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Library 1994.ROSWELL PARK:
A MEMOIR
BY
CHARLES G. STOCKTON, M. D.ROSWELL PARK:
A MEMOIR1
BY CHARLES G. STOCKTON, M. D.
I.
Two years have elapsed since the decease of Dr. Roswell
Park —two years crowded with events so tremendous that
the mind may well be pre-occupied and memory diverted
from the natural round. Yet these two years have served
only to deepen the sense of regret, to increase the realiza-
tion, that a large force and influence are missing from our
civic life. A force and an influence wont to be exercised
helpfully in a wide field of usefulness; an unusual intelli-
gence, an incomparable skill, a beloved companionship —
all these cannot soon be forgotten.
Dr. Park for a third of a century brought honor and
benefit to Buffalo, and it must be considered as very suit-
able that the lifework of the man should have the historical
framing which the present action of the Buffalo Historical
Society helps to bring about.
Dr. Park was of the ninth generation in America of an
ancient family, which appears to have come into England
with William the Conqueror. Sir Robert Parke, the first
of the family in America, was born in Preston, England, in
1580. He immigrated into Massachusetts in 1630, but soon
after moved to Connecticut, of which State many of his
numerous descendants have been natives.
Also from both the father and mother, Roswell Park was
descendant of Elder Brewster of the “Mayflower” colony
1 Paper read at a meeting of the Buffalo Historical Society, Tuesday evening,
April 18, 1916.
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of Plymouth. Six generations have had a Roswell; the
son of Dr. Park has the distinction of being the seventh
to bear this name.
On his mother’s side Roswell Park sprang from Henry
Baldwin, a native of Devonshire, who in 1640 appears to
have been a signer of the Town Order of Woburn, Mass.
Colonel Loammi Baldwin, Dr. Park’s great-grandfather,
was a personal friend of Count Rumford and a co-worker
with him in scientific experiments. The five sons of this
ancestor were civil engineers; one of them having con-
structed the first drydock for the United States Govern-
men and having built the original milldam at Boston.
Mary Brewster Baldwin, the daughter of one of these
brothers, was the mother of Roswell Park, and it is believed
that the mechanical skill and love of science for which he
was conspicuous were derived from the Baldwin family.
The Park family has been notable for scholarly and literary
qualities. The church, the academy and the army have
chiefly engaged the Parks through several generations, and
all three of these callings entered into the lifework of the
Rev. Roswell Park, D. D., the surgeon’s father. Born In Le-
banon, Conn., in 1807, he spent several years with his
grandfather whose name he bore, a soldier in the army that
defeated Burgoyne. Later removing with his father to
New York State, he prepared for Hamilton College, then
was appointed a cadet at West Point, and was graduated
from the military academy the head of his class in 1831.
Immediately afterwards he acquired the degree of B. A.
from Union College and was elected a member of the Phi
Beta Kappa.
He was commissioned a lieutenant in the engineer corps
of the army, in which for several years he served in the
development of Fort Adams, Fort Warren, and the Dela-
ware Breakwater. In 1836 he resigned and was appointed
professor of chemistry and natural philosophy in the Uni-BOSWELL TALK: A MEMOIR
93
versity of Pennsylvania, the successor of Professor Bache.
Meantime he became known as a writer, contributing ex-
tensively to the periodicals of the time, and publishing a
volume of poems which are valuable in reflecting the spirit
of the literary movement in America during what may be
called the early federal period. After several years of
successful work at the University of Pennsylvania, he
retired from his chair to take orders in the Episcopal
Church. He removed to Woburn, Mass., where he was
rector of the parish and where he established a private
school. At Pomfret, Conn., in 1852, there was born to him
his to-be-distinguished son, Roswell. While the latter was
an infant the Rev. Roswell Park, after a sojourn in Europe,
took up his abode at Racine, Wisconsin, where soon after
he founded Racine College, and was the president from
1852 to 1859. Among his numerous scholastic honors were
the degrees of M. A. from Union and from Hamilton Col-
leges and D. D. from Norwich University, which called him
to its presidency, but without result. He was rector of St.
Luke’s Church in Racine from 1856 to 1863, at which date
he complied with an urgent call from Chicago, to become
the head of Immanuel Hall, a church and military school,
where he remained until his death in 1869.
The following list comprises his more important publi-
cations: “Juvenile and Miscellaneous Poems,” 1836;
“Sketch of the History of West Point,” 1840; “Pantology,
A Systematic Survey of Human Knowledge,” 1841;
“Handbook for Travelers in Europe,” 1853; “Jerusalem
and Other Poems,” 1857; together with various text-books
for the use of his pupils.
Existing testimonials indicate that Mary Brewster Park,
the mother of Roswell, was a personality equally rare with
that of her distinguished husband, and her death in 1854
must have been a loss immeasurable to her young son. The
desolation that fell upon the Wisconsin home is pathetically94
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portrayed in the poems and other writings of the unhappy
husband.
Roswell, then between two and three years old, was sent
to the care of his uncle, Dr. Lewis ‘Williams, at Pomfret,
Conn. The boy was born at Pomfret, May 4, 1852; so it
turned out that his childhood was largely spent in a New
England environment, for he remained with his uncle until
he was nine years old.
During six years when not at school, Roswell was much
in the company of Dr. Williams, riding with him on his
professional rounds and, perhaps, having then planted
within him the ambition for a surgical career. Returning
to Racine, he was for two years a pupil at the grammar
school connected with the college. Then he removed with
his father to Chicago and was a student at Immanuel Hall
until the death of the Rev. Dr. Park, when Roswell entered
Racine College, from which ancestral institution he re-
ceived the degrees of B. A. in 1872 and M. A. in 1875. It
is noteworthy that he never attended a public school.
Early in life the young Park evinced a natural aptitude
for the mechanical arts and handicraft. He always had
access to a well-equipped carpenter shop and gave con-
tinued evidence of skill in the use of tools. When little
more than a child he assisted his father in preparation for
chemical demonstrations in teaching, and his proficiency
in chemistry had a very practical foundation.
As recounted by his remaining sister, Miss Mary Park,
he amused himself during these years in activities that
showed a decided scientist bent. For instance, in boat-
building, in constructing telegraphic apparatus, in chem-
ical and astronomical investigations.
The most remarkable characteristic of Roswell Park was
his studiousness; his lucid and logical mind led his friends
to expect of him the highest achievements as a scholar, and
in this there was no disappointment. It was accepted asBOSWELL PABK: A MEMOIB
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tmt natural that he should win the highest honors in the
academic and professional schools, and he took his various
rewards easily yet modestly. Meantime he displayed those
remarkable social qualities that made him conspicuous both
*as a boy and man, that made him the delight of every
group and organization; that led him to the captaincy of
every undertaking, not because of his choice but that of
his associates.
Having taken his degree at Racine, he returned to Chi-
cago and for one year taught at Immanual Hall, the place
-of his father’s final activities. It was discovered that Ros-
well Park was a born teacher. At this time he entered the
Medical Department of Northwestern University, begin-
ning that medical career which he loved so well, for which
he had a remarkable preparation, in which he enriched his
profession and acquired lasting fame.
