A necrology of the physicians of Lowell and vicinity, 1826-1898 : prepared for the Massachusetts North District Medical Society / By David N. Patterson.

  • Patterson, D. N. (David Nelson), 1854-1908.
Date:
1899
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Credit: A necrology of the physicians of Lowell and vicinity, 1826-1898 : prepared for the Massachusetts North District Medical Society / By David N. Patterson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    IIG esteem of his medical associates to a remarkable degree, which is extended only to the few. In one sphere, espec- ially, he attained an honored distinction, and that is as a diagnostician. In this, his serwices and aid to his brother practitioners was of inestimable yalne. For several years he was a member of the staff of St. John's Hospital, and for many years he served as Secre- tary of that board. He was one of the original members of the Highland Olub, and also filled several offices in this society. It may be honestly stated that Dr. Spalding was the type of a man whose whole life was based on strict moral i)rinciple. It is doubtful if anyone ever knew him to make an unjust criticism on the course of another, or do what might be termed a mean act. His memory will long be cherished by those who knew him best, and his name will not soon be forgotten. His death occurred March 25,1895. This communit}^ was greatly shocked on the morning of the 2d of July, 1894, to hear of the sudden death, by drowning, the night before (July 1, 1894,) of the well- knowm and pox3ular ]3hysician, DR. GERRITT J. BRADT. He w^as by birth and education a Lowell man, and, after graduating in medicine from the University of Medicine, New York, in 1880, he returned to this city, where he at once commenced practice, which he uninterruptedly con- tinued until his death. Dr. Bradt was of a bright, genial and social nature, which, together with his professional acquirements, won him many friends and soon built a growing and successful i)ractice. As an examiner for life insurance he was thought to be one of the best experts in Lowell. As a physician he was looked upon by his con- temporaries as a young man of more than ordinary prom- ise. But his career was brief, his age at the time of his fatal accident being only forty-one years.