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by his taste for the niatl)ematical and philosophical sciences, and 

 particnlarly for astronomy. Immediately after taking his degree he 

 proceeded to Paris, for the purpose of attending the Parisian hos- 

 pitals, and cultivating tlie acquaintance of the eminent medical men 

 of that metropolis. He returned to Ireland after an absence of about 

 a year, and in 1846 was elected a Licentiate of the College of Phy- 

 sicians in Dublin. His value was soon discovered by his profes- 

 sional brethren, and he was chosen immediately Professor of Me- 

 dicine to the School of the Apothecaries' Hall, one of the Physicians 

 to the Dublin General Dispensary, and Secretary to the Council of 

 the Pathological Society. In 1846 he returned to the Continent, 

 chiefly for the purpose of visiting the principal lunatic asylums 

 there, and during his tour he became known to several of the me- 

 dical societies of France, Belgium, and Holland, many of which 

 conferred on him their honorary or corresponding diplomas. 



Dr. Curran's writings were chiefly confined to some few articles 

 in the periodical literature of his profession ; which are, however, 

 distinguished for their research and clearness of style. 



In the latter end of the past summer, two medical gentlemen, 

 M. Rodier and M. Henri Gueneau De Mussy, were sent over to 

 Dublin by the French Government, to study the character of the 

 epidemic here, and to inquire into the management of fever. M. De 

 Mussy had previously been an acquaintance and friend of Dr. Cur- 

 ran, who became his guide through the pestilential abodes of the 

 sick. M. De Mussy contracted a typhus fever of the worst descrip- 

 tion, during which Dr. Curran was his constant nurse and indefa- 

 tigable attendant. He was soon himself also seized with the disease 

 in its most fatal form ; and, notwithstanding all the skill and aid of 

 his professional brethren, he declined rapidly on the ninth day of 

 the fever, and expired on Sunday morning, the 26th day of Septem- 

 ber last, in the twenty-eighth year of his age. Thus perished, in 

 the prime of youth, and in the midst of the brightest prospects of 

 professional celebrity, one of the most promising young physicians 

 of Dublin ; and a man whose benevolent, disinterested, and affec- 

 tionate character in private life, had endeared him to all his friends. 



The Report was ordered to be entered on the Minutes. 