It is not surprising that his qualities marked him at the
medical school as one to have a shining future. Accepting
quietly the honors that came with the degree of M. D., he
began his service as interne and house physician at Cook
County Hospital and devoted the available time to visit-
ing other hospitals and to work in morbid anatomy. It
was while “House” at the Cook County Hospital that he
made his first visit to Buffalo, a delegate to the American
Medical Association meeting of 1878. Then it was that
he first entered as visitor the old Buffalo Medical College
and the Buffalo General Hospital. The visiting card which
he then presented to the house physicians of the General
Hospital is yet preserved as a valued souvenir. During
this short sojourn in Buffalo he examined the various scien-
tific and educational institutions of the city. He found
time, while enjoying the open hospitality of the town, to
discover what it was doing in medicine and science.
This feature is dwelt upon because it exemplifies strik-
ingly that which became a fixed habit and illustrates the96
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method by the practice of which he came to know by first
hand what was done at the chief centers of the world, and
resulted in his becoming one of the best informed men on
this continent.
Completing his tour of interne service, he began his
medical teaching, in 1879, as demonstrator of anatomy in
the Women’s Medical College of Chicago. He was sensi-
tized by the magical influence of Christian Fenger, a touch
which wrought transformation in ideals and growth among
the young Chicagoans of that day. In the following year
he became adjunct professor of anatomy in the Medical
Department of Northwestern University, which position,
three years later, he resigned to study in Europe. Those
who knew his insatiable yearning for knowledge, not alone
in his profession, but in literature, art, music, lore, and all
the inventions, can imagine what thosie first wonderful
years in Germany, France and Austria yielded to him.
Vigorous, handsome, highly trained; possessed with the
traditions of learning, a pervading sense of humor, an air
and the heir of distinction; a skilled musician, a witty and
brilliant conversationalist, a notorious “mixer” with men,
it is not extraordinary that he quickly formed an extensive
acquaintance among the foremost wherever he went, and
many of these acquaintances became permanent friends.
Above all he loved life, humane activities, accomplishment.
Knowledge, art and technique he sought; pathology first,
the clinic next, and practice last, outlined briefly his method
in relation to surgical study, but he was not limited to pro-
fessional aims; he applied corresponding principles in
acquiring an astonishingly varied learning in all direc-
tions.
While yet in Europe he was made lecturer on surgery
in Rush Medical College, and attending surgeon at the
Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago. These appointments
launched him at once into responsible clinical and peda-BOSWELL PABK: A MEMO IB
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gogical work, into the tide setting toward his highest am-
bition. Without delay began those researches and contri-
butions to science destined to bring him international re-
nown and instantly marking him as a new force in Amer-
ican surgery. Other appointments came, and in 1892 Lake
Forest University accorded him the honorary degree of
M. D. and Chicago recognized him as an ornament to the
profession.
II.
In 1883 the chair of surgery in the Medical Department
of the University of Buffalo was made vacant, through the
retirement of that Nestor of surgeons and unequalled
teacher, Edward M. Moore, and the disability of his bril-
liant colleague, Julius F. Miner — imperishable names in
surgical annals. To find an adequate successor to these
men started a canvass of America, for only one having the
topmost qualifications could hope to fill the gap. An
appeal to Chicago by the peerless Thomas F. Rochester,
dean of the medical faculty until his death in 1887, brought
the assurance from Professor Gunn that Roswell Park
stood out as the one whose ability would satisfy every need,
and the future more than justified the estimate of Moses
Gunn.
The Buffalo school, one of the oldest, had been regarded
as one of the best in the country, owing especially to the
men who had composed its faculty. Austin Flint, and
Flint, Jr., Frank Hamilton, John C. Dalton, James P.
White, James and George Hadley, Doremus, Corydon L.
Ford, Lee, Potter, Rochester, Moore, Miner, and Witthaus
were among the men of those days who had helped to make
the college notable. Matthew D. Mann, for many years
dean, had but shortly before entered the faculty. There was
a great and tempting field for surgical work. On the other
hand, there were envy, jealousy and open hostility to com-98
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bat, and there was the open road to a glowing future in
Chicago. Fortunately for Buffalo the decision fell that way-
On June 23, 1883, Dr. Park was made professor of surgery
in the University and shortly thereafter surgeon to the
Buffalo General Hospital.
Thus began in Buffalo a citizenship as useful as its effect
was far-reaching, a professorship that added luster not
only to the University but to the nation, a comradeship that
extended widely, making ties that shall continue while
memory endures.
Dr. Park had married, in 1880, Martha Prudence Durkee,
of Chicago. This lovely woman added greatly to the crea-
tion of a social center in which she equally with her hus-
band radiated memorable hospitality and kindness. Few
celebrities passed this way without finding a welcome in
the Park household, and as his fame grew so increased the
attraction of Buffalo for foreign savants. All movements
for civic growth, in many of which he was chief, found in
him efficient support. He was made president of all the
prominent clubs, the various scientific societies, the musical
organizations. A musician, composer and critic, he widely
expanded the field for and made possible the enjoyment of
good music. He was brigade surgeon in the National
Guard, holding the rank of major. A singularly forceful
and graceful writer, a cogent speaker, a resourceful or-
ganizer, he was at the head and in the heart of most that
was good in Buffalo, for it was understood that his aid
meant success.
His advent in Buffalo was opportune; it was the transi-
tional period from old to new concepts in pathology, at the
threshold of modern surgery. Together with Mann he re-
educated the local medical profession and advanced greatly,
through his sound pathology, novel teaching, operative skill
and spreading fame, the reputation of the medical school-
Thousands, not only his pupils, but active practitioners,ROSWELL PARK: A MEMOIR
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acknowledge to his influence a forward momentum hard to
estimate.
He frequently visited American and foreign clinics, giv-
ing and receiving, while accumulating such a treasure of
knowledge as is rarely attained. Above all he was studious;
.and his notion of recreation in Europe was an opportunity
for further study. While not omitting the society of
colleagues, who delighted in honoring him, while permitting
himself to enjoy travel, music and galleries of art, his time
was largely consumed in pathological museums, in libraries,
in delving in out-of-the-way and much-f or gotten sources of
knowledge. When others sought rest in novelty, gaiety and
change, Park could be found, often accompanied by that
.savant best informed, in storing his splendid mind with
fresh material. As a result he became a sort of living
encyclopedia to whom everyone turned. Some of this in-
formation he re-arranged and made available in books and
.addresses, much of it is left unsaid, yet it flashed out
constantly and aptly in conversation and hence his envied
companionship had inestimable charm and interest.
About the time that the meaning of his citizenship came
to be appreciated in Buffalo, he was urged to return to
Chicago to assume, in association with the late Nicholas
Senn, the chair of surgery at Bush Medical College, made
vacant by the death of that stalwart surgeon, Charles T.
