Meeting of the Kings County Homeopathic Medical Society.
A special meeting of this society was held July 14th for the purpose of paying respect to the memory of A. Cooke Hull, M. D. The President, Dr. Minton, presided, and alluded in fitting terms to the character of deceased. He also stated that he was the second President, of our society, and the fourth member removed by death from among our number during the present year. He was followed by Dr. Sumner, who said:
Gentlemen: Recently, while referring to a volume in the library of the late Dr. Hull, I found inscribed upon its title-page the following legend, from Sallust: " But, he only, indeed, seems to live who—intent upon some employment - seeks reputation from some ennobling enterprise or honorable pursuit." No sentiment—as it appears to us—could have more happily expressed the controlling influence of that active and intelligent life whose termination we this day mourn. How well he lived up to this standard of usefulness, you and I well know ; and not we alone, but many others in this great city, with whom he was associated in works of philanthropy and progress, and in enterprises social, literary, and aesthetic.
Born in Utica. N. Y., August 2nd, 1818, the son of a distinguished surgeon in that part of the State—Dr. Amos G. Hull—he early acquired a fondness for the profession of which he was to become so useful a member. He received a thorough classical education at Union College, and graduated in 1840 at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York city. Removing to Brooklyn the following year, he commenced practice as a homoeopathist, and was at various periods partner with Drs. John F. Gray(his brother-in- law), the late Robt. Rosman, the late John Barker, Talmadge, and, at the time of the decease, with myself. His advantages, as a young man, where very great, and to them, no doubt, his success in professional life was, in a measure, due. But no one can help a physician who will not help himself; and to his great industry, his love for his profession, his kindness of heart, and his thorough mastery of such cases as presented themselves to him, he owed the popularity and affectionate respect which attended his labors,
Of his varied labors in extra professional spheres, of the suggestive brain, the helping hand, the guiding taste, which assisted at the inception, progress, and ultimate success of nearly every institution and public enterprise which, within the past quarter of a century, has crowned the city of Brooklyn with beneficent and far-reaching influences, we, as medical men, on this occasion, have little occasion to speak. In regard to these matters it may be written upon the monument of our deceased friend as upon that of the architect of great StPaui's of London, buried under the matchless dome of his own creation, " Circumspicere te " —" Look around thee." Dr. A. Cooke Hull's public memorial will be found amply recorded in the history of the city during the period of his residence therein.
And thus honored as a man, beloved and useful as a physician, respected as a public-spirited, far-seeing citizen, he has passed away to his eternal rest.
On Sunday, the 5th of July, I attended his funeral at Catskill on the Hudson. There we laid him in the village church-yard, surrounded by the graves of his mother and his three darling boys. Two little rustic crosses and a lily, carved from the Italian marble, mark these little graves, the inscription on them being simple the names of each—Giddie, Frankie, and Hillie.
Loved by the poor, honored by the wealthy, revered by his patients, respected by the profession of which he was a member, he sacrificed is life for the benefit of others. Sitting on his cottage porch surrounded by the members his family, looking out on his pretty lawn the beautiful valley and the glorious Catskill that he so much loved, he passed away from earth, peacefully and hopefully—A Christian Physician.
Mr. President, I move that a committee to consist of three members be appointed by the Chair to prepare suitable resolutions on the death of Dr. A. Cooke Hull.
A special meeting of this society was held July 14th for the purpose of paying respect to the memory of A. Cooke Hull, M. D. The President, Dr. Minton, presided, and alluded in fitting terms to the character of deceased. He also stated that he was the second President, of our society, and the fourth member removed by death from among our number during the present year. He was followed by Dr. Sumner, who said:
Gentlemen: Recently, while referring to a volume in the library of the late Dr. Hull, I found inscribed upon its title-page the following legend, from Sallust: " But, he only, indeed, seems to live who—intent upon some employment - seeks reputation from some ennobling enterprise or honorable pursuit." No sentiment—as it appears to us—could have more happily expressed the controlling influence of that active and intelligent life whose termination we this day mourn. How well he lived up to this standard of usefulness, you and I well know ; and not we alone, but many others in this great city, with whom he was associated in works of philanthropy and progress, and in enterprises social, literary, and aesthetic.
