Memorial Meeting 
OF THE 
Medical Society of the District of Columbia, 
Held November 22, 1899, 
IN HONOR OF 
Daniel Webster Prentiss, A. M., M. D. 
Born May 21,1843. 
Died November 19, 
WASHINGTON, D. C. Memorial Meeting 
OF THE 
Medical Society of the District of Columbia, 
Held November 22, 1899, 
IN HONOR OF 
Daniel Webster Prentiss, A. M., M. D. 
Born May 21, 1843. 
Died November 19, 1899. 
WASHINGTON, D. C. &LQ by EG Williams %luTOi^ MEETING OF THE 
Medical Society of the District of Columbia 
IN MEMORY OF 
Daniel Webster Prentiss, A. M., M. D. 
NovembeR 22, 1899. 
In stating the object of the meeting, 
the President in the Chair, Dr. Busey, 
expressed deep regret that bodily in- 
firmity would not permit him to address 
the Society in memory of Dr. Prentiss. 
On motion of Dr. J. Ford Thompson, 
the President was authorized to appoint 
a committee of five to draft suitable 
resolutions upon the death of Dr. Pren- 
tiss. 
The Chair appointed Drs. J. Ford 
Thompson, W. W. Johnston, T. C. 
Smith, A. F. A. King, and Francis P. 
Morgan. 
After a brief recess, Dr. Thompson 
presented the following memorial : 
The Medical Society of the District of 
Columbia having met to do honor to 
the memory of Dr. Daniel Webster 
Prentiss, who died at his home in Wash- 
ington on the 19th day of November at 
the age of 56 years, adopts this memo- 
randum and places it upon record. 
Dr. Prentiss became a member of this 
Society in 1864, since that date he has 
been an active participant in its scien- 
tific work and a warm promoter of all 
measures that tend to advance the best 
interests of the profession. 
The papers read by Dr. Prentiss have 
always added something real to existing 
knowledge ; much of his work has been 
original and his writings all show the 
characteristics of his early work in nat- 
ural science. The cases reported by 
him were usually of rare forms of dis- 
ease or of conditions before undescribed. 
These reports were prepared with great 
care, and were models of exact descrip- 
tion ; no time or trouble w7as spared in 
making them as perfect as they could be 
made in all their details, and a paper read by Prentiss was always a call for 
a large attendance of members. 
In debate Dr. Prentiss said what was 
worth hearing, his range of knowledge 
was great, and there was rarely a dis- 
cussion to which he was not able to add 
something of value. In his chosen de- 
partment of therapeutics, he showed an 
advanced and original mode of thinking, 
and his statements on subjects of treat- 
ment were regarded as authoritative. 
Few men have been less narrow in the 
manner of dealing with the more intri- 
cate problems of medicine ; this quality 
was, undoubtedly, the result of continued 
interest in general science and of an as- 
sociation with men devoted to the most 
varied scientific pursuits. He was thus 
Kept in touch with all the lines of ad- 
vance and helped in his own work by 
the work of other scientific departments. 
In his personal relations with his as" 
sociates Dr. Prentiss was always the 
kind and sympathetic worker. 
During the many years of our asso- 
ciation with him in our meetings we 
have known him to be the same unde- 
viating friend, the same earnest worker 
in the fields of science and the same de- 
voted seeker after truth. 
No monument can be more enduring 
than the record of a life devoted to the 
best interests of humanity, and as a 
practitioner of medicine he has gained 
the well-merited name of being a con- 
scientious physician ever mindful of the 
welfare of those committed to his care. 
No toil was too great when his aid was 
asked for, and the obligation to his pa. 
tient called forth the most active and 
persevering effort. 
We can feel but the sincerest grief at 
the loss of an esteemed associate for 
whcm during life we have had' the 
warmest friendship, arid whose memory 
we shall always guard as a precious pos- 
session. 
This Society, in thus expressing its 
own grief, does not omit to feel the 
deepest sympathy for the afflicted family, 
and hereby tenders them its assurances 
of heartfelt condolence. 