Parkes. Some of the telegrams exchanged between Dr.
Park and his faithful friend, the late Dr. J. H. Etheridge,
of Chicago, who refused to acknowledge defeat in his efforts
to induce Dr. Park to accept the call, have a tinge of
pathos in them. The first, dated March 28, 1891, read
simply, “Parkes died this morning. Can I present your
name as his successor? Biggest place in America today/7
The last in the exchange of telegrams between the two
friends said: “My heart is broken. We will have you in
a few years. I never abandoned anything more reluct-
antly. I love you very much/7100
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The inducement was great, for it represented the leading
position in the western metropolis, his former home and
the scene of his early professional life. He went to Chicago
to look over the situation, accompanied by his friend
Charles Cary, who was determined that Dr. Park should
remain in Buffalo. The advantages likely to grow out of
his prosecuting the work so well begun were so attractively
presented that to the joy and rather surprise of all, he re-
mained with us. E. Carleton Sprague, Wilson S. Bissell,
Prank H. Goodyear, Charles W. Goodyear, William H.
Gratwick, Ansley Wilcox, Edmund Hayes, J. J. Albright,
William A. Rogers, S. M. Clement, George P. Sawyer, and
many other men had united in protestation against his
leaving. Funds were raised for constructing a new clinic,
designed for his needs, a model of beauty; in several other
ways the city expressed its satisfaction with his final deci-
sion. This was not the first nor the last call that Dr. Park
received to fill some great place, but removed from his
beloved University of Buffalo. All honors which entailed
his separation from that institution he declined.
While not perhaps among the conditions of his remaining
here, it is an outstanding fact that chief of the reasons
operating to keep him in Buffalo was the feeling that here
was his supreme opportunity to be of service to his college
by pointing out, in this unobtrusive yet effective way, its
greatest need — a new building. Modestly he let it be
known to those most anxious to keep him here that if the
much-needed new college building should not in some way
be secured, he should consider such a failure as a tacit
admission that the school was content to go along as it had
been doing, and that it was unreasonable to expect him to
give up such a glowing future as was his for such an un-
enterprising institution. His attachment for the city of
his adoption was such that in any case, whether his serv-
ices were fully appreciated or not, he might not have chosenROSWELL PARK: A MEMOIR
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to leave it. However that may be, the implied challenge
was speedily accepted and its terms soon complied with,
more successfully, perhaps, than those who had picked up
the gauge dared to hope. As early as 1892 the commodious
building now occupied by the medical college was completed
by means of generous aid from the citizens, being formally
dedicated in March, 1893.
The medical school is not the only department of the
University owing to Dr. Park a considerable part of its
success in overcoming obstacles which might have disheart-
ened less persistent men. In an address at one of the
Dental Department’s earliest opening sessions he reviewed
its history, mentioning the various efforts made to place
it on an equality with the best schools of the country, but
omitting any comment on his own contribution toward that
end. Long a member of the dental faculty, as well as the
medical, he was as anxious as any dentist for a building to
house the new department, and his joy was great when, in
1896, he helped the school erect its own finely equipped
building.
The characteristics of Dr. Park as a letter-writer are well
illustrated, together with his never-failing loyalty to his
university, in the letter written April 18, 1891, to Dr. B. L.
Holmes, dean of Rush Medical College, declining the flatter-
ing invitation:
No one will ever know quite the mental struggle I have been
through these last few days. On the one hand the brilliant prospect
so attractively set before me in Chicago; on the other, my fondness
for my home and surroundings here. The factor which has essentially
decided me is practically this:	For seven years I have worked hard
to unify conflicting medical interests here, and to build up a university
where we could teach medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, veterinary medi-
cine, and law, and in time have an academic department. The first
two departments are accomplished; the third and fourth I was made
to feel could not be brought about in the visible future unless I
remained. I have been astonished at the strong hold which I appear102
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to have on the citizens as well as on the profession here, and I felt
it my duty to others to remain — and for this purpose.
In foregoing what you have offered I am making a large sacrifice*.
I realize full well, but I make it deliberately and from motives which
I think no friend will question. So condemn my judgment, my taste*,
my business capability, if you will, but give me credit, I beg of you*
for integrity of purpose and earnestness in my chosen work. And.
above all believe that I have a most profound and abiding sense of.
gratitude for and appreciation of the honor which Rush College has*
done me, coupled with a realization of my unfitness for the same;
and also that no other motive than those which I have indicated has-
operated to influence my decision. I desire that Dr. Senn should,
know how gladly I would have worked with him, and that all of you.
should realize how pleasant to me would have been our association,.
With mingled and deep emotion, I must consequently write as I do.
Later lie accepted an invitation to lecture at the Army-
Medical School at Washington, having been appointed hon-
orary professor of surgery there, and served by President
Roosevelt’s appointment as one of the Board of Visitors
at West Point Military Academy, thus betraying a long-
continued interest in military affairs. When the Medical
Reserve Corps was constituted he was naturally one of the*
first surgeons to receive appointment in this branch of the
army. He responded cheerfully to almost numberless de-
mands to address learned societies, and at no little sacrifice,
he contributed to the meetings of widely separated and less
conspicuous county and city societies, medical and other-
wise.
He was much interested in, and president of, the Medical
Society of the State of New York. Of all his honors he
apparently treasured most that of the presidency of the*
American Surgical Association. Dr. Park was the first
and so far the only man to serve as surgeon-in-chief at the*
Buffalo General Hospital.
In 1895 he received from Harvard University the honor-
ary degree of M. A. In 1902, Yale University, of which
one of his ancestors was a founder, conferred upon him theBOSWELL PARK: A MEMOIR
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degree of LL.D. He was a member of the French Society
of Surgery, the German Congress of Surgeons, the Italian
Surgical Society, and various other foreign associations,
being also the chairman of the American Committee of the
International Society of Surgery, at the meetings of which,
in Brussels, he was seldom absent and often contributed.
When the Society decided to hold its triennial meeting of
April, 1914, in New York, Dr. Park worked arduously until
the end for the success of this notable gathering.
Ill
His interest in higher popular education for Buffalo took
concrete form in oft-repeated endeavors to render the Uni-
versity of Buffalo, which for seventy years had been without
an academic department, a complete university. For years
he was a member of the Council of the University, and, in
the words of the memorial drawn up by the Council: “It
is not for us so much to measure Dr. Park’s high service in
this community as a public-spirited citizen, as a versatile
yet profound toiler in scientific research, or as a writer
whose world-wide fame has conferred distinction upon the
home of his adoption, as to recognize and declare the great
debt which the University owes him as its loyal and gener-
ous friend and constant and tireless champion. He shared
our vicissitudes and aspirations for thirty years, and he
lived to be able to say, as he did before this Council twelve
hours before his death, that he rejoiced in the signs of our
early consummation of the long-cherished hopes of the Uni-
versity’s steadfast friends.”
