Obituary.—Dr. Leslie A. Phillips. The death of Dr. L. A. Phillips, occurring April 3, 1896, was a sudden and unexpected event. Up to the hour of his fatal illness he had no premonition of disease. An attack of rheumatic fever ten years previous was thought to be a predisposing cause of the sudden heart failure. Leslie Almond Phillips was born in Fitzwilliam, N. H., in 1847. At the age of twenty one he moved to Quincy, Ill., and for three years engaged in teaching. He then went to Colorado and was successively editor, publisher and railroad contractor. Returning to Quincy, he remained for two years in the office of Dr. John Moore, through whose influence he finally decided to study medicine He graduated with high rank from the Boston University School of Medicine in the class of 1877. He was prosector of anatomy for the class, and during vacation assisted Dr. Woodbury, then professor of women's diseases in the college, and had medical charge of the Home for Little Wanderers. He settled first in Waltham for a few months, and later moved into Boston to assist Dr. Woodbury. In January, 1879, Doctor Phillips purchased the business of Doctor Woodbury, together with the well-known estate, corner Berkeley and Boylston Streets, and there enjoyed a lucrative practice until the day of his death He was a prominent member of many medical organizations, local, state and national. He was especially identified with the Massachusetts Surgical and Gynaecological Society, of which he was an ex-president, and for many years the energetic and efficient secretary. He was a frequent and valued contributor to current medical literature. In his specialty, diseases of women, he was most successful. He was elected to honorary membership in the Vermont Homoeopathic Medical Society, the Rhode Island Homoeopathic Medical Society, the New York State Homoeopathic Society, the Missouri Institute of Homoeopathy. He possessed in a high degree those characteristics which made him a skilful surgeon, a trusted and beloved physician, and a loyal friend.
Source: The North American Journal of Homoeopathy, published by The Journal Publishing Club, New York, 1896; Pg. 528
