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The sixteenth annual meeting was held at Meridian in April, 1883. Col. W. H. Hardy, welcoming the physicians, said:
"We understand the objects of this association to be to combine and direct the moral and intellectual forces of the profession, to incite its members to reach out and up for higher planes of professional excellency; and to guard the profession and the public from quacks and charlatans. It is, therefore, with unfeigned pleasure that we hail you as true philan- thropists, real benefactors, and we deeply regret that our facilities for entertaining you are not what we would wish them to be, for our little city is an unpretentious child of the new South, scarcely sixteen years old. We have no ancient classic halls, whose towers look down upon the buried ages; no monuments of marble or brass perpetually proclaiming the renowned achievements of warriors and statesmen; no splendid parks, studded with trees and fragrant with flowers; no towering mountains reflecting the golden beauty and glory of a Southern sunset to ravish your visions. We have only our youthful blushes, our generous hearts, our humble but hospitable homes, and to all these, in the name of all our people, I bid you a most cordial and thrice hearty welcome."
The officers elected were: J. M. Greene, M. D., Aberdeen, president; S. N. Walker, M. D., Baldwyn, D. McCallum, M. D., Westville, vice presidents; W. E. Todd, M. D., Clinton, recording secretary ; J. F. Hunter, M. D., Jackson, assistant secretary; Robert Kells, M. D., Jackson, treasurer; M. S. Craft, M. D., Jackson, corresponding secretary.
An election to make nominations to fill the vacancies on the state board of health, resulted as follows: S. V. D. Hill, M. D., first district; J. P. Moore, M. D., fourth district; J. W. Bennett, M. D., Robert Kells, M. D., fifth district; R. S. Toombs, M. D., sixth district.
The subjects discussed were the objects of the association, treated in the president's address, by Dr. Wirt Johnston; Intemperance as a disease, by Dr. G. W. Trimble; Recent advances in surgery, by Dr. S. V. D. Hill; Malarial hematuria, by Dr. J. E. Halbert; Hypodermic use of sulphate of quinine, by Dr. N. L. Guice; Vaccination, by Dr. B. A. Vaughan; a Splint for Barton's fracture of the radius, by Dr. John Brownrigg; Appliances for the treatment of fracture of the femur, by Dr. John Brownrigg; External urethrot- omy, by Dr. John Brownrigg; Rupture of uterus, by Dr. W. E. Todd; Typhoid pneumonia, by Dr. W. E. Todd; Whooping cough, by Dr. E. L. McGehee; Trismus nascentium, by Dr. T. J. Hancock; Abortive treatment of pneumonia, by Dr. T. J. Hancock; Puerperal convulsions, by Dr. L. W. Mabry; A case of chronic hydrocephalus, by Dr. B. F. Kittrell; Mumps (Metastasis), by Dr. D. L. Phares; A surgical case, by Dr. R. S. Toombs; Case of chronic synovitis, by Dr. J. W. Bennett; and Surgical cases, by Dr. M. S. Craft.
The death of Dr. A. I. Ellis, at Sardis, occurred April 11, 1883. He was sixty-one years of age,
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The seventeenth annual meeting was held at West Point, April 2, 3 and 4, 1884. No less than forty-three papers were read, together with the address of President Greene. As recorded they are named in order: President's address, Dr. J. M. Greene; The Germ theory, Dr. W. D. Carter; Diphtheria, Dr. W. E. Todd; Endometritis, Dr. J. T. Hancock; Areolar hyperplasia of the uterus, Dr. E. P. Sale; Third stage of labor, Dr. Samuel Walker; Chronic inflammation of the bladder, Dr. S. V. D. Hill; Small pox, Dr. W. D. Wall; A case of twin labor, Dr. B. F. Kittrell; Vaginismus, Dr. B. F. Ward; Epidemico- zootic plagues, Splenic fever, Dr. D. L. Phares; Abdominal palpation in obstetric