James Henry Dunn / [Robert Emmett Farr].

  • Farr, Robert Emmett, 1875-1932.
Date:
1926
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Credit: James Henry Dunn / [Robert Emmett Farr]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    FARR: JAMES HENRY DUNN 3 by the overwhelming amount of surgery which presented itself almost immedi¬ ately. It was during these years that his strenuous efforts to meet the demands of his practice aggravated the condition which brought about his untimely death. He worked at high speed many hours of each day without recreation; and being unable to sleep well lying down because of the condition of his heart, he formed the habit of reading far into the night. He finally succumbed to myocarditis while attending a meeting of the American Surgical Association in St. Louis. He was found dead in his hotel room a short time after presenting a paper on the “Treatment of Benign CEsophageal Stricture.’’ Throughout Dr. Dunn’s professional life he was honored by election to many important offices. He was an ex-president of the Hennepin County Medical Society, the Minnesota State Medical Association, and numerous other societies to which he belonged. At the time of his death he was vice- president of the American Medical Association. Dr. Dunn died as he lived, “in the harness,” and from his life two great lessons may be drawn: first, that the love, honor, and respect of our fellows can be gained only by emulating such a life as Dr. Dunn lived; and second, that a more frequent resort to some sort of relaxation might have given the Northwest one of its leading surgeons and the good that he could accomplish for a much longer period, had he not devoted his energies quite so strenuously and whole¬ heartedly to what he considered his duties.