This last sentence from the Council’s memorial was of
course written with no thought that these hopes would so
soon be realized with quite the adequacy with which they are
now coming to a fruition. But like many prophecies, they
were built on a foundation of confidence which was bound to
have its reward. Poignant have been the regrets expressedBOSWELL PARK: A MEMOIR
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contributed extensively to current medical literature. The
character of these writings may be judged from the selec-
tions republished in a recent memorial volume, while the
variety of subjects that interested him will appear in
the list of topics. Some of the best of his shorter essays,
philosophic and historic in nature, are to be found in his
book, “The Evil Eye.and Other Essays” (1913, with a
:seeond edition in 1914). Numerous Buffalonians possess
these essays which deserve to be in the library of each of
us. Not alone because of the intellectual wealth shown by
the writer, but because of the charm and style of the writ-
ing, the book will continue to be read and treasured. His
books have been “sellers;” he was known as a wise and
popular author; yet the best that he said was never written.
His critical quality and deep knowledge were shown best in
bis clinical lectures, which were of unrivaled strength,
simplicity and interest. Of his teaching, one of his pupils,
Dr. Thomas H. McKee, now Dean of the Medical Depart-
ment of the University, said at the memorial meeting of
the Buffalo Academy of Medicine:
Men of the highest intellectual attainments in their several depart-
ments have often been found to be the very worst teachers. They were
bad teachers for two reasons:	First, nature had never intended them
for the work and had not endowed them with the proper qualifica-
tions; secondly, they knew too much of their subject. They had pro-
gressed too far from their initial plans of development ever to return
to the student's level, to regain his point of view and appreciate his
difficulties.
Not so with Boswell Park. His presentation of any subject was
always a model of orderly clearness. He had the rare and happy
faculty of selecting the essentials of his topic and the ability to
adhere to it, driving straight to his goal without diverting into the
byways, however fascinating and alluring the flowery perspective
might be. Those of us who have been privileged to sit at his feet,
to drink at the fountain of his knowledge and to analyze his mental
processes have never ceased to marvel at the facility with which he
made simplicity and orderly procedure handmaidens of his fullness
of knowledge.106
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Let us hope that some time in the distant future, which, judging;
by the recent past, must hold so much in store, there shall be found
a more accurate and delicate method of valuation for human effort
than is known today, even so that it shall become possible to estimate*
the force of men's unconscious teachings; for then it will be found-
that the finest achievements, the most valued and far-reaching influ-
ences that have gone from the world's great teachers, like this man,
have been unconscious emanations from their personal characters,,
not unlike those weird and awe-inspiring waves of energy that radiate-
from that inscrutable element in which he was so profoundly'
interested.
The simplicity and orderly method, and withal the dignity which,
invested his work, produced results of incalculably greater value than
the mere technical knowledge which he imparted by tongue and voice..
We who, by virtue of our special training, of our special knowledge,,
are privileged to see clearly the forces that play within and without
the profession, can say without hesitation that the most valuable*
service which he rendered to the community in which he elected to>
carry the burden of life, the greatest asset which he has left to*
them, was not to be found in the technical triumphs of his art, but in
his exemplification of a standard of ethical conduct which shall be
a rule and a guide for those of good repute as long as the name off
Roswell Park is remembered among men.
Nor is there any doubt that he unconsciously set up in the hearts^
of hundreds and hundreds of young men who came under his mag-
netic influence, a standard of conduct which, when the time inevitably
comes when they are tempted to depart from the street called straight,
will constrain them to pause, to listen to a still small voice withim
that shall say, ‘‘Have a care. Park would not have done this."
Even today who can believe that in that vast assemblage which
paid him tribute in Trinity Church there was one so intellectually and3
spiritually bereft that he did not go home with the lesson sinking
deep into his soul — that to lead such a life and to earn such a tribute
is well worth while. Still the great teacher, even though dead — nay,
not dead, for a wise and purposeful nature never designed a light
like that to be snuffed out — he has only solved the great mystery a-
little before the rest of us.
At times profoundly serious, if need be, sternly admon-
itory, with an occasional glittering of pricking irony, Dr.
Park was absolutely fair, just and tolerant. With an ever-
present fund of humor, with anecdotes notorious andBOSWELL TALK: A MEMOIR
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hpropos, repartee brilliant and telling, he was the inspira-
tion of a company, the joy of his companions, and when
occasion required a fortress against antagonists.
In 1901 the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo at-
tracted universal attention to the city. Dr. Park was made
medical director of the Exposition, of its sanitation, its
hospitals, and its medical staff. The character of the work
done again showed his ability. On that fateful day when
the beloved McKinley was stricken at the Temple of Music,,
the instant demand was for Dr. Park, and dismay was felt
when it became known that it would require hours before
he could reach the President. In the need of immediate
operation, Dr. Mann was called upon and performed the
work with accustomed skill. Upon his return, Dr. Park was
associated and to the last, with the assistance of Mynter,.
General Rixey, McBurney, Janeway and others, did all in
human power to avert the catastrophe which the autopsy
later proved to be inevitable. To Dr. Park the disappoint-
ment was almost overwhelming, one from which he suffered
keenly while life remained to him. The tone of the hun-
dreds of communications which he received during that
trying week is illustrated in the telegram received from
the late Dr. Musser of Philadelphia, which said simply,
“We are all so glad you are on hand.”
An abstract from the memorial volume of Selected Papers,.
Surgical and Scientific, is here introduced, partly because:
it illustrates the character of the lamented President,,
partly because it gives an insight to the deeper sentiment
of Roswell Park:
To return to the patient- He bore Ms illness and such pain as
he suffered with beautiful, unflinching and Christian fortitude, and.
no more tractable or agreeable patient was ever in charge of his
physicians. No harsh word or complaint against his assassin was ever
heard to pass his lips. As the days went by, the peculiarity of his
Christian character became ever more apparent, and was particularly
noticeable at the last, up to the very moment of his lapsing into un-108
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-consciousness. Up to this time I had hardly ever believed that a
man could be a good Christian and a good politician. His many
public acts showed him to be the latter, while the evidence of his
real Christian spirit was most impressive during his last days. His
treatment of Mrs. McKinley during the many trying experiences
which he had with her fortified a gentleness in his manly character,
while the few remarks or expressions which escaped from him during
his last hours stamped him as essentially a Christian in the highest
and most lovable degree.
One great aim. of his life, to know the nature of cancer,
was fated not to be realized, although he strove hard to
attain it. This led to the establishment, first in the Uni-
versity of Buffalo, of the Gratwick Laboratory, which
became in 1911 the New York State Laboratory and Hos-
pital for the Study of Malignant Diseases. In face of
discouragement he pressed forward investigation in this
and other institutions. He was among the first in the
knowledge of tumors and called to the attention of the
country the fact, long contested, that cancer is steadily upon
the increase. “Dr. Park has done more work and better
work than any other person in America in this direction,”
said Dr. W. W. Keen, 4 ‘ and his work has not only met with
great encouragement and recognition abroad but is recog-
nized as being as good as any done there. ’9
Dr. Park had extraordinary self-control. He never lost
his temper, was kind, obliging and helpful, yet there was
about him always a degree of reserve, of personal dignity,
that dampened over-familiarity. He had a quiet but last-
ing contempt for pretense and sentimentality, for cant and
-effusiveness. The thoughtless and unacquainted attributed
this to coldness, but they were mistaken. A warm heart
glowed, a generous hand was outstretched behind this veil
of reserve. Not infrequently he was the victim of ingrati-
tude and often was disappointed in his efforts to assist, yet
he remained approachable and forgiving.