J. Ford Thompson, 
W. W. Johnston, 
T. C. Smith, 
A. F. A. King, 
P'rancis P. Morgan. 
Committee. 
Remarks by Dr. J. Ford Thompson. 
Mr. President : In submitting the res- 
olutions framed by your committee on 
the death of Dr. D. W. Prentiss to the 
consideration of this Society, I must ac- 
knowledge to some embarrassment at the 
inadequacy of such a report to fulfill the 
requirements of so solemn and distress- 
ing an occasion as the one in which we 
are now called upon to paiticipate. 
Death has been a frequent visitor of 
late to our ranks, and we have had to 
mourn the loss of men whose lives have 
been shining lights and whose memo 
ries we shall ever hold dear and cherish, 
but I recall no instance where we have 
had more reason for lamentation and sor- 
row than this, our last tribute to one 
who has commanded all through his pro- 
fessional life, the respect and admiration 
of his brethren and the love and grati- 
tude of the community in which he 
passed his life. 
Death is always sad and its contem- 
plation in all its varied phases is a heavy 
burden which the medical man must 
bear as a part of the duties incident to 
his chosen calling, but it is something to 
which he can never become callous and 
which never fails to increase the wear 
and tear of his exacting labors, and 
when it enters our own circle to pick out the noblest and the best, often it would 
seem, at an untimely age, we experience 
a sensation of despair that all our philo- 
sophical learning is helpless to alleviate. 
There appears to be but one poor conso- 
lation or recompense, and that is with- 
out effect upon those most near and dear, 
it is the admiration we naturally feel for 
him who dies a hero’s death, for such is 
he who, in the midst of a successful and 
brilliant career, is stricken down whilst 
yet in the performance of the highest 
and noblest duties. And it is true that 
time would have added nothing to his 
reputation nor could it have changed the 
estimation in which his character was 
held, for his life was full and ripe and 
ready for the sacrifice, but it is all the 
more dear to those who knew and appre- 
ciated his noble qualities of heart and 
mind, and they can never cease to mourn 
his loss as irreparable. 
His was of a temperament and mind ad- 
mirably fitted for a doctor’s life, and I 
think the promptings of instinct directed 
him to the choice of a vocation in which 
he could best serve his fellow-men and 
satisfy at the same time his aspirations, 
and it is a pity that this is not always 
the case. Certainly it is true, that our 
profession demands a peculiar endowment 
for its highest purposes, without which 
its duties are imperfectly performed and 
the life it entails becomes irksome and 
unsatisfactory, whereas the natural 
physician not only patiently endures its 
cares and tribulations but sheds 
light and consolation upon all who come 
under his happy influence. No one, I 
am sure, who knew Prentiss well will 
question the fact of his possessing these 
attributes to a high degree. 
He began the study of medicine with a 
well-trained mind and was gifted with 
scientific traits whose cultivation added 
materially to his reputation as a man and 
a physician, as the records of the various 
scientific societies of the country can 
richly testify. I made his acquaintance 
soon after his graduation, and his first 
professional experience was in a hospital 
with me, about the close of the civil war, 
and from that time to this we have been 
more or less associated in professional 
work, and during all this time he never 
failed to impress me as a man of solid 
worth, honest and upright in all the re- 
lations of life and worthy of the highest 
encomiums which may be offered this 
evening to his honor and memory. 
Remarks by Dr. IV. IV. Johnston. 
I have been very closely associated 
with Dr. Prentiss for many years and 
have learned to have the highest opinion 
of his qualities of mind and heart, and of 
the many admirable traits that made 
him a valued friend. 
