摘要：It is with regret that we announce the death of Dr. John L. Rothrock of St. Paul on July 5, 1943, just a week before his 80th birthday. He was born in Pennsylvania, secured his A.B. degree at Gettysburg College, and took his medical work at the University of Pennsylvania, where Dr. William Osler was one of his teachers. He went to St. Paul in 1888 immediately after serving his interneship, where he practiced until his retirement in 1930, and lived until his death. After deciding to specialize in obstetrics and gynecology he went abroad for a year and there began his interest in and collection of French and German literature. On his return he was' particularly interested in a library for the Ramsey County Medical Society and with his time, efforts and gifts he not only worked to see one established but through the years helped it grow to the adequate library it is now. It was while he was interested in the establishment of that library that he attended the meeting at Philadelphia May 9, 1898, at which the Association of Medical Librarians, the predecessor of the Medical Library Association, was organized with Dr. George M. Gould as President, Dr. Rothrock as Vice-President, and Miss Margaret Charlton as Secretary. He also attended the meeting of the Association in St. Paul in 1936, at which time he was made an honorary member. In addition to being Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Minnesota he wrote many articles for the medical periodicals, and in 1933 he published a book "Ten Years of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Private Practice." An excellent specialist, a kindly physician and an earnest scholar, he well merited the sincere admiration and gratitude given him by his patients and colleagues.