prac- tice, Dr. C. C. Stockard; Empyema, Dr. B. F. Ward; The disposal of wastes, Its relation to public health, B. A. Vaughan. Surgery of Mississippi, cases reported: Gun shot wound, Dr. John S. Featherston; Removal of a breach pin of a gun from the brain, fol- lowed by recovery, Dr. T. B. Elkin; Excision of tumor, Dr. B. F. Duke; Tracheotomy, Dr. B. F. Duke; Imperforate anus, with operation, Dr. C. M. Jordan; Excision of left mam. mary gland, for hand cancer, Dr. W. N. Ames; Wound of the carotid artery, Dr. W. N. Ames; Double amputation-death, Dr. Luther Sexton; Twelve gallons of pus removed from peritoneal cavity at seven tappings-recovery, Dr. Luther Sexton; New operation for hydrocele, by laying open and obliterating the sac, Dr. Luther Sexton; Abscess of liver, incision into abscess and recovery, Dr. W. T. Balfour; Railroad injury, Dr. W. T. Balfour; Strangulated hernia-operation and recovery, Dr. W. H. White; Fracture of a skull into froutal sinus, Dr. B. A. Duncan; Severe wound of abdomen, involving stomach and liver, Dr. B. A. Duncan; Fatty tumor of abdomen successfully removed, Dr. B. A. Duncan; Two cases of gunshot fracture of femur, Dr. C. A. Rice; Double Hey's opera- tion, Dr. W. H. Barr; Polypus of the rectum, Dr. C. Kendrick; Traumatic gangrene, amputation-death; Retention of urine from stricture, relieved by aspiration, Dr. C. C. Stockard; Epithelionia, with operation, Dr. John Brownrigg; Stone in the bladder, with operation, Dr. J. M. Greene; Strangulated hernia, Dr. S. V. D. Hill; Pott's fracture, Dr. S. V. D. Hill; Osteo sarcoma, Dr. S. V. D. Hill; Death from syphilis, Dr. M. S. Craft; Epithelionia of the cervix uteri, Dr. M. S. Craft; Two cases of benign stricture of rectum relieved by operation, Dr. M. S. Craft, and Second case of stricture, Dr. M. S. Craft.
The officers elected in 1884 were: D. L. Phares, M. D., A. and M. College, Starkville, president; J. B. Gresham, West Point, and W. A. Taylor, Booneville, vice presidents; W. F. Tood, M. D., Clinton, recording secretary; N. L. Clarke, M. D., Hickory, assistant secretary; M. S. Craft, M. D., Jackson, corresponding secretary; John F. Hunter, M. D., Jackson, treasurer. The members of the judicial council were N. L. Guice, M. D., Fayette, W. D. Carter, M. D., Ripley, William Powell, M. D., Torrance, each for one year; S. V. D. Hill, M. D., Macon, J. P. Moore, M. D., Yazoo City, B. F. Kittrell, M. D., Black Hawk, each for two years; J. M. Taylor, M. D., Corinth, R. S. Toombs, M. D., Greenville, B. F. Ward, M. D., Winona, each for three years. The officers of judicial council were W. D. Carter, M. D., president, and B. F. Kittrell, M. D., secretary. The delegates to American association were Drs. M. S. Craft, B. A. Duncan, N. L. Guice, J. M. Greene, S. V. D. Hill, Wirt Johnston, T. J. Mitchell, C. A. Rice, W. A. Taylor, R. S. Toombs, W. B. San- ford, B. F. Ward, S. N. Walker, F. R. Van Eaton and S. R. Dunn.
The eighteenth annual meeting was held at Greenville in April, 1885. The following were nominated to fill the vacancies on the state board of health:
E. P. Sale, M. D., first district; John Wright, M. D., second district; S. V. D. Hill, M. D., third district; J. H. Blanks, M. D., fourth district; R. T. Edwards, M. D., and N. L. Guice, M. D., sixth district,
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The committee on delegates to American Medical association reported the following names for the year 1885: Drs. J. B. Pease, M. S. Craft, E. P. Sale, J. M. Taylor, W. A. Taylor, W. Y. Gadbury, J. S. Walker, J. C. Denson, William H. White, T. T. Beall, T. W. Fullilove, Aurelius Martin, J. C. Brooks, R. S. Toombs, J. E. Halbert. Any member who desired to attend the American association as a delegate would, by notifying the secre- tary, be furnished with proper credentials.