It may not be amiss to say a word 
about the series of conditions that have 
more than anything else influenced 
Prentiss’ life and work during the last 
ten years. I mean the state of health 
that has taxed his energies and hampered 
him in all his efforts to develop the pow- 
ers that he felt himself to be possessed 
of. This ill health was due to a slowly 
developing organic cerebral disease, fluc- 
tuating in its progress, yet cruelly and 
uninterruptedly progressive and ultimate- 
ly fatal. Added to this there has been 
a permanent condition of debility or ex- 
haustion due to overwork in the begin- 
ning, and kept up by continued over- 
work at a time when all work was inju- 
rious in the extreme. Thus the natural 
progress of a disease that might have 
been delayed or arrested was hastened 
to a fatal termination at an age, when, 
but for this, Prentiss would have been at 
his best. Por years the battle was 4 
fought bravely. Work wascontinuedonly 
by dint of great effort and with the help 
of an occasional enforced summer rest. 
P'01 years it was Prentiss’ custom to work 
continuously from morning until 2 
o’clock, he then went to bed and re- 
mained until 4. His office work and 
dinner kept him until 5, and from then 
until 9 or 10 he was visiting patients out- 
side. It was this daily afternoon rest 
that was absolutely necessary to enable 
him to continue his task from day to 
day. A supreme effort was made to re- 
cover strength and health by the com- 
plete abandonment of work for one 
year, divided between Bermuda and 
Europe. The result was not what was 
hoped for, and since then the struggle, 
kept up by the frequent cessation of 
work for short periods, has been harder 
than ever. After a summer in the Adi- 
rondacks he returned to the city appar- 
ently very much better, and his own 
hope of greater activity was shown in his 
pledges to prepare papers involving a 
great deal of labor for which he was 
clearly physically unfit. His lectures 
this winter were also given with renewed 
zest. But it was the flash in the pan ; 
after a lecture at the college, sudden 
symptoms developed that soon proved to 
be those of sub-acute meningitis and 
death came in coma in 10 days. 
I know of no greater heroism than 
was shown in Prentiss’ life. It was not 
a battle of a day, but of years ; not one 
deed of bravery, but a daily, hourly 
fight with an enemy who won at last, 
but who was beaten to earth many times. 
In all these years, Prentiss in his rela- 
tions with his friends, gave no sign of 
what he endured ; even to those nearest 
to him he was reserved as to the worst. 
He concealed almost to the end the 
knowledge that he would surely sue- 
cumb before his course was fairly run. 
More might be said but this is enough 
to show that our eulogies of our dear 
friend are based upon many qualities 
that can be divined rather than known. 
Although such a sufferer, Prentiss’ 
work as a practitioner was continued 
with unstinted zeal. For many years 
his practice was as large as he chose to 
make it. 
His methods of work were very exact, 
and he gave great attention to details. 
This was showm in the careful recording 
of his cases, and in the minute directions 
he gave as to treatment. No one could 
meet him in consultation without being 
struck with the clearness of his views on 
all subjects. His mind was singularly 
broad and free from bias and prejudice 
and in his manner he impressed one as 
being a man without pretense of any 
sort. 
When he met with a peculiar symptom 
or set of symptoms he did not rest until 
he had cleared away all the obscurities 
and made a correct diagnosis. This was 
shown in the case of syphilitic intermit- 
tent fever reported by him to the Society 
last year. In this instance he succes- 
sively tried every possible theory by the 
test of reason and by employing every 
method of investigation. By exclusion 
of all other possible causes he finally 
reached the conclusion that the fever 
was of syphilitic origin. The specific 
treatment quickly confirmed this view 
and cured the patient. 
Dr. Prentiss’ sense of honor was of 
the highest; there was no balancing in 
mind between the claims of integrity 
and those of time serving. The scales 
were borne down only with the weight 
of honesty of act as well as of intention. 
Thoughtfulness and earnestness were his 
essential characteristics. His mind was 5 
built on a serious model. How much of 
this was the result of his physicial suf- 
fering it would be difficult to say. Con- 
joined to a natural gravity there was un- 
doubtedly a state of mind that was the 
acquired habit of a personal experience. 
