ABSTRACT
His oldest daughter, Florence Nightingale Smith, married a Baptist missionary and moved to India in 1903, which caused mixed emotions for her parents. Smith declared victory in the dispensary abuse campaign in 1903; however, community physicians pushed it forward because of perceived threats to their income, and Smith lost interest. He worked on bills to replace elected coroners, but they failed or were vetoed. He dealt with reformatory issues that appeared to be solved, only to become long-running Progressive Era battles. He attended William Osler’s farewell banquet in 1905, and his wife died later that summer. He helped organize an effort to create a city-wide hospital department in 1906 that had broad support but was not implemented until 1929.
