Dies While Writing Out a Prescription

Citation: "Dies While Writing Out a Prescription," The Brooklyn Citizen (Brooklyn, New York), 20 October 1902, p. 4; image, Newspapers.com (clipping by mattjameswade, 6 July 2019).

Transcription

The passages about Dr. Wade; the opening paragraph, which repeats the Eagle's account of the death, and the paragraph on Dr. Underwood are summarised.

DIES WHILE WRITING OUT A PRESCRIPTION. Dr. Wade's Fatal Stroke During Professional Visit. WAS AN OLD E. D. PRACTITIONER. Saw Service During the War—His Old Friend, Dr. Underwood, Also Dead.
[…] While he was filling out the prescription blank he toppled off his chair. He was carried to a lounge, and his son was hurriedly summoned. Dr. Lewis N. Anderson, of No. 513 Bedford avenue, was quickly at the house, but on his arrival Dr. Wade was dead. Death was attributed to heart failure. […]
Dr. Wade is survived by his aged mother, his wife and one son. Dr. Wade belonged to the Hanover Club and the Kings County Medical Society. He was at one time a member of the Eastern District Hospital visiting staff. He was a life-long friend of Dr. Underwood.
Dr. Wade was born in the old city of New York on March 15, 1838, and early in life he entered the New York University to study medicine. Meanwhile the War of the Rebellion broke out and he enlisted for three months in the Forty-seventh Regiment, being a sergeant under Colonel J. V. Meserole. Dr. Wade was stationed in Washington during the three months' period. He re-enlisted in 1862 in the 176th New York Volunteers, the regiment being known as "Old Ironsides." Dr. Wade was assigned to the Nineteenth Army Corps of the Department of the Gulf, and went to Louisiana, where he participated in the battles of Port Hudson, Red River and others. While in New Orleans he entered a competitive examination for a commission in a colored troop and was made captain of Company F, Eighty-seventh United States Infantry. For eighteen months he was there, when the company, on account of its shattered condition, was mustered out. Dr. Wade took part in more engagements and was captured by the Confederates. He escaped with others one night and with his companions traveled 160 miles through swamps to reach New Orleans. In 1864 he came North and renewed his study of medicine. He graduated in 1866, and nearly all his time after that was passed in the Eastern District. His son, Dr. Henry A. Wade, was associated with him in his medical practice.