He was the son of Alfred Bennett Catt and Mary Livington Catt.
The New York Tribune
Wednesday, October 11, 1905
Willed Body To Science
No Burial For G.W. Catt
Doctor Induced Action of Husband of I.W.S.A.’s President
In accordance with the provisions of his will, the body of George William Catt, husband of Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, ex-President of the National Woman’s Suffrage Association and President of the International Woman’s Suffrage Association, will be dissected for the advancement of medical and surgical knowledge. Mr. Catt died on Sunday at his home in the Osborne Apartment house, No. 206 West 57th Street and a special permit was issued by the Health Department and the body taken to Cornell University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College yesterday afternoon after the funeral at his home. Various portions of the human body have been willed to medical schools from time to time and it has not been unusual for men of science to will their brains to such institutions, but his is the first time in the remembrance of doctors in this city that a man of good position and generally normal conditions of health has given his given his entire body for the advancement of medical knowledge.
The study of Mr. Catt’s body is expected to be of unusual benefit because, except for the disease from which he died, it was in all respects normal and healthy and doctors and students will thus be able to observe the conditions in a body known to be normal. In addition to this, there is the fact that Mr. Catt lived for four weeks with a disease that generally kills in from forty-eight to seventy-two hours. For weeks ago he was suddenly attacked in his office in the Park Row Building with excruciating pains. He was taken to his home and it was discovered that he had perforating ulcers of the lower intestine. It was known that an operation had to be performed, but it was delayed as long as possible because Mr. Catt was a hemophiliac and several of his ancestors had bled to death. Some years ago Mr. Catt nearly bled to death as the result of having a tooth extracted. Ten years ago he nearly died from bleeding as the result of what would ordinarily be considered a slight wound to the leg.
For this reason Mrs. Catt was much averse to an operation, but finally there could be no question of further delay and Mr. Catt was taken to the private sanatorium, where an operation was successfully performed. Mr. Catt had been brought home and there were hopes of his ultimate recovery, when, on Sunday afternoon, just what had been most feared occurred. Through some reason there was a hemorrhage at the point of operation and in a short time he bled to death.
The announcement that the body would be taken to a medical college for dissection was a great shock to the friends who had gathered for the funeral. After the service, at which Dr. Minot J. Savage officiated, the announcement was made by Dr. Earl H. Mayne, of Bath Beach, a close friend of the dead man and his attending physician. He read the provision in Mr. Catt’s will which said:
It is my wish that my body be given to the medical college in which the anatomy and surgery are taught, nearest to the place of my demise to be used by it in such a manner as will be most conducive to the advancement of medical and surgical knowledge.
It was probably due to Dr. Mayne’s influence that this provision was put in Mr. Catt’s will. They were natives of the same town in Iowa and had been warm friends since boyhood. Dr. Mayne is a graduate of the high school in Mason City, Iowa, of which Mrs. Catt was formerly principal. Dr. Mayne and Mr. Carr frequently discussed at the doctor’s home in Bath Beach the disadvantage under which physicians labored in having so seldom an opportunity to study a perfectly normal and healthy body. As a result of these discussions and his great desire to be of lasting benefit to his fellow men, Mr. Catt determined to give his body for the study of doctors. The clause quoted was, accordingly, inserted in his will in 1897.
The New York Tribune
Wednesday, October 11, 1905
Willed Body To Science
No Burial For G.W. Catt
Doctor Induced Action of Husband of I.W.S.A.’s President
In accordance with the provisions of his will, the body of George William Catt, husband of Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, ex-President of the National Woman’s Suffrage Association and President of the International Woman’s Suffrage Association, will be dissected for the advancement of medical and surgical knowledge. Mr. Catt died on Sunday at his home in the Osborne Apartment house, No. 206 West 57th Street and a special permit was issued by the Health Department and the body taken to Cornell University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College yesterday afternoon after the funeral at his home. Various portions of the human body have been willed to medical schools from time to time and it has not been unusual for men of science to will their brains to such institutions, but his is the first time in the remembrance of doctors in this city that a man of good position and generally normal conditions of health has given his given his entire body for the advancement of medical knowledge.
