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In considering as we have done Di\ Gould's various and fruitful 

 labors as a naturalist, it must not be forgotten that these were performed 

 in the intervals of the duties of a most exacting profession, to which 

 he was thoroughly devoted, and in which he was distinguished. He 

 called one of his books, in which the fruits of his principal concholog- 

 ical work are usefully gathered and systematized, Otia, being, as he 

 says, " the pi'oduct of leisure moments in active professional life, and 

 indeed of moments to no small extent stolen from sleep." 



Of the high estimation in which he was held by his medical brethren 

 we need not here speak. His term of service as President of the 

 Massachusetts Medical Society ended only a few months before his 

 death. His inaugural address, pronounced at the anniversary of that 

 society, upon the Observation of Nature, was a masterly discourse, and 

 shows better than his technical writings could do the range and the 

 solid character of his mind. By an analysis of some of the facts 

 contained in the census of the United States for 1860 Dr. Gould 

 was enabled to bring out and confirm certain important conclusions 

 respecting the geographical distribution of consumption ; from which 

 it appears that the greatest mortality from this disease occurs in the 

 extreme north ; and that this diminishes southward almost regularly 

 with the latitude, — causing, for instance 29 per cent of all the 

 deaths in Maine ; but only 3 per cent in Arkansas. He adds some 

 valuable suggestions as to the choice of places of resort for invalids, 

 especially for disabled soldiers of the United States. 



As a citizen Dr.. Gould, upon principle, never excused himself from 

 his full share of duty on the ground of professional or scientific pre- 

 occupations ; but in the public schools and charities, in the religious so- 

 ciety which he joined in early life, and in the scientific and various 

 other associations of which he was an honored and influential member, 

 he well exemplified the rule that those who are busiest are apt to have 

 most leisure to be helpful. 



A model of industry, he seldom rested from toil, and to the end each 

 day was full to the round. Yet he found time for social intercourse, 

 if not as much as his genial temperament and symp'athetic nature 

 craved; and he enjoyed it, when he could, with real zest. His refined 

 taste and exact knowledge made him a discerning and judicious critic ; 

 and during his life many volumes, scientific and other, passed under 

 his eye for friendly revision. 



His love for natural scenery was genuine and hearty, and to him a 



