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Show MOURNED DY PHYSICIANS. Death of Dr. Fencer CnitsesiSorrow In in Snlt Lake. Ihe brief mention of the denlh of Dr. ( hrlstl.in, I'cnger lontnlned bn the tlln-Pitthes tlln-Pitthes elentnj morning wns finugbt vvllli mdnnss for members of the nudleal professslnn nil nver Utah and has mused lounlless and dotes to recur to lhe memories of sev.rnt Halt Lake hstrlins who alien. le I Dr IVn-gers IVn-gers le. Hires nnd illnles nt the ltusli Medical college In Chicago At least half 11 dpren ln.nl suigconn nre pnr tlillj indebted tn He IVngrr for their knowledge of surgerj nnd ns many more In other pirts nf the State h-vvo known hlin more or less Intlinatelj while nlmost evcr praetuioner Ims been Indirectly benefited by big Bludles and writliiKs I)r II W Whltne) wns Intimately connected with the dead physician hnv lug Ihcii nsRoilKled with hlin on tho medical staff of tho Cook ( ountv hns pllnl iilmnst twentj viitisii),.. Ho his the grtntest admiration for I)r 1'eiiger, both us n nun ind 11 phjsltian pro bouncing him on of the .greatest sur glcnl nuthnrltles In tho world Hn wns born In Denmark gradual 1 nt c open hageii prusncule.l his stn Hen 1.1 ennii and also In Ilgjpt It la related of Dr l'engci lint he berntno so nb sorbe.1 In bis work Hint he was entirely ly oblivious to his surroundings nnd this pen Hilarity roused him to lose his llrst prnctlre In Chicago. When he wns struggling to guln n foothold, most his rises wero naturally among bis own countrymen Ono diy he wns called lo amputate the linger or nn Injured Dnn. Tbe member wns on In a twlnk ling nnd the surgeon turned to the place were a vessel should have been placed lo receive It but there was no vessel there Dr I'enger stood ns ono dared, fielding the dismembered digit, nnd then, to the horror ot the In Jured inniiH fimlly und friends, who had gilhered to witness tho opernllon, be tossed II through Iho open window nnd proceeded to dresa the bleeding stump. Ibis Incident cost hlin his reputation nmong his nwn people, but did not interfere in-terfere with tho ultimate recognition nf his nblllty by tho medical fraternity of tho clvlllcd world. |