a little mountain town in the most inaccessible corner of the state. And yet, such was the genial magnetism of the man, that not only the imbeciles loved him, but everybody in the town loved him. He was with monotonous regularity elected to every office of honor and dignity within the gift of his town. And when his fellow townsmen sent him to represent them in the state legislature, his fellow lawmakers made him chairman of their most important committees and commissions. And in these important offices it was soon seen that the state had in Dr. Knight a vigilant servant who never