James Wright Markoe

The tragic event which cut short the career of James W. Markoe removed from the ranks of medical practitioners a man of curiously varied qualities and attainments. To his professional colleagues he was best known for his resourcefulness, energy, and initiative, and for the fact that he was one of the small group of men in this country who brought the study of medicine from the old lecture system to the present system of combining lecture, recitation, clinical study, hospital, laboratory, and dispensary. But Dr. Markoe is likely to be still better remembered by the poor, who loved him for his ready response, his tireless service, and his unvarying gentleness in caring for their sick.

Alexander Dana Noyes
1921 Century Association Yearbook