Much more might be added, and much 
more would be needed to show all the 
different phases of a character so full of 
the best traits of the best manhood. I 
would, however, dwell only on those 
qualities that made him the type of a 
sincere, strong, earnest man, and a truth- 
loving, truth-seeking devotee of science. 
Remarks by Dr. T. C. Smith :—Dr. 
Smith said that the occasion of the meet- 
ing which had called the members of the 
Society together to do honor to the mem- 
ory of Dr. Prentiss, was one of deepest 
sorrow to him inasmuch as there had ex- 
isted between them a warm friendship for 
more than forty years, a friendship not 
disturbed by a shadow of difference, or 
unfaithfulness. He had become ac- 
quainted with Dr. Prentiss in his earlier 
years, and the results of the chance 
meeting showed how the course of one’s 
life may be changed by a seemingly tri- 
vial event. He was very fond of hunt- 
ing, and all birds were alike to him so 
far as interest in them went after he had 
brought them down. Upon one of his 
hunting excursions, he ran across Dr. 
Prentiss whom he did not then know, and 
noticed that it was the Doctor’s custom 
to preserve carefully the birds which he 
shot, and afterward to stuff and study 
them. This lead him-, to study Ornith- 
ology, and brought him frequently in 
Dr. Prentiss’ society. Subsequently, he 
introduced the Doctor to the lady he af- 
terward married. 
Dr. Prentiss always utilized good com- 
pany and good friends, and so he made 
good use of his acquaintance with Prof. 
Baird, and under his tutelage, he became 
a skillful ornithologist. He became as- 
sociated with Dr. Coues in publishing a 
list of birds found in the District of Co- 
lumbia. 
After this he began the study of med- 
icine and soon after, introduced Dr. Smith 
to the dissecting room, the school then oc- 
cupying the building where the printing 
office of McGill and Wallace now stands. 
It was not much of a building then, but 
good work was done there. The effect 
of Dr. Prentiss’ influence was always 
elevating, and they graduated within a 
week of each other; afterward, they 
were married within a week of each 
other. 
Dr. Prentiss got him into one great 
difficulty, and he had not succeeded in 
getting out of it yet; for at his instiga- 
tion he was appointed Chairman of the 
Essay Committee in the Medical Society. 
The interest which the Doctor mani' 
fested in the welfare of the Society was 
very great. He was always ready to 
read papers, take part in discussions, or 
present specimens. In a recent letter, 
he had signified his intention to read a 
paper at a meeting in January next, upon 
the subject of Tuberculosis. He did not 
then know what was ahead of him. 
He was a hard and persevering worker; 
and his untimely death was largely due 
to overwork. He had told Dr. Smith 
sometime before his death that had he 
taken needed rest, he would not have 
broken down, and that this was a fact 
there can be no question. 
The world has many heroes, but the 
medical profession has heroes greater 
than those in any ’other line of occupa- 
tion. How many of our former associ" 
ates can we now recall who were cut off 6 
by an untimely death caused by overtax- 
ing body and brain. Ashford, Drinkard, 
Carroll Morgan, and now Prentiss, and 
little thanks many of them got for their 
labors. 
What he had said had been mainly 
from the point of view of personal 
friendship. Could he but speak to Dr. 
Prentiss now, he would like toparaphase 
the words of Mrs. Barbauld’s beautiful 
poem, and say 
however, the college sessions were sus- 
pended, owing to the buildings having 
been burned, and they were not resumed 
until two or three years afterwards. Dr. 
Prentiss therefore went to the University 
of Pennsylvania, from which, in due 
time, he graduated. 
Dr. Prentiss’ carreer in the Medical 
School began as early as ’66 or ’67. The 
lectures were then given in the old Fifth 
Street Church, where the Columbian 
Daw Building now stands, and about that 
time an ’“auxiliary facultv” was estab- 
lished, composed of Drs Prentiss, Todd, 
Middleton, J. T. Young, and himself. 