The papers and reports on medical topics read before the meeting included those entitled: Two cases of abscess of the liver, treated by incision and free drainage, by Dr. J. H. Shackleford; Removal of nails, by Dr. E. L. McGehee; Veratrum and gelsemium compared, by Dr. J. Brownrigg; The euphorbiacea or spurgeworts, by Dr. D. L. Phares; Tracheot- omy for membranous croup, by Dr. Luther Sexton; Case of traumatic tetanus-recovery, by Dr. B. F. Ward; Some of the recent improvements in the treatment of fractures, by Dr. J. Brownrigg; Report of a case, by Dr. W. H. White; Alcohol, its effects on the sys- tem in health and in disease, by Dr. J. C. Robert; The sanitary examination of water, by Joseph Waldauer, Ph. G. The cases reported by Dr. Wirt Johnston were: Abscess of the liver, Empyema (pyothorax), Aspiration of the bladder, Two cases of hydrocephalus, Amputation of the arm, Wound of the brachial artery, Fracture of arm near elbow-joint, and Morphia administered hypodermically. A paper entitled Vaginismus, by Dr. E. P. Sale; Diagnosis and treatment of lacerations of the cervix uteri, by Dr. J. H. Blanks, were also read.
The officers of the association for the year 1885-6 were J. B. Gresham, M. D., of West Point, president; J. B. Pease, M. D., of Concordia, and S. R. Dunn, M. D., of Greenville, vice presidents; W. E. Todd, M. D., of Clinton, recording secretary; G. K. Harrington, M. D., of Jackson, assistant secretary; M. S. Craft, M. D., of Jackson, corresponding secre- tary; John F. Hunter, M. D. of Jackson, treasurer.
The members of the judicial council were N. L. Guice, M. D., Fayette; W. D. Carter, M. D., Ripley; William Powell, M. D., Torrance (each for one year); E. P. Sale, M. D., Aberdeen; W. F. Hyer, M. D., Holly Springs; B. F. Kittrell, M. D., Black Hawk (each for two years); J. M. Taylor, M. D., Corinth; R. S. Toombs, M. D., Greenville; B. F. Ward, M. D., Winona (each for three years).
The officers of judicial council were J. M. Taylor, M. D., president; B. F. Kittrell, M. D., secretary.
The nineteenth annual meeting was held at Jackson April 21 and 22, 1886. The officers of the association elected were R. S. Toombs, M. D., of Greenville, president; W. B. San- ford, M. D., of Corinth, and G. W. Trimble, of Grenada, vice presidents; W. E. Todd, M. D., of Clinton, recording secretary; P. W. Rowland, M. D., of Coffeeville, assistant secre- tary; M. S. Craft, M. D., of Jackson, corresponding secretary; John F. Hunter, M. D., of Jackson, treasurer.
The members of judicial council were N. L. Guice, M. D., Fayette; W. D. Carter, M. D., Ripley; William Powell, M. D., Torrance; W. F. Hyer, M. D., Holly Springs; E. P. Sale, M. D., Aberdeen; B. F. Kittrell, M. D., Black Hawk; N. L. Guice, M. D., Fayette; W. D. Carter, M. D., Ripley; S. V. D. Hill, M. D., Macon.
Drs. Guice and Carter were appointed by the president at the meeting at West Point in 1884 for a term of three years, and were elected at the meeting in Jackson in 1886 for a term of three years.
Governor Lowry, in welcoming the delegates, said: "It is safe to assume that the learned profession to which you belong has made greater progress in the last quarter of a
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century than that of any other; indeed, the advancement has been more marked in the last thirty than the preceding fifty years. I may add, in this connection, that the siate medical association and state boards of health have given to the people a security and confi- dence for the protection of life and health never before felt in the American Union. But a few years ago this commonwealth was subjected to epidemics, occurring in neighboring states, and entirely powerless to invoke the necessary sanitary and quarantine preventives. I remember, in this hall, to have witnessed a meeting, composed not only of eminent physi- cians, but of representative business men of the great Mississippi valley, when there was a free interchange of opinions touching the public health, which culminated in the co-operation of the sanitary council of the Mississippi valley with the several state boards of health, which rendered the latter more effective. From that day a better understanding has prevailed between neighboring states, and when occasion required those of your number charged with the duty have in a great measure prevented the spread of contagious and infectious dis- eases. The friendly intercourse between boards of health of the several states, and each with that of the general government, insures the most prompt information; so that in any emergency active steps are assured to prevent the spread of epidemics."