The study of Mr. Catt’s body is expected to be of unusual benefit because, except for the disease from which he died, it was in all respects normal and healthy and doctors and students will thus be able to observe the conditions in a body known to be normal. In addition to this, there is the fact that Mr. Catt lived for four weeks with a disease that generally kills in from forty-eight to seventy-two hours. For weeks ago he was suddenly attacked in his office in the Park Row Building with excruciating pains. He was taken to his home and it was discovered that he had perforating ulcers of the lower intestine. It was known that an operation had to be performed, but it was delayed as long as possible because Mr. Catt was a hemophiliac and several of his ancestors had bled to death. Some years ago Mr. Catt nearly bled to death as the result of having a tooth extracted. Ten years ago he nearly died from bleeding as the result of what would ordinarily be considered a slight wound to the leg.
For this reason Mrs. Catt was much averse to an operation, but finally there could be no question of further delay and Mr. Catt was taken to the private sanatorium, where an operation was successfully performed. Mr. Catt had been brought home and there were hopes of his ultimate recovery, when, on Sunday afternoon, just what had been most feared occurred. Through some reason there was a hemorrhage at the point of operation and in a short time he bled to death.
The announcement that the body would be taken to a medical college for dissection was a great shock to the friends who had gathered for the funeral. After the service, at which Dr. Minot J. Savage officiated, the announcement was made by Dr. Earl H. Mayne, of Bath Beach, a close friend of the dead man and his attending physician. He read the provision in Mr. Catt’s will which said:
It is my wish that my body be given to the medical college in which the anatomy and surgery are taught, nearest to the place of my demise to be used by it in such a manner as will be most conducive to the advancement of medical and surgical knowledge.
It was probably due to Dr. Mayne’s influence that this provision was put in Mr. Catt’s will. They were natives of the same town in Iowa and had been warm friends since boyhood. Dr. Mayne is a graduate of the high school in Mason City, Iowa, of which Mrs. Catt was formerly principal. Dr. Mayne and Mr. Carr frequently discussed at the doctor’s home in Bath Beach the disadvantage under which physicians labored in having so seldom an opportunity to study a perfectly normal and healthy body. As a result of these discussions and his great desire to be of lasting benefit to his fellow men, Mr. Catt determined to give his body for the study of doctors. The clause quoted was, accordingly, inserted in his will in 1897.
He was the son of Alfred Bennett Catt and Mary Livington Catt.
The New York Tribune
Wednesday, October 11, 1905
Willed Body To Science
No Burial For G.W. Catt
Doctor Induced Action of Husband of I.W.S.A.’s President
In accordance with the provisions of his will, the body of George William Catt, husband of Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, ex-President of the National Woman’s Suffrage Association and President of the International Woman’s Suffrage Association, will be dissected for the advancement of medical and surgical knowledge. Mr. Catt died on Sunday at his home in the Osborne Apartment house, No. 206 West 57th Street and a special permit was issued by the Health Department and the body taken to Cornell University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College yesterday afternoon after the funeral at his home. Various portions of the human body have been willed to medical schools from time to time and it has not been unusual for men of science to will their brains to such institutions, but his is the first time in the remembrance of doctors in this city that a man of good position and generally normal conditions of health has given his given his entire body for the advancement of medical knowledge.
The study of Mr. Catt’s body is expected to be of unusual benefit because, except for the disease from which he died, it was in all respects normal and healthy and doctors and students will thus be able to observe the conditions in a body known to be normal. In addition to this, there is the fact that Mr. Catt lived for four weeks with a disease that generally kills in from forty-eight to seventy-two hours. For weeks ago he was suddenly attacked in his office in the Park Row Building with excruciating pains. He was taken to his home and it was discovered that he had perforating ulcers of the lower intestine. It was known that an operation had to be performed, but it was delayed as long as possible because Mr. Catt was a hemophiliac and several of his ancestors had bled to death. Some years ago Mr. Catt nearly bled to death as the result of having a tooth extracted. Ten years ago he nearly died from bleeding as the result of what would ordinarily be considered a slight wound to the leg.
For this reason Mrs. Catt was much averse to an operation, but finally there could be no question of further delay and Mr. Catt was taken to the private sanatorium, where an operation was successfully performed. Mr. Catt had been brought home and there were hopes of his ultimate recovery, when, on Sunday afternoon, just what had been most feared occurred. Through some reason there was a hemorrhage at the point of operation and in a short time he bled to death.