Born in Utica. N. Y., August 2nd, 1818, the son of a distinguished surgeon in that part of the State—Dr. Amos G. Hull—he early acquired a fondness for the profession of which he was to become so useful a member. He received a thorough classical education at Union College, and graduated in 1840 at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York city. Removing to Brooklyn the following year, he commenced practice as a homoeopathist, and was at various periods partner with Drs. John F. Gray(his brother-in- law), the late Robt. Rosman, the late John Barker, Talmadge, and, at the time of the decease, with myself. His advantages, as a young man, where very great, and to them, no doubt, his success in professional life was, in a measure, due. But no one can help a physician who will not help himself; and to his great industry, his love for his profession, his kindness of heart, and his thorough mastery of such cases as presented themselves to him, he owed the popularity and affectionate respect which attended his labors,
Of his varied labors in extra professional spheres, of the suggestive brain, the helping hand, the guiding taste, which assisted at the inception, progress, and ultimate success of nearly every institution and public enterprise which, within the past quarter of a century, has crowned the city of Brooklyn with beneficent and far-reaching influences, we, as medical men, on this occasion, have little occasion to speak. In regard to these matters it may be written upon the monument of our deceased friend as upon that of the architect of great StPaui's of London, buried under the matchless dome of his own creation, " Circumspicere te " —" Look around thee." Dr. A. Cooke Hull's public memorial will be found amply recorded in the history of the city during the period of his residence therein.
And thus honored as a man, beloved and useful as a physician, respected as a public-spirited, far-seeing citizen, he has passed away to his eternal rest.
On Sunday, the 5th of July, I attended his funeral at Catskill on the Hudson. There we laid him in the village church-yard, surrounded by the graves of his mother and his three darling boys. Two little rustic crosses and a lily, carved from the Italian marble, mark these little graves, the inscription on them being simple the names of each—Giddie, Frankie, and Hillie.
Loved by the poor, honored by the wealthy, revered by his patients, respected by the profession of which he was a member, he sacrificed is life for the benefit of others. Sitting on his cottage porch surrounded by the members his family, looking out on his pretty lawn the beautiful valley and the glorious Catskill that he so much loved, he passed away from earth, peacefully and hopefully—A Christian Physician.
Mr. President, I move that a committee to consist of three members be appointed by the Chair to prepare suitable resolutions on the death of Dr. A. Cooke Hull.
Meeting of the Kings County Homeopathic Medical Society.
A special meeting of this society was held July 14th for the purpose of paying respect to the memory of A. Cooke Hull, M. D. The President, Dr. Minton, presided, and alluded in fitting terms to the character of deceased. He also stated that he was the second President, of our society, and the fourth member removed by death from among our number during the present year. He was followed by Dr. Sumner, who said:
Gentlemen: Recently, while referring to a volume in the library of the late Dr. Hull, I found inscribed upon its title-page the following legend, from Sallust: " But, he only, indeed, seems to live who—intent upon some employment - seeks reputation from some ennobling enterprise or honorable pursuit." No sentiment—as it appears to us—could have more happily expressed the controlling influence of that active and intelligent life whose termination we this day mourn. How well he lived up to this standard of usefulness, you and I well know ; and not we alone, but many others in this great city, with whom he was associated in works of philanthropy and progress, and in enterprises social, literary, and aesthetic.
Born in Utica. N. Y., August 2nd, 1818, the son of a distinguished surgeon in that part of the State—Dr. Amos G. Hull—he early acquired a fondness for the profession of which he was to become so useful a member. He received a thorough classical education at Union College, and graduated in 1840 at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York city. Removing to Brooklyn the following year, he commenced practice as a homoeopathist, and was at various periods partner with Drs. John F. Gray(his brother-in- law), the late Robt. Rosman, the late John Barker, Talmadge, and, at the time of the decease, with myself. His advantages, as a young man, where very great, and to them, no doubt, his success in professional life was, in a measure, due. But no one can help a physician who will not help himself; and to his great industry, his love for his profession, his kindness of heart, and his thorough mastery of such cases as presented themselves to him, he owed the popularity and affectionate respect which attended his labors,
Of his varied labors in extra professional spheres, of the suggestive brain, the helping hand, the guiding taste, which assisted at the inception, progress, and ultimate success of nearly every institution and public enterprise which, within the past quarter of a century, has crowned the city of Brooklyn with beneficent and far-reaching influences, we, as medical men, on this occasion, have little occasion to speak. In regard to these matters it may be written upon the monument of our deceased friend as upon that of the architect of great StPaui's of London, buried under the matchless dome of his own creation, " Circumspicere te " —" Look around thee." Dr. A. Cooke Hull's public memorial will be found amply recorded in the history of the city during the period of his residence therein.
