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ROSS 1001 ROSS cessfully cultivated during the rest of his med- ical life. Dr. Roosa was twice married, first to Miss Mary Blake, and after her death in 1878, to Mrs. Sarah Haughwont Howe. He died sud- denly in his seventieth year, whilst still in active practice, March 7, 1908. James A. Sp.'^lding. Ross, George (1&+S-1892). George Ross was born in Montreal, March 11, 1834, the second son of Arthur Ross, Seig- neur of Beau Rivage, who was son of David Ross, King's Counsellor. Ross was vice-dean and professor of medi- cine in the medical faculty of McGill Uni- versity from 1889 to 1891, professor of clinical medicine from 1872 till 1889, and professor of hygiene from 1871 till 1873. In 1862 he began the .study of medicine at McGill, having pre- viously graduated in Arts with honors and the Chapman gold medal. In 1866 he graduated in medicine, and won the Holmes gold medal for general proficiency. His connection with the Montreal General Hospital began in 1866, when he was appointed apothecarj'. Among other places to which he was elected were those of president of the Medico-Chirurgical Society of Montreal, of the Canadian Medical Association, vice-president of the American Association of Physicians, and governor of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Quebec. He died, unmarried, in November, 1892. George Ross was an authoritative teacher, a wise clinician with a keen instinct for diag- nosis, and implicit confidence in his judgement once it was formed. He had skill and experi- ence, literary taste and niceness of expression, and courtes3^ for all. Dr. Ross wrote extensively upon aneurysm. He was co-editor of The Medical and Surgical Journal, Montreal, and The Medical Journal, Montreal. Andrew M.cph.il. Montreal Med. Jour., 1892-3, vol. xxi. Med. News, Philadelphia, 1892, vol. Ixi. Ross, James Frederick William (1857-1911). James Frederick William Ross was born in Toronto, August 16, 1857, where his father. Dr. James Ross, for many years held the largest obstetric practice. On his mother's side he was descended from the old Highland of Macintosh. In ea'rly life he attended the model school, and later, Upper Canada College, and graduated in Medicine at the University of Toronto in 1877. After a year as house surgeon in the Toronto General Hospital, he went to England and entered the London Hospital. Here he came under Dr. Hughlings Jackson and Sir Jonathan Hutchinson, by whom he was pro- foundly influenced. Later he worked in the laboratories of Ludwig in Leipzig and Virchow in Berlin. He also came into contact with Martin and with Schroeder. In 1880 he was in Vienna, Munich and Paris, before returning to London. After a short period of general practice in Toronto, he decided to specialize in gynecology, and for further training went to Lawson Tait, in Birmingham. He returned to Toronto, and in 1882 married Adelaide M. Gooderham. Resuming practice, he taught in the Woman's Medical College and in the medical department of the University of Toronto. In the latter institution he became associate professor of gynecology in 1897, and succeeded to the chair in 1903, which he held until his untimely death, November 17, 1911. He was chief of the gynecological service at the Toronto General Hospital, and in 1904 was president of the Ontario Medical Association. For many years he held the important position of medical director of the Manufacturer's Life Insurance Company. He took an active part in the for- mation of the Toronto Academy and became its first president, 1907-1909. He was a fellow of the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society, and was president of the American Association of Ob- stetricians and Gynecologists in 1897. Dr. Ross was the first physician in Ontario to devote himself entirely to abdominal and pelvic surgery. His enthusiasm was communi- cated to others, and today there are hundreds of surgeons in practice who date back their initial impulse toward this most progressive of all specialties to his work and teaching. He was a man of unusually good, clear judgment in adopting and rejecting surgical procedures. While the circumstances of his life made it unnecessary for him to labor, yet he was one of the most zealous of surgeons, and continu- ally disciplined himself by visits to eminent surgeons, by study and by writing. Driving his car in the country to keep a professional engagement, his car skidded and was upset, while he and the man with it were pinned to the frozen ground beneath it; with his chest crushed by the steering wheel, he insisted that his chauffeur should first be taken to the hospital. He died two days later, No- vember 17, 1911, of pneumonia. N. A. Powell.