26 MEMOIR OF RONDELET. 



months before by the death of her sister, Catherine 

 Sandre, from whose generosity and affection Ron- 

 delet had derived such important benefits. If his 

 grief at this bereavement was severe, it does not 

 seem to have been of long duration; at least he 

 had speedy recourse to such means of consolation 

 as the case admitted of, and supplied his loss by 

 marrying, in the following November, a young girl 

 of the name of Triphene de la Croix As in the 

 former case, she was without fortune, and some 

 of her relations became dependent on Rondelet's 

 bounty. After this event, he continued to reside 

 constantly at Montpellier, diligently discharging his 

 professional duties, and cultivating, with equal assi- 

 duity, various branches of natural history ; and the 

 reputation he acquired, both for his skill in medical 

 science and as a naturalist, was inferior to that of 

 no other individual of the age. 



In the year 1566, he made a visit to Toulouse 

 to transact some business on behalf of his wife's 

 relatives, and when in that city, he was seized with 

 dysentery, brought on, it was alleged, by eating too 

 plentifully of figs. The attack, however, was not 

 so severe as to prevent him setting out on his re- 

 turn home, and he deviated considerably from the 

 direct road for the purpose of visiting Realmont, 

 the residence of John Coras, whose wife was unwell 

 and anxious to avail herself of Rondelet's profes . 

 sional aid. He was likewise in the hope that the 

 repose and careful attention which he would enjoy 

 in his friend's house, would enable him to get the 