And thus honored as a man, beloved and useful as a physician, respected as a public-spirited, far-seeing citizen, he has passed away to his eternal rest.
On Sunday, the 5th of July, I attended his funeral at Catskill on the Hudson. There we laid him in the village church-yard, surrounded by the graves of his mother and his three darling boys. Two little rustic crosses and a lily, carved from the Italian marble, mark these little graves, the inscription on them being simple the names of each—Giddie, Frankie, and Hillie.
Loved by the poor, honored by the wealthy, revered by his patients, respected by the profession of which he was a member, he sacrificed is life for the benefit of others. Sitting on his cottage porch surrounded by the members his family, looking out on his pretty lawn the beautiful valley and the glorious Catskill that he so much loved, he passed away from earth, peacefully and hopefully—A Christian Physician.
Mr. President, I move that a committee to consist of three members be appointed by the Chair to prepare suitable resolutions on the death of Dr. A. Cooke Hull.
A special meeting of this society was held July 14th for the purpose of paying respect to the memory of A. Cooke Hull, M. D. The President, Dr. Minton, presided, and alluded in fitting terms to the character of deceased. He also stated that he was the second President, of our society, and the fourth member removed by death from among our number during the present year. He was followed by Dr. Sumner, who said:
Gentlemen: Recently, while referring to a volume in the library of the late Dr. Hull, I found inscribed upon its title-page the following legend, from Sallust: " But, he only, indeed, seems to live who—intent upon some employment - seeks reputation from some ennobling enterprise or honorable pursuit." No sentiment—as it appears to us—could have more happily expressed the controlling influence of that active and intelligent life whose termination we this day mourn. How well he lived up to this standard of usefulness, you and I well know ; and not we alone, but many others in this great city, with whom he was associated in works of philanthropy and progress, and in enterprises social, literary, and aesthetic.
Born in Utica. N. Y., August 2nd, 1818, the son of a distinguished surgeon in that part of the State—Dr. Amos G. Hull—he early acquired a fondness for the profession of which he was to become so useful a member. He received a thorough classical education at Union College, and graduated in 1840 at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York city. Removing to Brooklyn the following year, he commenced practice as a homoeopathist, and was at various periods partner with Drs. John F. Gray(his brother-in- law), the late Robt. Rosman, the late John Barker, Talmadge, and, at the time of the decease, with myself. His advantages, as a young man, where very great, and to them, no doubt, his success in professional life was, in a measure, due. But no one can help a physician who will not help himself; and to his great industry, his love for his profession, his kindness of heart, and his thorough mastery of such cases as presented themselves to him, he owed the popularity and affectionate respect which attended his labors,
Of his varied labors in extra professional spheres, of the suggestive brain, the helping hand, the guiding taste, which assisted at the inception, progress, and ultimate success of nearly every institution and public enterprise which, within the past quarter of a century, has crowned the city of Brooklyn with beneficent and far-reaching influences, we, as medical men, on this occasion, have little occasion to speak. In regard to these matters it may be written upon the monument of our deceased friend as upon that of the architect of great StPaui's of London, buried under the matchless dome of his own creation, " Circumspicere te " —" Look around thee." Dr. A. Cooke Hull's public memorial will be found amply recorded in the history of the city during the period of his residence therein.
And thus honored as a man, beloved and useful as a physician, respected as a public-spirited, far-seeing citizen, he has passed away to his eternal rest.
On Sunday, the 5th of July, I attended his funeral at Catskill on the Hudson. There we laid him in the village church-yard, surrounded by the graves of his mother and his three darling boys. Two little rustic crosses and a lily, carved from the Italian marble, mark these little graves, the inscription on them being simple the names of each—Giddie, Frankie, and Hillie.
Loved by the poor, honored by the wealthy, revered by his patients, respected by the profession of which he was a member, he sacrificed is life for the benefit of others. Sitting on his cottage porch surrounded by the members his family, looking out on his pretty lawn the beautiful valley and the glorious Catskill that he so much loved, he passed away from earth, peacefully and hopefully—A Christian Physician.
Mr. President, I move that a committee to consist of three members be appointed by the Chair to prepare suitable resolutions on the death of Dr. A. Cooke Hull.
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