The Brooklyn Medical Journal. Vol. II. No. 2. Aug., 1888Various
Science
The Brooklyn Medical Journal. Vol. II. No. 2. Aug., 1888
Various
Medicine -- Periodicals
Dr. Mitchell’s powers of observation and discrimination and his
exactness of verbal expression were so excellent, that we regret that he
did not give more time to authorship. An article on “The Effects of
Ergot,” “Labor Complicated with Disease of the Heart,” and an occasional
contribution to the journals, are all that we can find of his writings.
During the period of declining health, which occupied more than two
years, Dr. Mitchell resigned many positions of responsibility, yet, at
the time of his death, he was Sn. member of the Council of the Long
Island College Hospital, member of the Amer. Med. Asso., Consulting
Surgeon to St. John’s Hospital, to L. I. Coll. Hospital and to the Home
for Aged Men, a member of the New York Academy of Medicine, New York Co.
Med. Soc., and Kings Co. Med. Asso. He was also a life member and
Corres. Sec’t’y of the L. I. Historical Society. It is matter of record
that he was once a member of the Medical Staff of the Brooklyn City
Hospital, and that he also filled with honor the Professorship of
Obstetrics in the Castleton Medical College.
In 1843, Dr. Mitchell married _Caroline_, daughter of Hon. B. F.
Langdon; in 1857, _Frances_, daughter of Hon. Benjamin Wright; in 1875,
_Kate_, daughter of Hon. J. M. Van Cott, of this city.
Dr. Mitchell’s tastes were professional, literary, artistic and
religious, but the centre of all was his own home. In the house which he
had built more than forty years before, he died on the 8th of May, 1888,
terminating a long career of untiring usefulness.
Mr. Chairman: In the preparation of this minute for the records of the
Society, your committee have recognized the fact that they were
appointed for this simple duty only. The pronouncing of a suitable
eulogy belongs to other hands and to another occasion. We offer for your
consideration the following:
_Whereas_, In obedience to the Divine Law the fully matured life of
Chauncey L. Mitchell is ended on earth, and
_Whereas_, He was destined to fill a high position in the profession of
medicine and as a citizen of this country, and
_Whereas_, He met all these requirements, fulfilled every duty, and
discharged every obligation in such manner as only a highly cultivated,
educated and honest man could, and
_Whereas_, When the end came, those who knew him best could truly say
that he had left nothing undone to complete a noble, highly useful and
honorable life;
_Therefore be it resolved_, That while paying this tribute to his memory
we desire to express our high appreciation of his many virtues, and that
while we deeply feel our loss, we also cherish his memory, and are
grateful for the honor, dignity and advancement which his life’s work
gave to this Society.
_Resolved_, That we offer our deepest sympathy to his bereaved family,
and that a copy of these resolutions be conveyed to them as a humble
tribute to his superior worth.
All of which is respectfully submitted by your committee.
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