Frank Emory Bunts / [George Washington Crile].

  • Crile, George Washington, 1864-1943.
Date:
1932
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Credit: Frank Emory Bunts / [George Washington Crile]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Reprint from SURGERY, GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS June, 1932, Vol. LIV, 973-974 FRANK EMORY BUNTS GEORGE W. CRILE, M.D., F.A.C.S., Cleveland, Ohio ON November 26, 1928,.Dr. Frank Emory Bunts, a master surgeon, died suddenly from heart disease. His death brought a deep sense of loss not only to his many friends and associates among the physicians of Cleve¬ land, but also to physicians, friends, and former patients throughout the world, who have at some time come under the influence of his kindly and genial spirit. Dr. Bunts was born in Youngstown, Ohio, in 1861, and received his education in the public schools. He then entered the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, from which he was graduated with high rank in the class of 1881. All through his life and in all his relations he always bore the stamp of the navy. After Dr. Bunts had served for two years with the Asiatic fleet, the opportunity was given the younger naval officers to resign, because the navy was overstaffed, and the young man decided to study medicine. After his graduation from the Medical School of Western Reserve University in 1886, he became house officer at St. Vincent’s Charity Hospital, with which institution he was associated in various capacities for the rest of his life—42 years. Twice Dr. Bunts interrupted his practice to study in foreign clinics. In the Spanish-American War, he served as surgeon to the First Regiment of Ohio Cavalry. He always retained his interest in military affairs and after the war, in the midst of a busy practice, he became captain of Troop A of the National Guard of the State of Ohio and served in this capacity for three years. At the time of the World War he again accepted a commission as Major, later becoming Lieutenant-Colonel, commanding General Hospital No. 9 at Rouen, France (Base Hospital No. 4, U. S. Army). Dr. Bunts was the first president of the Cleveland Academy of Medicine and also served as president of the Cleveland Medical Library Association in 1927. He was a member of the American Surgical Association, the Ohio State Medical Society, the American Medical Association, the American College of Surgeons, the American Association for the Prevention of Cancer, the Societe Internationale de Chirurgie, and the Societe Frangaise pour l’Avancement de Science. From 1886 to 1893, Dr. Bunts lectured on surgery at Wooster Medical College, and from 1893 until the time of his death he was professor of principles of surgery and clinical surgery at the Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He