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This he undertook with his usual con- scientious and original effort, devot- ing himself, literally, day and night, for he prepared a series of stereopticon lectures, of which he gave over sixty at night, in the first winter of his work, after toiling strenuously in the field with his force during the day, direct- ing the draining of pools and the in- spection of premises throughout the entire city. The relief from the pests the first summer was enjoyed by the people, who attributed to Dr. Hill full credit for his labors. While en- gaged in his work he was stricken and shortly afterwards died (some brain trouble, a tumor I think), at the Enoch Pratt and Sheppard Hospital. He was the son of the late William Hill and Jane Woodside of County Antrim, Ireland. In 1S96 the doctor married Madeline Scott, who died before him, leaving one child, Dorothy M. Hill, who survived him. Hill was an om- nivorous reader with an ineffaceable memory which made him the living encyclopedia of a large circle of de- voted friends. His influence in the community was wonderful, and the force of his personality far-reaching in its effects. Through his suggestions and plan of organization the city of Balti- more secured the National Drainage Congress of 1907. Though often wor- ried by opposition he seemed unable to understand any one thinking of personal risk or reputation when the civic good was at stake.

W. J. O.

Himes, Isaac Newton (1S34-1S95).

Isaac Newton Himes, a prominent physician of Cleveland, Ohio, was born at Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, De- cember 4, 1834. He was educated in the University of Pennsylvania and in Jefferson College, at Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, from which latter in- stitution he received in 1853 the degree of A. B. and in 1856 that of M. A. His medical education was acquired in the University of Pennsylvania and

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in the College of Physicians and Sur- geons, New York City, whence he grad- uated in 1856. In 1861 Dr. Himes began the practice of medicine in Chili- cothe, Ohio, but the outbreak of the Civil War attracted him to military ser- vice, and he filled the position of an assistant surgeon until about the close of the war. Two years were then spent in study and travel in Europe, and on his return the United States private business claimed his time for several years and one year was spent in San Francisco. But in 1871 he settled in Cleveland and resumed the practice of medicine, being at once elected to the chair of physiology and pathology in the Cleveland Medical College, which position he served for ten years. On the reorganization of this college in 1881, when it became the medical department of the Western Reserve University, Dr. Himes was elected to the chairs of morbid anat- omy and orthopedic surgery. The fol- lowing year he was again transferred to the chair of pathology, in which position he continued in active service until his death. He was also for many years visiting physician to the City Hospital (now Lakeside Hospital) of Cleveland.

Dr. Himes was a member of the Ohio State Medical Society and was at the time of his death president of the Cleveland Society of Medical Sciences.

He married, in 1878, Mrs. Mary Vin- cent Reid, daughter of John A. Vin- cent, of Cleveland.

A man of exceptional education and attainments, Dr. Himes made but few communications to the medical journals of Ins day. Among these we may refer only to a "Report of Progress in Physiology and Pathology" "Columbus Medical Journal," vol. xv, 1885) and "Remarks and Cases Connected with Medical Examinations for Life Insurance."

He died of cardiac disease in Cleve- land, April 1, 1895.