A man so singularly endowed, so unafraid and indomit-
able, could not escape adversities; the strong light in whichno SWELL TALK: A MEMOIB
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he moved was sure to produce shadows. When the art was
practiced by few, he relieved by intubation a physician’s
child dying of diphtheria, but thereby became himself in-
fected. A terrific laryngeal stenosis threatened his life for
days and apparently left him prone to subsequent infec-
tions. This was the beginning of a series of grave illnesses,
resulting from infection, always while operating; one peril
with fierce suffering was surmounted, soon to be faced by
another which only enormous vitality could have overcome.
He underwent numerous operations and endured endless
pain which few suspected, and pushed his tasking life so
cheerfully that the concealment was rarely penetrated.
In 1899 he lost his devoted wife and thenceforth knew the
bitterness of separation. Still more completely he im-
mersed himself in work, operating by day, studying and
writing by night. He was compelled from his disability to
avoid active exercise, and most people have forgotten his
former activity in the Athletic Club, his powers with single-
stick and enjoyment of open-air sport. He held the appear-
ance of physical power, and misled the community as to
this the more readily because of the force of his mind and
his willingness to undertake new responsibilities which were
executed so manfully and splendidly.
A quarter of a century had rolled by since he came to
Buffalo, and in celebration of the event a testimonial dinner
was arranged by his friends and colleagues. The resources
of the Iroquois were fully taxed, yet the hotel honored
itself on the occasion, for in the great banquet hall were
seated a very notable assemblage, including, beside the
best-known Buffalonians, scores of men famed for achieve-
ment, from all parts of the nation. Kichardson from Bos-
ton, Mayo from Minnesota, Billings, McArthur and Bevan
from Chicago, Dennis and Brewer from New York, Welch
from Baltimore, Matas from New Orleans, Crile from Cleve-
land, were among the number who with eloquence and en-110
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thusiasm honored Dr. Park as a foremost American surgeon.
This was a social event not to be forgotten, and its meaning
was understood and deeply felt by Dr. Park. He was es-
pecially pleased to have at his side his two sons, Roswell
and Julian, as participants in his happiness. The Roswell
Park Medical Club, an association of his former students,
was named in his honor only a few years after he had come
to Buffalo, and it is still in prosperous existence, celebrating
its quarter-centenary with a dinner tendered Dr. Park
only the week before his death.,
The International Congress on School Hygiene convened
in Buffalo in the summer of 1913, and he was the chairman
of the Committee of Arrangements. The unquestioned
success of the great congress depended in no small part
upon his executive ability. This was his last great work,
and following it the evidences of cardiac disability from
which he had recently suffered demanded attention. After
a rest he returned to hospital and college service, appar-
ently rejuvenated, performing many operations in which,
as of old, was displayed fine judgment and matchless skill.
To the protestations of those nearest to him and of his
devoted associate, Dr. Edgar R. McGuire, urging more rest,
he used to quote a favorite aphorism, “Destiny, reserves
for us repose enough/’ Smilingly, efficiently, and in detail
he performed his round of duties; he was constantly
thoughtful of the welfare of others; his obligations and
responsibilities were nowhere forgotten. Thus “He had
adorned and hid the coming bulk of death.” He was not
himself deceived as to his real state of health and prepared
accordingly.
Early in the morning of February 15, 1914, after a short
attack of syncopy, as he would have wished he passed
quietly away. He confessed to a friend that for fifteen
years he had been forced to spend one-seventh of his work-
ing time in bed.BOSWELL TALK: A ME MO IB
111
The life of Eoswell Park was so full and rich, his ac-
complishments so large and many, that it will remain an
example of usefulness; yet there can be no doubt that
numerous high enterprises, planned for the future of his
university, hospital and city, were held back because of his
lack of strength and time to carry them to completion.
The citizens of Buffalo owe to his memory the fulfillment
•of his designs.
Surely the University of Buffalo, when it has developed
as he had planned that it should, cannot forget what it
owes to his effort and his faith.112
DR. PARK’S PRINCIPAL WRITINGS
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF DR. PARK’S PRINCIPAL
WRITINGS
COMPILED BY JULIAN PAKK.
BOOKS.
The Mutter Lectures on Surgical Pathology. A course of ten lecturer
delivered at the College of Physicians, Philadelphia; first published
in the Annals of Surgery, volumes 13, 14 and 15. Illustrated. 300
pages. St. Louis, 1892.
An Epitome of the History of Medicine, based upon a course of lec-
tures delivered during 1894, in the University of Buffalo. Illus-
trated, 348 pages. Philadelphia, 1897- Two editions.
A Treatise on Surgery by American Authors. Edited and largely
written by Dr. Park. Two volumes, illustrated, 799 and 804 pages.-
Philadelphia, 1896. Second edition, 1898; third edition, 1901,
The Principles and Practice of Modern Surgery. Illustrated, 1074
pages. Philadelphia, 1907.
The Evil Eye, Thanatology, and Other Essays. 380 pages. Boston^
1913-
ARTICLES.
1878
1.	A New Modification of the Anterior Splint. Transactions of
the Illinois State Medical Society.
2.	A Conspectus of the Different Forms of Consumption, intended
as an Aid to Differential Diagnosis. Chicago Medical Journal and
Examiner, September.
1879
3.	Maternal Impressions: Mothers’ Marks. Southern Clinic, Feb-
ruary.
4.	Dermatitis Venenata; or, Rhus Toxicodendron and its action.
Archives of Dermatology, July.
5.	A Conspectus of three different forms of Acute Inflammatory
Cardiac Disorder. Chicago Medical Journal and Examiner,
October.
1880
6- Pathology and Treatment of Syphilis. The Transactions...
(Youngstown, O.), March.
7. Abuses of Medical Charities. Chicago Medical Gazette, March 5-DB. PABK’S PBINCIPAL WBITINGS
115
1881
$. A Conspectus of three different forms of Trophic Cardiac Disease*
Southern Clinic.
9.	On the Surgical Anatomy of the Sheaths of the Palmer Tendons*.
Annals of Anatomy and Surgery, August.
1882
10.	A Case of Severe Injury to the Orbit. Archives of Ophthal-
mology, March.
11.	On a New Method of Making Anatomical Preparations. Annals
of Anatomy and Surgery, March.
12.	The Present Status of Antiseptic Surgery. Chicago Medical
Journal and Examiner, October.
1883
13.	Secondary Batteries and the Storage of Electricity. Chicago*
Medical Journal and Examiner, Pebruary.