Dr. Prentiss was appointed adjunct pro- 
fessor of chemistry, and lectured upon 
mineralogy. He gave lectures in the 
summer course upon the diagnosis ot 
special diseases. Some time later the 
faculty discontinued the “auxiliary fac- 
ulty,’’ and the lecturers were uncere- 
moniously dropped, without fee or re- 
ward, or even so much as thanks for 
their services. They felt that they had 
not been sufficiently appreciated, and he 
remembered that Dr. Prentiss especially 
felt the injustice—but all bore it as 
gracefully as they could. Upon the 
death of Dr. Riley, in 1879, Dr. Prentiss 
was appointed Professor of Materia and 
Therapeutics, and he filled the position 
almost uninterruptedly until a week be- 
fore he died. 
His career at the Medical School may 
be viewred from two aspects : first, as to 
his relations to the students ; and, .sec- 
ond, as to his relations to the faculty. 
As professor of materia medica—usually 
considered an uninteresting subject to 
lecture upon—he taught in such a way 
that there was no lack of interest, and 
no student slept ripring his lecture. He 
Friend, “We’ve been long together 
Through pleasant and through cloudy 
weather. 
’Tis hard to part when friends are dear, 
Perhaps ’twill cost a sigh, a tear. 
Then steal away, give little warning: 
Choose thine own time: 
Say not ‘good-night,’ 
But in some brighter clime 
Bid me ‘Good-morning’.” 
Remarks by Dr. A. F. A. King. 
Dr. King said that he felt that he could 
heartily coincide in all that had been said 
as to the skill, conscientiousness, and emi- 
nent qualities of mind and heart of our 
late associate, Dr. Prentiss. He would 
confine his remarks to him as a teacher in 
the Medical School. 
He could recall the first time that he 
ever saw Dr. Prentiss—at the end of the 
term, in 1861. He, himself was then a 
student about to graduate at the Medical 
School of Columbian University, which 
was located on E street, then running 
through Judiciary Square. There were 
only 60 or 70 students and every one 
knew every other, at least by sight. One 
day, two strangers entered, and took 
seats on the middle aisle—he could point 
out those seats now were the building 
still standing. The two were D. W. 
Prentiss and Eliot Coues. Probably it 
was Prentiss’ intention to study medi- 
cine at that time. In a few months, 7 
had a dogged, earnest, persevering way 
of dealing with, and systematizing study, 
and of making it interesting. The dull 
portions were enlivened and made prac- 
tical by descriptions of cases from his own 
wide experience, and that of other practi- 
tioners. He sought especially to render 
the students capable of writing prescrip- 
tions—such as they must needs write 
later. He remembered Dr. Prentiss 
sending to him, as Dean, bills for many 
thousands of prescription blanks for the 
use of the students in their work; it was 
the right method because it wTas practi- 
cal. He was always progressive, and 
was ever stretching out for any possible 
advance. Years ago, he took up in his 
instructions and his own prescription- 
writing— the metric system—which 
many of us cannot use today. 
As lecturer, he never attempted any- 
thing like oratorical display. His was 
a clear, straightforward style of expres- 
sion, which always held the attention, 
and imparted to the best advantage the 
information which he sought to convey 
to the students. No professor was more 
esteemed by them than Dr. Prentiss. 
In the examination romm, while the 
standard which he required was high, 
he was ever a genial, kindly, and gentle 
examiner, avoiding in his manner any- 
thing which would tend to add to the 
embarrassment of the students who came 
before him. 
As a member of the Faculty, and a 
factor in the government of the school, 
his judgment was good, and, although 
he was always the first to enter upon a 
new line of progress, he was the most 
ambitious of us all in this, he never 
over-stepped the mark of wisdom and pru- 
dence. When the proposition to borrow 
$10,000 or more to start a Dental School 
nnd renovate a building which was not 
ours, arose, he favored the plan, and 
now, 12 or 14 years later, we appreciate 
the wisdom of his decision. Hence, it 
may truly be said that in endeavoring to 
establish innovations and enter upon 
new lines of progress, he was always at 
the front, and judiciously at the front. 
