1914 Bohemian Grove Play - Signed By Jack London
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High Jinks: Bohemian Grove Play 1914
J. Wilson Shiels Nec-Natama (Comradeship): A Forest Play Playwrite: J. Wilson Shiels – Composer: Uda Waldrop
Dr. J. Wilson Shiels, assistant professor of medicine at Cooper Medical College and a former president of the Bohemian Club, and a close friend of Jack London's.
...>J. Wilson-Shields, M.D. signed Jack London’s death certificate.
“SANTA ROSA, Cal. Nov. 22.--Jack London, the author, died at his Glen Ellen, Cal., ranch near here at 7:45 o'clock tonight, a victim of uremic poisoning. London was taken ill last night and was found unconscious early today by a servant who went to his room to awaken him.His sister, Mrs. Eliza Shepard, summoned physicians from this city. It was at first believed that the author was a victim of ptomaine poisoning, but later it developed he was suffering from a severe form of uremia. Dr. J. Wilson Shiels of San Francisco, a close friend of the writer, was summoned during the day.At about 6:30 p.m., November 21, 1916, Mr. Jack London partook of his dinner. He was taken during the night, with what was supposed to be an attack of acute indigestion. This, however, proved to be a gastrointestinal type of uremia. He rapidly entered a coma and died at 7:45 p.m. November 22, 1916. "Signed: W.S. Porter, M.D. A.M. Thomson, M.D. W.B. Hays, M.D. J. Wilson-Shields, M.D.Source:Stanford acquired Cooper Medical College in 1908. Cooper Medical College was deeded to the Board of Trustees of Stanford University as a gift
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