York Herald," directing his attention especially to the treatment of those subjects that fell within the sphere of his profession. He was the foremost advocate in his writings of the freedom of consultation between members of different legally recognized schools of medicine, and was largely instrumental in reconciling merely doctrinal differences in medical practice. He was also an earnest advocate of the extension of clinical instruction, the establishment of state examinations for the license to practice medicine, the advancement of the standard of professional education by increase of curriculum, and many other measures, all of which had for object the elevation of the profession and the benefit of mankind. In recognition of his distinguished accomplishments and services the degree of master of arts was conferred on him by Yale University in 1869. Personal On December 19, 1860, Dr. Shrady married Mary Lewis (1842-1883) of New York, and they had four children: George Frederick Shrady Jr. (1861-1933), Minnie E. Shrady (1864-1933), Henry Merwin Shrady (1871-1922), and Charles Douglas Shrady (1873-1954). Son George Jr. married Katharine Wolfe Ambrose, daughter of the civil engineer John Wolfe Ambrose. Daughter Minnie married Katharine Wolfe Ambrose's brother, John Fremont Ambrose, superintendent of New York City's Department of Docks and Ferries. Son Henry became a prominent sculptor, and is best known for the Grant Memorial on the National Mall. Mary Lewis Shrady died on April 29, 1883, and was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York. On December 19, 1888, Dr. Shrady married his second wife, Hester Ellen Cantine (1850-1916), of New York, a widow with one daughter, Sarah Cantine Shrady, née Shultis, who married Edwin Gould. The Shradys were members of the Jekyll Island Club (a.k.a. The Millionaires Club), on Jekyll Island, Georgia, as was the Gould family. They built Cherokee Cottage, there, in 1904. Dr. Shrady died November 30, 1907, at 9:30 p.m., at his residence at 512 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. He was buried at Saint Paul's Chapel and Churchyard in Manhattan. His body was later moved and re-interred, alongside his first wife, Mary, and son Charles, along with several other Shrady relations, at Woodlawn Cemetery, in Bronx, New York. Appley estate In 1910, the Shrady Family successfully claimed two-thirds of the Appley estate (worth nearly $1 million at the time of the settlement), finally resolving a legal battle that was initiated in the 1860s. They fought for this money even though the Appley