14.	The Electric Light in Diagnosis. Annals of Anatomy and
Surgery, March.
15.	Tuberculosis of Joints. Weekly Medical Beview, April 28.
16.	Primary Antiseptic Occlusion of Gunshot Wounds. Editorial inr
Annals of Anatomy and Surgery.
17.	Record of Principal Anatomical Anomalies Noticed During the
Dissection of One Hundred Subjects. Annals of Anatomy and
Surgery, December.
1884
18.	Tuberculosis of Bones and Joints:	Treatment by Ignipuncture*
Philadelphia Medical News, August 30-
19.	Report on Surgery to the Illinois State Medical Society. Weekly
Medical Bevieiv, June 14 and 21-
20.	Surgery of the Nerves. Kansas City Medical Index, April.
21.	Select Topics in the Surgery of the Nervous System. Weekly
Medical Beview, May 17.
22.	On Eat Embolism. New York Medical Journal, August 16.
1885
23- Conditions Which Predispose Bones to Tuberculosis. Medicall
Press of Western New York.
24. Tuberculous Surgical Affections. Editorial in Annals of Sur-
gery.114
BE. PARK'S PRINCIPAL WRITINGS
25.	The Surgical Sequelae of the Exanthems and Continued Fevers.
Canadian Practitioner, July.
26.	The Early Treatment of Gunshot Wounds. Physicians9 Maga-
zine, August.
27.	Antiseptics in Surgery. Wood’s Reference Handbook of the
Medical Sciences.
28.	A Case of Total Extirpation of the Larynx. Medical Press of
Western New York, December.
29.	Tuberculosis of Glands and the Importance of Early Operation.
Editorial in Annals of Surgery,
1886
SO* Cystic Degeneration of Kidney:	Nephrectomy on the youngest
patient ever surviving the operation. Philadelphia Medical News,
May 22; Medical Press of Western New York, August.
31. Wounds of the Head. Wood’s Reference Handbook.
82- Lipona Testis. Transactions of the American Surgical Associa-
tion.
33* Electricity in Surgery. Wood’s Reference Handbook,
34.	Oesophageal Diverticulum. Medical Press of Western New York•
1887
35.	Address on Congenital Deformities of the Mouth and Face.
Independent Practitioner (Buffalo), November.
36.	Intubation versus Tracheotomy. Medical Press of Western
New York, January.
37.	A Further Study of Tuberculosis of the Bone. Medical Press
of Western New York, January.
38.	Laryngectomy. Wood’s Reference Handbook.
1888
39. Laparatomy or Enterostomy. New York Medical Record,
March 3.
40.	Contributions to Abdominal Surgery. Medical Press of Western
New York, August.
41. Laparotomy for Gunshot Wound of Abdomen. Philadelphia
Medical Press, August 4.
42.	Surgery of the Brain, based upon Principles of Cerebral Local-
ization. Transactions of the American Congress of Physicians and
Surgeons; Volume 1; New York Medical Journal, November 3, 10
and 17; Medical Press of Western New York, October.DB. PABK’S PDINCIPAL WBITINGS
115
43- A Study of Some of the Pyogenic Bacteria. Transactions of
the American Surgical Association, 1888; Philadelphia Medical
News, December 1.
44.	Pyemia as a Direct Sequel of Gonorrhea. Journal of Cutaneous
and Genito-TJrinary Diseases, December.
45.	Extensive Thoracotomy for Sarcoma of Chest Wall. Annals of
Surgery.
46.	Abscess Containing Micrococcus Tetragenus. Transactions of
the American Surgical Association, 1888.
47.	Diseases of the Breast, Other than Tumors. In Mann’s System
of Gynecology.
48.	Splenectomy for Leucasmic Enlargement. Annals of Surgery.
49.	Pylorus, Resection of. Wood’s Deference Handbook.
1889
50.	The Pathology of Suppuration. Buffalo Medical Journal.
51.	A Study of Acute Infectious Processes in Bone. American
Journal of Medical Sciences, June.
1890
52.	Congenital Defects and Deformities of the Pace, Lips, Mouth,
Tongue, and Jaws. In Keating’s Cyclopedia of Diseases of
Children.
53.	Trephining. Wood’s Deference Handbook.
1891
54.	Wound Infection. American Journal of Medical Sciences,
November.
55- A Study of Atrophy. Transactions of the American Orthopedic
Association, 1891.
1892
56.	Clinical Contributions to the Subject of Brain Surgery. Phila-
delphia Medical News, December 3 and 10.
57.	Peritonitis, Appendicitis, and Perityphilitic Abscess. In Hare’s
Cyclopedia of Therapeutics.
1893
58.	Talipes, etc. Medical and Surgical Deporter, January 21-
59.	Actinomycosis, with Report of Case. Buffalo Medical Journal,
January.116
DR. PARK’S PRINCIPAL WRITINGS
60* The Parasitic Theory of the Etiology of Carcinoma. New Torlc
Medical Journal, March 4; Transactions of the Medical Society of
the State of New Torlc, 1893; Medical and Surgical Reporter,
February 18.
61. Report of Case of Malignant Polyp from Base of Skull. Annals
of Surgery; Transactions of the American Surgical Association,
1893.
62* The importance to the Surgeon of Familiarity with the Bacillus
Coli Communis- Ibid. Transactions of the American Surgical
Association.
1894
63- Forms of Peritonitis, Their Relation to Appendicitis, etc.
Detroit Medical Age, January 25.
64.	On the Value to the Surgeon of Antipyrine. Philadelphia
Medical News, December 15.
65.	Rare Case of Fracture:	Dislocation of the Vertebrae, with
Recovery. International Medical Magazine.
1895
66* Septic Infection Within the Cranium. Chicago Medical Re-
corder, February.
67.	Applications of a Knowledge of Bacteriology to Certain Surgical
Affections. Atlantic Medical WeeMy, February 9.
68.	Intestinal Obstruction. Medical and Surgical Reporter, Febru-
ary 23.
69.	Record of Foreign Bodies Found in the Appendix. New Torlc
Medical Record, March 16.
70.	Acute Infectious Processes in Bone. Boston Medical and Sur-
gical Journal, May 2.
71* On the Consequences of Hyperemia and the Pathology of In-
flammation. New Torlc Medical Record, June 8.
72- Fracture Into and Near Joints. Atlantic Medical Weelcly,
June 15; Tri-State Medical Journal (St. Louis), May.
73. The Location and Detection of Missiles. Medicine (Detroit),
June.
74* A Case of Acromegaly. International Medical Magazine, July.
75* A Case of Spina Bifida Treated by Insertion of Celluloid Plate,
Buffalo Medical Journal, August.
76.	Results of Division or Resection in the Neck of the Pneumo-
gastric and Phrenic Nerves. Annals of Surgery, August.
77.	Orchidomeningitis Calcificans. Journal of Cutaneous and
Genito-Vrinary Diseases, September.DB. PABK’S PBINCIPAL WBITINGS
117
78. Deformities and Malformations Resulting from Acute Infec-
tions in Bone. Medical Becord, November 2.
