JUSTICE HOLMES CONDITION FAVORABLE AFTER 'SLIGHT' OPERATION
Brookline, Massachusetts (JFK+50) On June 27, 1922, the condition of Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes* "was reported to be very favorable" following a "slight preliminary operation."
The news was passed along by the Justice's personal physician, Dr. Arthur L. Chute**.
The Justice is expected to be leaving a hospital here in Brookline and going to his home on the North Shore within four weeks. Dr. Chute expects another slight operation will need to be performed at a later time.
*Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841-1935) was born in Boston & served in the Massachusetts Militia during the Civil War. OWH was educated at Harvard Law School & served as AJ & CJ of the MA Supreme Judicial Court 1882-1902. He was AJ of the USSC 1902-1932. OWH is the 3rd most cited American legal scholar of the 20th Century.
**Arthur Lambert Chute (1869-1934) was born in Georgetown, MA & became an eminent urologist. Dr. Chute resided in Boston's Back Bay & spent summers in Falmouth, MA.
SOURCES
"Dr. Arthur Lambert Chute," Find a Grave, www.findagrave.com/
"Justice Holmes Operated On," The New York Tribune, June 28, 1922, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
