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all who were false to the claims of humanity, was always ready to 

 declare itself with unmistakable energy. All these personal qualities 

 showed themselves in his relations with his patients and his brother 

 practitioners, and leave the impression of his virile and full-blooded 

 nature deeply stamped upon their memory. 



A practitioner at once skilful, humane, and widely known and 

 trusted, is all his life long doing charitable work for his fellow- 

 creatures. It is pre-eminently true of the benevolent surgeon, that 

 his left hand never knows half that his right hand doeth. But private 

 acts of mercy and kindness were not enough for the warmly benevo- 

 lent nature of Dr. Cabot. As President of the Infant Asylum, and 

 as physician to the Home for Destitute Children, which latter office he 

 held for thirty years, he consecrated his professional skill to public uses. 

 He took an active part, as a member of the Emigrant Aid Society, in 

 the settlement of Kansas. This is not the place to tell the story of 

 that eventful period ; but if it were told, the energy and the sacrifices 

 of Dr. Cabot would form a notable part of the record. Mr. Lawrence, 

 who was his early friend and his collaborator in tliis as in other good 

 works, says of him : " Dr. Cabot was a philanthropist in the best sense. 

 He never wearied until the good object was accomplished, and he never 

 sought to exalt himself at the exjiense of his associates. His humility 

 was as conspicuous to his friends as his merit was to them and to all 

 who acted with him." 



With the exception of two visits made to the army during the war 

 of the Rebellion, Dr. Cabot continued to practice medicine in Boston 

 until the period of the illness which ended in his death on the 15th of 

 April, 1885. 



Dr. Cabot was elected a member of this Academy in Class II., 

 Section 3, in the year 1844; he was also a member of the Massachu- 

 setts Medical Society. During his long connection with the Boston 

 Society of Natural History, from the year 1830 to the year of his 

 death. Dr. Cabot made many communications to the Society, the most 

 important of which are enumerated in the following list. 



Proceedings. 



Vol. I. On Meleagris ocellata. On Phasianus motmot. On the Wild Turkey. 

 On Orlyx nigroriularis. New Birds of Yucatan. On Palmated Horns in Curvus 

 Virginianus. Senotes of Yucatan. 



Vol. II. On Pica melanoleuca. Magpie. New Species of Humming-Bird. 

 On the Anatom}' of Fuligula spectabilis. On the European and American 

 Widgeons. On Tetrao cupido. On Pyranga roseo-gularis. On Sterna cantiaca. 

 On Troglodi/tes albinucha. 



