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DAMS, SAMUEL SHUGERT, M.D., lecturer on diseases of children, Georgetown university, 1879-84; professor of the theory and practice of medicine, 1884-92, National university; professor of clinical diseases of children, 1892-95, at Columbian university; professor of diseases of children, 1895-98, Georgetown university ; professor of theory and practice of medicine and diseases of children, Georgetown, since 1898, and still filling the chair; at present head of the medical department of the Georgetown university hospital; formerly chief of staff at Sibley Hospital, District of Columbia; attending and consulting physician in six or seven other hospitals; was born July 12, 1853, at Washington, District of Columbia.

His father, George Roszel Adams, a clerk and afterward a farmer, was at one time superintendent of public schools in Alexandria county, Virginia. His son speaks of him as a man of “honesty, sobriety, cheerfulness and firmness.” To his mother he attributes a strong and ennobling influence over his character. His physical condition in early life was fine, and athletics and riding were favorite pursuits. Part of his youth was spent in the country and in a small town. His education was obtained in the public schools of Washington and in private schools in Virginia. He was graduated from West Virginia university, receiving the degree of A.B. in 1875 and that of A.M. in 1878. He took a course of professional study at Georgetown, medical department, and was graduated from that institution in 1879. He began the active work of life as a physician in Washington, District of Columbia. His career furnishes an example of growth in usefulness and brilliant achievement, and he stands among the leading physicians of Washington.

Dr. Adams has hardly a peer in that city in his scientific treatment of children's diseases, in which department he has been a specialist from the beginning of his professional career. His reading has been of a scientific character. “College athletics, horseback riding, and three months’ rest each year on a New Hampshire farm,