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A.sylum, the pr< of an article for a new standard 



book of reference, and the writing of his address for the approach- 

 ing annual mi the Club. In the midst of this pe 

 of mental strain and anxi Ms father 

 had died. This had a dreadfully depr< ing effed upon his 

 sensitive . Then Mr. istant 

 Government Anal; member of the 

 Club) was stricken down by ■ . Liake under- 

 took his nursing, sitting with him 'and administx 



with i who have 



1 through this awful ordeal of nursing in a yellow I 

 know what such a self impo means. Ultimately Mr. 



Tate succumbed, as ad done. Dr. Rake 



although the weather v in want of rest and 



sleep made all the final ■ : he funeral 



which took place durin; Led to his 



lonely home and then it wa d thathe too had an at 



of fever. Durin-- his I by almost all the 



members of the pi I all the attention, 



the nursing, and the skill ad . 



Anxious that his promise should be I he directed the lion. 



Secretary of the Club to forward his lasl photograph to a friend, 

 and in the two is he had with him, referred to affairs 



in connection with the Society. The j ympathy was 



manifested on all sides. The Sisters at the Asylum, who looked 

 upon him as a personal friend, begged to be a.ilowed to nurse 

 him, but other though not less experienced hands had been previously 

 entrusted with the work. From the first there had been very 

 little hope and on the 24th of August, the day on which the 

 Annual Meeting was to have taken place, the Naturalists' 

 Club met to follow the remains of their President to their last 

 resting place. Such was the sadly abrupt end of a life pregnant 

 with the possibility . Lous achievements and of permanent 



benefit to humanity. Cut down so suddenly in his early prime, 

 so soon after he had entered the path to an exceptionally bril- 

 liant professional career, he had even then been crowned with 

 the laurel wreath of Fame. He was pre-eminently fitted for the 

 peculiar line of work he had chosen. He loved, it intensely, but 

 Ins learning and attainments did not inspire him with contempt 

 for the work and experience of others, and provided a plausible 

 reason could be shewn for a particular method of treatment he 

 was willing to give it the fullest and fairest trial — in that lay 

 an important factor in his prospects of success. As it is, short as 

 his career was, Dr. Rake's life-work will never be forgotten in 

 the annals of medicine, and his memory will ever remain green 

 with those who had the. honour of knowing- him, while his name 

 will always be revered by the Trinidad Field Naturalists' Club. 