Addresses on medical topics were delivered in the order of the following record: Address of president, Dr. J. B. Gresham; Antiseptic treatment of pulmonary diseases by means of pneumatic differentiation, by Dr. J. H. Blanks; A case of puerperal nephritis, by Dr. N. L. Guice; Traumatic tetanus in a child of five years, by Dr. George C. Phillips; External urethrotomy, by Dr. J. A. Shackleford; Ulcerative tonsilitis, by Dr. B. F. Duke; Cocaine, by Dr. B. F. Kittrell; Report of a case of glaucoma, by Dr. R. B. Carson; The use of anti- septics in obstetrics, by Dr. E. P. Sale; Malarial flux, by Dr. E. L. McGehee; Dysentery, by Dr. W. H. White; A Case of opium poisoning, by Dr. T. T. Beall; Lacerated cervix operations, by Dr. T. T. Beall; Five cases of cataract extractions, by Dr. A. G. Sinclair; Some of the complications of typhoid fever, by Dr. Henry Izard; The treatment of mala- rial hæmaturia, by Dr. J. C. Hall; Surgery of Mississippi, report by Dr. M. S. Craft, chair- man of cases for 1886; by Dr. C. W. Jordan, West Point, Tracheotomy for the removal of a cockleburr; by Dr. J. G. Knox, Toomsuba, A case of herniotomy; by Dr. C. C. Stockard, Columbus, Amputation for recurring hemorrhage sarcoma; by Dr. W. W. Hamilton, Brooksville, Elephantiasis; by Dr. J. Brownrigg, Columbus, Dislocation of the thumb, Occlu- sion of the vagina; by Dr. L. W. Magruder, Congenital absence of os uteri; by Dr. B. F. Duke, Fistula in ano; by Dr. E. L. McGehee, A punctured wound through the abdominal and uterine walls; by Dr. J. C. Robert, A Case of laceration of bladder, with probable wound of intestines; by Dr. John M. Whitson, Pistol-shot wound in the chest, Excision of a tumor of the face, Extraction of a calculus from the urethra of a two-year-old baby; by Dr. Luther Sexton, Don't mix surgery and obstetrics, Fluid extract marigold, Extensive burns, Needle in the foot for eighteen months; by Dr. T. R. Lockwood, Pirigoff's opera- tion; by Dr. W. B. Sanford, Two operations for lacerated perineum; by Dr. J. W. Bennett, Tracheotomy; by Dr. W. B. Sanford, Two operations for strangulated inguina hernia; by , Aneurism of the femoral artery, Gangrene and death; by Dr. J. W. Dulaney, Wounds of abdomen from kick of a horse; and by Dr. M. S. Craft, Reports of tumors.
The twentieth annual session was held at Jackson April 20, 21 and 22, 1887. The address of welcome was delivered by Charles E. Hooker. The papers on professional topics read before the association are named as follows: Erysipelas, by Dr. W. A. Galloway; Uterine surgery, by Dr. J. A. Shackleford; A case of embolism, by Dr. B. F. Kittrell; A case of ovariotomy, Presenting some features of interest, by Dr. W. F. Hyer; Case of malarial
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cachexia of two years' duration, Purgative action of minute doses of strychnine, by Dr. N. L. Guice; A few suggestions of the treatment of diseases of the eye and ear, by Dr. J. L. Minor; Chloral hydrate as a remedy in two forms of acute malarial diseases, by Dr. T. T. Beall; Hereditary progressive muscular atrophy, by Dr. J. W. Bennett; Modified phimosis operation, by Dr. T. T. Beall; Iritis, by Dr. A. G. Sinclair; Abscess of the liver treated by aspiration and incision, by Dr. J. E. Halbert; A case of fracture of the skull, by Dr. B. F. Duke; Two cases of chronic suppurative inflammation of the middle ear (atorrhea ) successfully treated by boracic acid, by Dr. T. T. Beall; Suppurative hepatitis, by Dr. G. L. Pope; Report of three cases of fluid in plueral cavity, and One case of extirpation testicles for sarcocelle, Dr. O. B. Quinn; Wound of the head, with considerable loss of brain, by Dr. W. G. Lawrence; An unusual sequence to reduction of dislocation of hip joint, by Dr. T. T. Beall; Fatal issue from intra-uterine injection, by Dr. T. T. Beall; Epidemic dysentery, by Dr. W. E. Herring; Modern treatment of phthisis pulmonalis, by Dr. S. V. D. Hill; Report of two cases of urethral stricture, with opera- tion and results, by Dr. R. B. Carson; Phlegmasia dolens, by Dr. Sexton; Serious result of a trivial wound, by Dr. W. H. White; Treatment of pneumonia, by Dr. H. H. Haral- son; Abcess of the anterior mediastenum, by Dr. A. L. Morris; Heart disease, by Dr. E. L. McGehee; Malarial flux, by Dr. E. L. McGehee.