True, he had differences with us, and 
with others, but his discussions were 
kindly and without animosity. 
We remember the last tin e we saw 
him yesterday, surrounded by mourning 
friends and flowers. He now rests in 
peace. All we can do is to weave gar- 
lands of honor to his memory. 
Remarks by Dr. C. IV. Richardson. 
I cannot allow this opportunity to 
pass without expressing my feelings and 
paying tribute to the memory of our 
deceased friend, Dr. D. W. Prentiss. 
He has been to me not only a friend 
and advisor but my relationship which 
was brought about by the careful atten- 
tion to the members of my household 
while acting in the capacity of family 
physician has been of the most intimate 
character. 
I came to knowr Dr. Prentiss on re- 
turning to Washington and entering into 
the practice of medicine. I then learned 
to cultivate that fondness for him which 
ripened into the warmest affection and 
friendship. He was always ready to 
lend attentive ear and to give kind ad- 
vice to the young practitioner. As a 
consultant he was always ready to listen 
and to advise and. if necessary, correct 
errors in a kindly and considerate spirit. 
There is no tribute too high that one 
could pay to the memory of such a 
valued friend and kind physician. 
Dr. Reyburn said that as we note the 
dropping away of these dear friends 
whom we have known so long, and 
when we think of the many who have 8 
left us whom we knew io, 20, or even 
30 years ago, we are reminded that our 
time will soon come. It has been re- 
marked that there are no martyrs now, 
but this is not so ; the physician must 
give himself as a sacrifice, and in this 
trait Dr. Prentiss was preeminent. 
He was not only a good physician 
but an able scholar. As a scholar, gen’ 
tleman, and physician, he stood without 
a peer. He could do no better in clos- 
ing than to quote the lines. 
“None knew him but to love him, 
Nor named him but to praise.” 
Dr. Winter said that in the death of 
Dr. Prentiss he had lost one of the best 
friends he had in the profession. 
While they were about the same age, 
he had always felt that Dr. Prentiss 
was many years his senior, as he had 
graduated, and was practicing as a 
Contract Surgeon in one of the Hos- 
pitals in this city, during the latter part 
of the Civil War while he, Dr. Winter- 
did not graduate until 1870. They be 
came friends about twenty-five ago, and 
it has been his privilege to aid the 
Doctor many times, especially before he 
moved to 14th street, as he was even 
then a sufferer from nervous exhaus- 
tion, his pulse rate being almost al- 
ways over a hundred. Dr. Prentiss 
came to him when death entered his 
household, and gave him his sympathy, 
and stood with him at the open grave- 
and when it came time to stand by and 
see the body of his friend lowered into 
the grave, he felt like repeating, and did 
repeat in his heart, the words of the old 
hymn,‘‘God be with you ’til we meet 
again. ” 
Dr. Butler said that as one of the 
younger members, he could not let the 
opportunity pass without saying a word 
in memory of Dr. Prentiss. The Doctor 
had been his preceptor when he was a 
student, and he knew him as a kind, 
sincere and true friend, ever willing to 
give advice upon the many subjects upon 
which his counsel was valuable. We all 
remember his kindly words and manner, 
and count it a privilege to have known 
him, and we shall hold his memory dear. 
Dr. Francis P. Morgan said that his 
acquaintance with Dr. Prentiss began in 
childhood when the Doctor called as the 
family physician; and he remembered 
clearly his dignified, yet kindly bearing, 
and the feeling imparted by his mere 
presence that all was well. As he had 
seen him in later years under different, 
often trying, circumstances, in the sick- 
room, he had grown to respect to the 
fullest extent his remarkable ability and 
skill in his chosen profession. 
