. New York state's prominent and progressive men;. ncealways appealed to his sympathies. After serving in this hospi-tal for three years, he was made an acting assistant resident sur-geon two years before he was graduated. Graduating in 1867from the University Medical College, he was at once made a fullassistant resident surgeon. From this place he resigned in 1868,and being without capital, he borrowed enough money to buy adrug store, his object being to gain a business experience, tofamiliarize himself with drugs, and to secure enough money torender his first years of work in his chosen prof
. New York state's prominent and progressive men;. ncealways appealed to his sympathies. After serving in this hospi-tal for three years, he was made an acting assistant resident sur-geon two years before he was graduated. Graduating in 1867from the University Medical College, he was at once made a fullassistant resident surgeon. From this place he resigned in 1868,and being without capital, he borrowed enough money to buy adrug store, his object being to gain a business experience, tofamiliarize himself with drugs, and to secure enough money torender his first years of work in his chosen profession free fromthe pecuniary annoyances which generally beset every beginner. While still engaged in this work he was invited by the lateTheodore Roosevelt (the father of the present Governor) and thelate Dr. C. Fayette Taylor to become an assistant surgeon to theNew York Orthopaedic Dispensary and Hospital. He enteredupon this duty in March, 1871, and his work soon attracted theattention of the authorities. In 1872 he was made the executive 306. huUt^CCr .62^//lc NEWTON MELMAN SHAEFEB 307 officer of tliis institutioB, and at the same time he was asked toaccept a provisional position in St. Lukes Hospital as its ortho-paedic surgeon. In 1873 this appointment was made permanent,and he held this place until 1888, when he resigned. When resigned from the Orthopedic Hospital in 1875, was called upon to assume the duties of chief surgeon,and to this work he brought all his energies, inasmuch as bothMr. Roosevelt and Mr. Potter, the founders of the institution,told him that the future of the work depended on his efforts. In the meantime he had also a daily service at St. Lukes Hos-pital, and in 1882 he was appointed clinical professor of ortho-paedic surgery at the University Medical College. This tripleduty was more than one man could maintain, and after consult-ing with the late Dr. H. B. Sands and Mr. Potter, he resignedboth his college and St. Lukes position
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