79- Surgical Diseases and Injuries of the Head. Monograph of
300 pages in Dennis and Billings7 System of American Surgery.
1896.
80.	On Congenital Fistulse and Sinuses at the Umbilicus. Medical
Fortnightly (St. Louis), January 1; St. Louis Medical Journal,
January.
81.	A New and Ideal Styptic. Therapeutic- Progress, January.
82.	Address delivered at the Opening of the Fourth Annual Session
of the Dental Department of the University of Buffalo. Dental
Practitioner (Buffalo), January.
83-	Pathological Lesions in the Remains of the Wolffian Body.
International Journal of Surgery, January.
84-	The Value of a Knowledge of Comparative Pathology to the
Surgeon, Medical News, February.
85-	On Auto-Infection, Especially in Surgical Patients. Read before
the annual scientific meeting of the alumni of Rush Medical College.
The Corpuscle (Rush Medical College), June.
86-	History of the Introduction of Anaesthesia into Surgery. In
commemoration of the semi-centennial of the introduction of ether
as an anaesthetic agent. An address, marking also the fiftieth
anniversary of the founding of the Medical Department of the
University of Buffalo, delivered at the university October 16, 1896-
.Buffalo Medical Journal, November; Atlanta Medical and Surgical
Journal, December. Included in “The Evil Eye and Other
Essays.77
87. Susceptibility and Immunity, with special reference to Surgical
Cases. Transactions of the American Surgical Association, Vol.
XIV.
1897.
88- Giordano Bruno; an essay. Included in “The Evil Eye.77
89. An Epitome of an Address on Injuries to the Head. Yale
Medical Journal, January; International Journal of Surgery, May.
90* The Evil Eye. Presidential Address before the Buffalo Society
of Natural Sciences- Included in “The Evil Eye.77
1898
91. An Inquiry Into the Etiology of Cancer. American Journal of
Medical Sciences, May.118
DR. PABK’S PRINCIPAL WRITINGS
92.	Iatro-Theurgic Symbolism. Annual oration read before the
Maine Medical Association, June 2. Included in “The Evil Eye.”
93.	Evolution of the Surgeon from the Barber. Janus, July; Indian
Lancet, January 1, 1899. Included in “The Evil Eye.”
94.	Indications for Operation in Tuberculosis of Kidney. Journal
of Cutaneous and Genito-TJr inary Diseases, August.
95.	Gunshot wounds Made by Modern Missiles. Buffalo Medical
Journal, August.
96.	The New York State Cancer Laboratory at Buffalo. Charlotte
(N. C.) Medical Journal, September.
97* Serpent-Myths and Serpent-Worship. Presidential Address
before the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Included in ‘ ‘ The
Evil Eye. ’1
1899
98.	A Further Study Into the Frequency and Etiology of Cancer.
Medical News, April 1.
99.	Cancer as a Parasitic Disease. Address read at the centennial
meeting of the Medical and Chirurgieal Faculty of Maryland,
Baltimore, April 25. Maryland Medical Journal, May 17.
100- History of Opo- or Organo-Therapy. Presidential Address
before the Buffalo Academy of Medicine. St. Louis Courier of
Medicine, July.
1900	*
103. Again the Question of Cancer. Buffalo Medical Journal,
March.
102.	The Nature of the Cancerous Process and the Cancerous
Cachexia and the Relation of Local Irritation to Each. American
Medical Quarterly, April.
103.	Doctorate Address delivered at the Commencement of the
Kentucky School of Medicine. American Practitioner, July 15.
1901,
104- The Recent Buffalo Investigations Regarding the Nature of
Cancer. Presidential address before the American Surgical Associa-
tion. American Medicine, May 6.
105.	The Nature of the Cancerous Processes. Read at the fifty-
second annual meeting of the American Medical Association.
Journal of the American Medical Association, September 14.
1902
106.	Report of the Medical Director of the Pan-American Exposi-
tion. Buffalo Medical 'Journal, January.DR. DARK’S PRINCIPAL WRITINGS
119
107.	Surgical Treatment of Injuries and Diseases of the Pancreas.
American Medicine, February 15; Journal of Medicine and Sur-
gery (Savannah), March. Translated into Japanese and published
in May.
108.	Student Life in the Middle Ages. Address before the Charles
K. Mills Society of the University of Pennsylvania and before the
New Coffee Club of Williams College. University of Pennsylvania
Medical Bulletin, March; Williams Record (synopsis), November
30; 1909. Included in “The Evil Eye.”
109.	Wounds of the Head. Reference Handbook.
110.	The Present Aspect of the Cancer Problem. Medical Review
of Reviews, June.
111.	The Advantages of Early Surgical Intervention in Borderland
Cases- New York Medical News, June 7.
112.	A Study of Medical Words, Deeds, and Men. Address at Yaltf
University Commencement, on the occasion of Dr. Park’s receiving
the LL. D. degree. Yale Medical Journal, July. Included in “The
Evil Eye.”
113.	Why should we not treat the Gall Bladder as we do the
Appendix? American Medicine, July 12.
114.	Surgical Treatment of Epilepsy. American Medicine, Novem-
ber 5.
1903
115.	Sarcoma of the Third Cervical Segment. American Journal
of Medical Sciences, January.
116.	Successful Removal of 265 cm. of Gangrenous Intestine. Buffalo
Medical Journal, April; International Journal of Surgery;
Archives Internationale de Chirurgie.
117.	The Modern Therapy of Septic Puerperal Infection. Alpha
Omega Delta Bulletin, March; New England Medical Monthly,
May.
118.	Report upon the Physics and Therapeutic Value of Cathode
and Ultra Violet Rays. New York Medical News, May 30.
119.	On Cysts and other Neoplasms of the Pancreas. American
Medicine, June 13-
120- An Epitome of the History of Carcinoma. Read before the
Historical Club of the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Medical Library
and Historical Journal, October; Johns Hopkins Bulletin, October.120
DR. PARK’S PRINCIPAL WRITINGS
1904
121.	Histoire de la Medeeine en Amerique. La France Medicale,
January 25, February 3, 10.
122.	Surgery in America. Encyclopedia Americana, Yol. XV.
123* Spontaneous Gangrene of the Hollow Viscera. Annals of
Surgery, April.
124- A Letter from Berlin. Buffalo Medical Journal, April.
125. Surgical Treatment of Dyspepsia. Buffalo Medical Journal,
July.
1905
126. Bilateral Cervical Sympathectomy for the Relief of Epilepsy.
Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases, April.
127- Contributions to the Literature of Foreign Bodies in the
Pharynx and Oesophagus. Buffalo Medical Journal, February.
128. The Knights Hospitaller of St. John of Jerusalem. Essay
read before the University Club of Buffalo, etc. Included in ‘‘ The
Evil Eye.,;
129* Address at the Commencement of the Buffalo General Hospital
Training School. Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette, September.
130.	Status Lymphaticus and the Ductless Glands. Read before
the American Surgical Association at San Francisco. Surgery,
Gynecology, and Obstetrics, August.
