Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-06-08 | Page 3 | Noted Surgeon Closes Career

NOTED SURGEON CLOSES CAREER I PHILADELPHIA June 8 P JP William Williams Keen who served his country in three wars and humanity humanity human human- it ity in a brilliant half century career in medicine died at his home here last night at the age of ot 95 He had been ill for some time Dr Keen entered the service first firstIn firstin in 1861 as assistant surgeon of the First regiment Massachusetts volunteers He served in the Spanish American war and was appointed by President I McKinley on a commission to investigate investigate gate the conflict but was obliged to decline His World war service won him decorations from France and Belgium It was largely due to his efforts that American soldiers were inoculated with paratyphoid serum scrum One of the most unusual feats of his career was made public In 1917 nine years after the death of ot President Grover Cleveland Dr Keen disclosed disclosed disclosed dis dis- dis- dis closed the thc details of an n operation performed performed performed per per- formed on the president for the removal removal re- re re moval of a sarcoma The operation performed on the yacht of Commodore Commo Commo- Commodore dore E. E C. C Benedict while it was steaming up the East river New York involved the removal of the presidents presidents president's presidents president's dents dent's left jaw and substitution of a rubber jaw Dr Keen wrote many articles in fri support of the theory of ot evolution