The history of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations . or of Medicine from the University cjNew York in the class of 1884 and at Bellevue improvelthe splendid opportunities offered by contact in tliclinics and in the wards with such leaders in medic;science as Drs. Janeway, McBurney, Flint, Stiniso:and others of the period whose contributions to prefessional lore have been of great and lasting value. Tlexample of their high-minded devotion to their callinand the wealth of their learning furnished a of inspiration to the receptive and ambitioimind of Dr. Keefe and
The history of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations . or of Medicine from the University cjNew York in the class of 1884 and at Bellevue improvelthe splendid opportunities offered by contact in tliclinics and in the wards with such leaders in medic;science as Drs. Janeway, McBurney, Flint, Stiniso:and others of the period whose contributions to prefessional lore have been of great and lasting value. Tlexample of their high-minded devotion to their callinand the wealth of their learning furnished a of inspiration to the receptive and ambitioimind of Dr. Keefe and strengthened in him the rir:requisite of the truly successful physician ot lofty aim and ideal! In 1886 Dr. Keefe located in Providence, bavin,chosen surgery as the medium through which his talentlearning and skill might be best employed for the lienelof his fellow-men. While always conducting an cxtersive private practice, almost from the time of his coning to Providence he has been connected with instititional work. He soon became visiting surgeon on th. BIOGRAPHICAL 339 staff of the Rhode Island Hospital, a position he holdsat the present time, and he is also consulting surgeonto St. Josephs Hospital, at Providence, the ProvidenceCity Hospital, the L3ing-In Hospital, of Providence,the Woonsocket Hospital, and the Pawtucket MemorialHospital. For eighteen years Dr. Keefe was an activemember of the staff of St. Josephs Hospital, it havingbeen his privilege to sow the seed of suggestion thatled to its establishment and to advise and confer withthe Catholic clergy who had its founding in charge, andfrom its earliest plan until the present, its welfare hasbeen his intimate concern. In scientific research and efforts Dr. Keefe enjoyedclose association with famous heads of departments atlohns Hopkins Hospital, among them Dr. Halstead,Dr. Kelley, and Dr. Osier (now Sir William Osier).The years of his professional labor in large hospitals,productive of good as they were, had
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