131.	The Relation of the Grecian Mysteries to the Foundation of
Christianity. Included in “The Evil Eye.,r
1906
132.	Oration on Surgery. Address at centennial meeting of the
Medical Society of the State of New York. New Yorlc State
Journal of Medicine, March and April.
133.	What do Recent Studies regarding the Thyroid and Parathy-
roids teach concerning the Treatment of Exophthalmic Goitre?
Medical Review of Reviews, July and August.
134.	A New Method of the Utilization of the Sac in the Radical
Cure of Hernia. Read before the American Surgical Association
at Cleveland. Surgery, Gynecology, and Obstetrics, August.
135.	The Story of the Discovery of the Circulation. Address at
the Commencement of the University of Chicago Medical Depart-
ment (Rush Medical College). Buffalo Medical Journal, August.
Included in “The Evil Eye.”DM. PABK’S PRINCIPAL WETTINGS
121
1907
136. The Work of the New York State Cancer Laboratory: Retro-
spective, Prospective. Read before the Medical Society of the
State of New York. New York State Journal of Medicine, May.
137- Non-inflammatory Affections of Bones. In Volume 3 of
Bryant and Buck’s ‘‘American Practice of Surgery.”
138.	The Medico legal Consideration of Gunshot Wounds. In Witt-
haus and Becker’s “Medical Jurisprudence.”
139.	A Case of Cyst Within the Spinal Canal. By Drs. Park and
William C. Krauss. Journal of Neurology.
1908
140.	Some of the Modern Aspects of the Cancer Problem. Read
before the Hartford Academy of Medicine.
141.	The Nature of the Cancerous Processes. Read before the Inter-
national Society of Surgery, Brussels, Belgium, September 21.
Transactions of the International Society of Surgery; Surgery,
Gynecology and Obstetrics, November.
142.	Traitement du Cancer des Differents Organes. Archives Gen-
- Sr ales, November 25-
1909
143- Introduction to “The Doctor in Art.” (Buffalo, 1909-)
144. The Career of the Army Surgeon. Address at the Commence-
ment of the Army Medical School, Washington. Military Surgeon,
July. Included in “The Evil Eye.”
145* The Next Twenty-five Years in Surgery. Buffalo Medical
Journal, June.
146.	The Relation of the Internal Secretions to Surgical Conditions.
Read before the Northwestern Surgical Society at Seattle. North-
west Medicine, August.
1910
147.	The Cancer Problem. Read before the Southern Surgical
Association at Hot Springs. Southern Medical Journal, March.
1911
148.	Brewer’s Yeast in the Treatment of Ulcers, Necrotic and Tu-
bercular Conditions. American Journal of Dermatology, January.
149* Recent Views Concerning the Treatment of Cancer, based upon
its nature. Read before the Southern Surgical Association at
Nashville. Buffalo Medical Journal, April.122
DR. PARK'S PRINCIPAL WRITINGS
150* Bemarks on the Early History of Medicine in America. Bead
before the Ontario Medical Association. Buffalo Medical Journal,
July.
1912
151.	Anaesthesia by Intra-tracheal Insufflation. Buffalo Medical
Journal, January.
152.	Surgery of the Liver and Gall-bladder. In Musser and Kelly’s
‘‘ Handbook of Practical Treatment. ”
153. Address delivered at the University Day Exercises of the
University of Buffalo, Eebruary 22. Buffalo Express, February
23.
154.	Thanatology:	A Questionnaire and a Plea for a Neglected
Study. Journal of the American Medical Association, April 27.
Included in “The Evil Eye.”
155.	The History of the Dentist’s Art. Address at the annual meet-
ing of the Dental Alumni of the University of Buffalo. Dental
Forum (Buffalo), September.
156. The What and Why of Eugenics. Buffalo Sunday News
October 20.
157.	Isopathy in the Twentieth Century. Post-Graduate, October.
1913.
158-	Fracture of the Atlas:	Case of Dr. James P. White. Buffalo
Medical Journal, January.
159-	Beport of Fourteen Cases of Spina Bifida, and one of Sacro-
coccygeal Tumor. Buffalo Medical Journal, March.
160.	What Prospect for a Successful Therapy of Cancer? Inter-
national Journal of Surgery, May.
161. The Thymus and other Ductless Glands. Bead before the
Ohio State Clinical Association at its first meeting. Cleveland
Medical Journal, May.
162.	Conclusions Drawn From a Quarter-Century’s Work in Brain
Surgery. Bead before the Medical Society of the State of New
York. New York State Journal of Medicine, June.
163. The Campaign Against Cancer. American Monthly Review
of Reviews, December.DB. PABK’S PBINCIPAL WB1TINGS	123
1914
164.	On the Eelation of the Ductless Glands to the Work of the
Surgeon. Bead at the Fourth Clinical Congress of Surgeons of
North America, Chicago, November 14, 1913. Surgery, Gynecology,
and Obstetrics. March.
165.	Address at the Opening of the Fourth International Congress
of School Hygiene, Buffalo, August 25, 1913- Transactions of
the Congress (Buffalo, 1914), Volume 1.
166.	Of What Does the Universe Consist ? Lecture at the University
of Buffalo, February 1. Buffalo Medical Journal, March.
167* Radium and Radio activity. Lecture at the University of
Buffalo, February 8. Buffalo Express (synopsis), February 9.104
BOSWELL PABK: A MEMOIB
that Dr. Park could not have been spared for at least two
years, to have seen the University finally take its stand
where it belongs; but at least the satisfaction was his of
having fought the good fight for years manfully and per-
sistently, never descending, however great the provocation,
to use weapons placed at his command by his natural adroit-
ness but contemned by his conscientiousness and love of fair
play. His championship of higher education for Buffalo
in the last analysis rested on a thorough knowledge of the
city’s needs, gained from every-day contact with those
whose means prohibited sending their children away to
college; but it also arose from an oft-expressed conviction
that nothing would so benefit the medical school and the
University’s other departments as the establishment of the
department which would unify them all, by providing facil-
ities for the better equipping of professional students in
the humanities and general culture before they went on to
specialize in their lifework.
In 1892 he gave at Philadelphia the Mutter Lectures on
Surgical Pathology, published as a volume, a contribution,
according to his surgical confreres, of lasting importance
to the medical profession.
In 1905 he contributed a monograph of 300 pages on,the
Surgery of the Head and Brain; in 1897 a well-known text-
book on the History of Medicine, based on lectures delivered
in 1893 in the University of Buffalo, which was, according to
its dedication to his colleagues in the medical faculty, the
‘‘ first attempt in the medical schools of this country to give
systematic instruction in the history of the science which
they teach.” He was the editor of and principal con-
tributor to a two-volume textbook, “Surgery by American
Authors,” 1896 (three editions), and not long after a large
text-book, his magnum opus, on General Surgery.
Besides these he wrote in the encyclopedias of surgery,
pathology, and therapeutics enduring monographs, and