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- The Chicago Tribune, Illinois, 3 Oct 1938
Thomas Bassett Keyes
Dr. Thos. Keyes Dies; Led Fight on Tuberculosis
Dr. Thomas Bassett Keyes, nationally known for his work in the study and prevention of tuberculosis died yesterday in his home, 501 Prospect avenue, Lake Bluff. He was 63 years old and had retired last year because of ill health.
At the turn of the century Dr. Keyes already was becoming known as an expert in the treatment of tuberculosis, which was still called the great white plague and was regarded by many as practically in curable.
At about that time he became chairman of the organization committee for the first American Congress of Tuberculosis. When the congress was held, at the St. Louis world?s fair of 1904, Dr. Keeys was its vice president.
He was vice president also of the firest American International Congress of Tuberculosis, which was held in New York in 1906.
Dr. Keyes was born at Oneonta, N.T., in 1874 and obtained his degree at the Albany (N.Y.) Medical college in 1895. He came to Chicago shortly afterward and married Elsie Holden, who survives him. He also is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Willard Roskelley of Davenport. Ia.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow in the family home. Burial will be in the Garden of Memories cemetery near North Chicago.
Chicago Daily News, Illinois, Monday, Oct. 3, 1938
Dr. Thomas Bassett Keyes
Funeral services for Dr. Thomas Bassett Keyes, whose efforts to stamp out tuberculosis brought him a national reputation, will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow in his residence at 501 Prospect avenue, Lake Bluff. Burial will be in the Garden of Memories Cemetery.
Dr. Keyes, an expert in the treatment of tuberculosis, died yesterday in his home at 63 years. Ill health forced him to retired last year. He was born in Oneonta, N.Y., and came to Chicago shortly after receiving his degree at the Albany (N.Y.) Medical college in 1895.
Dr. Keyes has led a fight on tuberculosis since the turn of the century. He was vice-president of the first American Congress of Tuberculosis at the St. Louis World?s Fair of 1904 and was vice-president of the first American International Congress of Tuberculosis in New York in 1906.
Besides his widow, Elsie, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Willard Roskelley of Davenport, Iowa.
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