His whole life was characterized by a 
persistent and persevering devotion to 
duty. This was manifested even more 
in his later years as his bodily infirmity 
became greater, and he gave his last lec- 
ture only a week before he died. Before 
leaving his home for his last lecture, both 
Mrs. Prentiss and he had tried their best 
to persuade the Doctor not to lecture 
that evening, but his gentle but firm re- 
ply was characteristic. Hesaid: "I have 
undertaken the work, and will go 
through it.” Another remonstrance at 
the school met with a like response, 
and he barely finished his lecture before 
his strength failed. Dr. Prentiss’ writ- 
ings have added much of permanent value 
to the literature of Medicine. This is 
especially true of his researches upon 
the subjects of Anhalonium Lewinii, 
and Pilocarpin. He was a careful, ac- 
curate, and thorough investigator, and 
a lucid writer, and his conclusions car- 
ried weight and conviction. A list of 9 
Dr. Prentiss’ writings is as follows: 
“ Report on Disinfectants for the 
Board of Health of the District of Co- 
lumbia,” 1867. “A Case of Morphine 
Poisoning,” 1867. “Diphtheria and 
Tracheotomy, ” “ Membraneous Croup, ’ ’ 
“Operations for the Radical Cure of 
Hernia,” 1868. “Case of Inflammation 
of the Fibrous Capsule of the Eyeball,” 
1868. “Case of Spurious Labor Pains 
at the Fifth Month,” 1870. “Convul- 
sions after Profuse Hemorrhage from 
Abortion at the Sixth Week,” 1870. 
“Obstruction of the B nvels-in an Infant, 
with Autopsy,” 1870. “Hysterical Te- 
tanus,” 1879. “Case of Mastoid Ab- 
scess Opening into t 1 e Lateral Sinus 
and Death from Pyaemia,” 1882. “Is 
Croupous Pneumonia a Zymotic Dis- 
ease?” 1874. “Chorea in Pregnancy,” 
1874. “Abscess of the Liver,” 187. 
“Case of Double Hydronephrosis, with 
Specimen,” 1883. “A Remarkable Case 
of Hysteria, with Paralysis and Apha- 
sia,” 1883. “Cases - of Poisoning by 
Atropia, by Opium, and by Quinine,’ 
1880. “On the Revision of the Pharma- 
copoeia of i88o,” 1881. “Death from 
Diphtheritic Paralysis,” 1881. “Re- 
markable Change in the Color of 
the Hair from Blonde to Almost 
Black in a Patient while under Treat- 
ment by Hydodermic Injections of 
Pilocarpin,” 1881. “A case of Pro- 
longed Anuria.” 1881. “Membran- 
eous Croup Created by Pilocarpin, 
Change in the Color of the Hair,” 
1881. “Overdose of Podophyl- 
lin,” 1882. “Maternal Impressions— 
Effect on Foetus.” 1883. ‘‘Answer to 
Protest Against the use of the Metric 
system in Prescription Writing.” 1883. 
Croupous Pneumonia.” 1880. “Re- 
port of the Pharmacopoeial Convention 
of 1880.” “Avi-Fauna Columbina.” 
By Drs. E. Coues. and D. W. Prentiss. 
“Gall-stones, or Soap.” 1888. “A 
Report of 500 Consecutive Cases ot La- 
bor in Private Practice.” 1889. “A 
Case of Change in the Color of the Hair 
of old Age to Black, Produced by Ja- 
borandi,” 1889. “Three Cases of Pois- 
oning by Japanese Lacquer; by Pellets 
Labelled ‘Rhus;’ and by Cashew Nuts.” 
1889. “Reportof a Remarkable Case of 
Slow Pulse.” 1889. “Purpurea Hem- 
orrhagica Rheumatica. ” 1890. “Apo- 
plexy Following La Grippe.” 1890. 
Paper on Pilocarpin, read by invitation 
before the N. Y. Academy of Sciences.” 
1893. ‘‘Cases of Poisoning by Exal- 
gine, Cannabis Indica, Arsenic, and 
Camphor.” “Anhalonium Lewinii-Mes- 
cal Buttons.” By Drs. D. W. Prentiss 
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