The first true effort made since 1878 by the committee on necrology was that of this year. Doctors Sexton and Blanks reported that the following names were found on the roll though the parties had been dead for years (too long, many of them, to obtain any correct data for report): J. L. Cloud, Water Valley; E. Fox, Forrest; C. C. Lee, Graysport; W. D. McMartin, Black Hawk; A. G. Smythe, Baldwyn; J. O. Saunders, Carrollton; L. White, Utica. Dr. C. E. Hoover died of some heart trouble in 1886. He graduated in the medical department of the University of Louisiana, and practiced medicine at Summit, and McComb up to the time of his death. He had been a consistent member of the association for years, and loved his profession next to his family and his God. He was district surgeon of the Illinois Central railroad, and had acted as sanitary inspector of the state board of health during the epidemic of small pox in Pike county in 1884. Dr. T. A. Phillips died at Fort Smith, Ark., in 1886, of Bright's disease of the kidneys. He practiced at Canton for a decade. Dr. W. L. Ainsworth, of Copiah county, though he had been dead for several years, his name still appeared on the roll. The doctor was a graduate of the medical department of the University of Louisiana, and practiced at Hazlehurst for four or five years after graduating. Finding that he was physically unable for the task of an active practice, he reluctantly gave up his profession and accepted the office of county treasurer of Copiah county, which office he filled at the time of his death.
The officers of the association elected in April, 1887, were: N. L. Guice, M. D., Natchez, president; L. Sexton, M. D., Wesson, and M. J. Thompson, Meridian, vice presidents; W. E. Todd, M. D., Clinton, recording secretary; W. M. Paine, M. D., Aberdeen, assistant recording secretary ; M. S. Craft, M. D., Jackson, corresponding secretary ; John F. Hunter, M. D., Jackson, treasurer.
The members of judicial council chosen were: J. E. Halbert, M. D., Mount Landing; B. F. Ward, M. D., Winona; Luther Sexton, M. D., Wesson; W. F. Hyer, M. D., Holly Springs; E. P. Sale, M. D., Aberdeen; B. F. Kittrell, M. D., Black Hawk; N. L. Guice, M. D., Fayette; W. D. Carter, M. D., Ripley ; S. V. D. Hill, M. D., Macon. Drs. Guice and Carter were appointed by the president at the meeting at West Point, in 1884, for a term of three years, and were elected at the meeting in Jackson, in 1886, for a term of three years.
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The twenty-first annual meeting was held at Jackson, April 18 and 19, 1888, when the following named officers were elected: Luther Sexton, M. D., Wesson, president; R. E. Howard, M. D., Durant, first vice president; E. F. Shuler, M D., Greenville, second vice president; W. E. Todd, M. D. Jackson, recording secretary; George S. Hunter, M. D .. Bolton, assistant recording secretary; John F. Hunter, M. D., Jackson, treasurer; W. A. Galloway, M. D., Jackson, corresponding secretary.
The members of judicial council were: J. E. Halbert, M. D., Mount Landing, B. F. Ward, M. D., Winona, and Luther Sexton, M. D., Wesson, each to serve until 1890; W. F. Hyer, M. D., Holly Springs, B. F. Kittrell, M. D., Black Hawk, and E. L. McGehee, M. D., Woodville, each to serve until 1891; N. L. Guice, M. D., Natchez, W. D. Carter, M. D., Ripley, and S. V. D. Hill, M. D., Macon, each to serve until 1889.
