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panying prayer, I do not perceive anything to alter. With 

 those sentiments and prayers, I must probably pass into 

 eternity, and it is not improbable it may be in this current 



year I can only repeat that my sole dependence for 



salvation rests upon the blessed Redeemer, who appears to 

 me more and more precious as I daily approach the period 

 when I shall receive my discharge from this life, to enter 

 on the endless future. 



To the mention of the death of Dr. Knight, a 

 pupil and younger colleague, though himself a ven 

 erable man, he adds : 



On the founding of the Medical Institution of Yale Col 

 lege, the late Dr. Eli Ives, (obiit October, 1861,) and Dr. 

 Knight, (obiit August 25, 1864,) were agreed upon between 

 President Dwight and myself, as Professors, and Dr. Nathan 

 Smith, was added. I was already appointed ten years be 

 fore. We four were the first Professors of the Medical 

 School, and the aged and venerable Dr. Eneas Munson 

 was added as a mark of respect ; but, as was expected, he 

 never took any active part in the instruction. I am now, 

 therefore, (September 4, 1864,) the sole survivor of the 

 Board of Medical Professors. In addition to those named 

 above, death has removed those named below, Dr. 

 Thomas Hubbard, Dr. Wm. Tully, Dr. Nathan Smith, Dr. 

 Timothy P. Beers, Dr. Charles Hooker. 



