| Show Early Day Physician j J- Dies In Jn Los Angeles Dr Andrew J J. J Hosmer prominent Salt Lako L. physician and ond surgeon many years and a n resident of ot this city In the early days of the camp died In Los Angeles California Tuesday according to word Vord received by Salt SnIt Lake relatives Dr Hos- Hos Ho received mer m r was of a a. prosthetic hand 1 nd I II device now In wide use for amputees I INo No funeral services were conducted In I California or Salt Lake City Following I cremation the remains were taken to the theold theold theold old home h me near Wayne Michigan for burial I A native o ot of New Boston Michigan Dr Hosmer was wt born October t 2 1858 and nd d married Letitia Le Fell FeU In iii Belleville MI Ml h- h hIgan I Igan Igon December 17 1890 After coming to Salt SnIt Lake City In 1890 Dr Hosmer pra practiced practiced r here until 1037 1937 lIe He was a surgeon I on the tho staff of Holy Cross hospital many years and did extensive work In Inthe inI inthe I I the early experimentation of rays X-rays X-ra X At the age of 83 due to overexposure to X-rays X he lost the use uso of at one hand I This resulted in to his fashioning the Hosmer prosthesis which was adopted by army and navy medical men for tor Use I of amputees In 1037 1937 he ho moved to Reno Nevada to tomake toI tomake make his home Mrs Hosmer died In I 1946 1046 Dr Hosmer Ho had been beell visiting hisson his Js son fion and daughter Dr Rosson Fell Hs- Hs Hos Hosmer I Hos-I mer mar Los Angeles and n d a 11 daughter da Mrs j Geraldine Hosmer Davis Claremont Cal Cal- 1 I prior to his death Dr Hosmer studied st medicine and an I pathology In Vienna following his graduation grad grad- I from University of ot medical school He H had contributed to medical science a number of ot articles on I surgery and medicine He served many years as division sur- sur surgeon 1 I geon for the Union Pacific railroad and surgeon for the Tintic Standard mine He was a n. member of the American Medi MedI- Medical cal the American College of at Surgeons Sur Sur- Surgeons Surgeons I geons the Utah Ut h State Medical society ty Salt Lake Country Count y club the Alta club and the Masonic lodge I I Besides DeE ldes his son and daughter he Is he ts tsI I survived by a 11 sister Mrs John Baxter Romulus Michigan and four I dren I I II III |