The address of welcome was delivered by E. Barksdale, who referred to the death of Dr. M. S. Craft in the following words: "Your reunion is saddened by the recent death of one of the most beloved and distinguished of the resident physicians of this city, Dr. M. S. Craft, whom you have been accustomed to meet around your council board, and in pro- fessional and social life. He has crossed the river and rests in the shade of the trees beyond. His duties have been transferred to a higher sphere of existence. A strong pillar of your profession has fallen. The able physician who fought many a successful battle for the relief of suffering humanity, has succumbed to the last enemy. He fell in the zenith of his fame, and his usefulness, as the 'great oak uplifted by the storms, fell with its garlands of ivy around it.' If the beautiful legend be true that the spirits of the dead revisit the scenes they loved in life, we may cherish the hope that our departed friend is not absent from us in spirit to-day "
The following papers were read on medical subjects: Intestinal obstruction, J. A. Shackelford, M. D., Greenville; Diseases common to manufacturing towns, and sanitary recommendations for same, Luther Sexton, M. D., Wesson; Typho-malarial fever, P. W. Rowland, M. D., Coffeeville; Brass pin in Wharton's duct, W. E. Herring, M. D., Terry ; Abdominal pregnancy, Laparotomy, John S. Featherston, M. D., Brookville; Post-mor- tems, A. B. Holder, M. D., Crow Agency; A Case of moist gangrene, B. F. Duke, M. D., Lake Como; Quinine, B. A. Vanghan, M. D .; Malarial cachexia, B. F. Travis, M. D., Heidelberg.
Of the physicians who died during the year, the committee on necrology succeeded in obtaining facts from which the following sketches were written:
Mijaman Sidney Craft was born in Jackson, Miss., August 6, 1827, and was educated in the town schools. Early in life he manifested a desire to learn the healing art, and when he was nineteen years of age he began his professional studies under the supervision of the late Dr. William R. Gist, as preceptor, and continued them for three years. He then attended two courses of lectures at the University of Louisville, where he graduated, and afterward two courses at the Jefferson Medical college, where he enjoyed special privi- leges and facilities through the kindness of the elder Pancoast, then in the zenith of his fame. He began the practice of medicine in Jackson, Miss., in 1853, and had firmly estab- lished himself when the Civil war began. He was appointed surgeon in the provisional army of the Confederate states, May 18, 1861, and was assigned to duty with the Twelfth Mississippi regiment, which formed part of that famous brigade, commanded at different times by Featherston, Posey and Harris. He was at Corinth when he received his commis- sion, having already joined his fortunes with the Confederacy. He served until February 6, 1865, with the Army of Northern Virginia, when, on account of ill-health, he was relieved
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from duty with that army and directed to report to Medical Director Scott, at Meridian, Miss., for hospital duty. The estimate which the soldiers put upon him is well expressed by one of them who has not seen him since the war. Writing for a contemporary newspaper since Dr. Craft's death, he says: "We, of the line, had a blind confidence in the ability of Dr. Craft, and our anxiety was, that if wounded he should pronounce on the case. That confidence was second only to that so implicitly placed in Generals Lee, Jackson and A. P. Hill."
After the war Dr. Craft resumed the practice of his profession in the city of Jackson, where he soon secured an enviable patronage and reputation. He was often urged by friends to seek a larger field for the exercise of his brilliant talents, but he was too much endeared to the people among whom he had been reared to entertain the thought of going among others. He was one of the promoters and organizers of the Mississippi State Medical asso- ciation, and its third president, serving in that office during the years 1875-6. For many years he had made a collection of the cases of surgery in Mississippi reported by the mem- bers, filling out short or deficient reports, pruning voluminous ones, and making this feat- ure of the transactions of the association an honor to the medical profession. He con- tributed many valuable papers himself. In December, 1878, following the terrible epidemic of that year, the lower house of congress created a select committee to inquire into the ori- gin, introduction and prevention of epidemic diseases in the United States, with power to employ experts and scientists, not to exceed seven in number, and to act in connection with a like committee created by the senate. Dr. Craft was selected as one of the experts, and in conjunction with his associates and members of the committee visited many of the points where the fever had been epidemic, and assisted in procuring and furnishing the evidence on which the report of the committee was based. While Dr. Craft's tastes ran in the line of surgery, he having performed, first and last, nearly all the capital operations, his knowl- edge of the practice of medicine and therapeutics was profound. His abilities were not appreciated at home alone, for many of his patients came to him from a distance, and wherever he went he received the most distinguished attention. He was happily married in 1871 to Miss Julia Barr, and was the father of four children, of whom the first born died in infancy. The others, with his devoted wife, survive him. He died in Jackson, Miss., April 8, 1888, of locomotor ataxia, after a lingering illness of more than twelve months.
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