The announcement that the body would be taken to a medical college for dissection was a great shock to the friends who had gathered for the funeral. After the service, at which Dr. Minot J. Savage officiated, the announcement was made by Dr. Earl H. Mayne, of Bath Beach, a close friend of the dead man and his attending physician. He read the provision in Mr. Catt’s will which said:
It is my wish that my body be given to the medical college in which the anatomy and surgery are taught, nearest to the place of my demise to be used by it in such a manner as will be most conducive to the advancement of medical and surgical knowledge.
It was probably due to Dr. Mayne’s influence that this provision was put in Mr. Catt’s will. They were natives of the same town in Iowa and had been warm friends since boyhood. Dr. Mayne is a graduate of the high school in Mason City, Iowa, of which Mrs. Catt was formerly principal. Dr. Mayne and Mr. Carr frequently discussed at the doctor’s home in Bath Beach the disadvantage under which physicians labored in having so seldom an opportunity to study a perfectly normal and healthy body. As a result of these discussions and his great desire to be of lasting benefit to his fellow men, Mr. Catt determined to give his body for the study of doctors. The clause quoted was, accordingly, inserted in his will in 1897.
The New York Tribune
Wednesday, October 11, 1905
Willed Body To Science
No Burial For G.W. Catt
Doctor Induced Action of Husband of I.W.S.A.’s President
In accordance with the provisions of his will, the body of George William Catt, husband of Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, ex-President of the National Woman’s Suffrage Association and President of the International Woman’s Suffrage Association, will be dissected for the advancement of medical and surgical knowledge. Mr. Catt died on Sunday at his home in the Osborne Apartment house, No. 206 West 57th Street and a special permit was issued by the Health Department and the body taken to Cornell University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College yesterday afternoon after the funeral at his home. Various portions of the human body have been willed to medical schools from time to time and it has not been unusual for men of science to will their brains to such institutions, but his is the first time in the remembrance of doctors in this city that a man of good position and generally normal conditions of health has given his given his entire body for the advancement of medical knowledge.
The study of Mr. Catt’s body is expected to be of unusual benefit because, except for the disease from which he died, it was in all respects normal and healthy and doctors and students will thus be able to observe the conditions in a body known to be normal. In addition to this, there is the fact that Mr. Catt lived for four weeks with a disease that generally kills in from forty-eight to seventy-two hours. For weeks ago he was suddenly attacked in his office in the Park Row Building with excruciating pains. He was taken to his home and it was discovered that he had perforating ulcers of the lower intestine. It was known that an operation had to be performed, but it was delayed as long as possible because Mr. Catt was a hemophiliac and several of his ancestors had bled to death. Some years ago Mr. Catt nearly bled to death as the result of having a tooth extracted. Ten years ago he nearly died from bleeding as the result of what would ordinarily be considered a slight wound to the leg.
For this reason Mrs. Catt was much averse to an operation, but finally there could be no question of further delay and Mr. Catt was taken to the private sanatorium, where an operation was successfully performed. Mr. Catt had been brought home and there were hopes of his ultimate recovery, when, on Sunday afternoon, just what had been most feared occurred. Through some reason there was a hemorrhage at the point of operation and in a short time he bled to death.
The announcement that the body would be taken to a medical college for dissection was a great shock to the friends who had gathered for the funeral. After the service, at which Dr. Minot J. Savage officiated, the announcement was made by Dr. Earl H. Mayne, of Bath Beach, a close friend of the dead man and his attending physician. He read the provision in Mr. Catt’s will which said:
It is my wish that my body be given to the medical college in which the anatomy and surgery are taught, nearest to the place of my demise to be used by it in such a manner as will be most conducive to the advancement of medical and surgical knowledge.
It was probably due to Dr. Mayne’s influence that this provision was put in Mr. Catt’s will. They were natives of the same town in Iowa and had been warm friends since boyhood. Dr. Mayne is a graduate of the high school in Mason City, Iowa, of which Mrs. Catt was formerly principal. Dr. Mayne and Mr. Carr frequently discussed at the doctor’s home in Bath Beach the disadvantage under which physicians labored in having so seldom an opportunity to study a perfectly normal and healthy body. As a result of these discussions and his great desire to be of lasting benefit to his fellow men, Mr. Catt determined to give his body for the study of doctors. The clause quoted was, accordingly, inserted in his will in 1897.
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