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a physician he was eminently successful, and he was 

 distinguished for sound judgment and a thorough 

 knowledge of his profession. He removed to 

 Charleston to enter upon a wider field of practice, 

 but before he had time to reap any of the promised 

 fruit, fell a victim to yellow fever. The opinions of 

 Dr. Macbrlde are treasured, and to this day quoted 

 with respect. He had an intuitive perception of 

 truth ; in matters which were the subjects merely of 

 conjecture, subsequent researches have proved the 

 accuracy of his judgments. His recreation was 

 botany. He was the friend and correspondent of 

 Elliott, and assisted largely in the preparation of 

 the botany of South Carolina and Georgia. Mr. 

 Elliott acknowledg^ed the oblioration, and In the 

 preface to his work has paid a touching and affec- 

 tionate tribute to the memory of one who richly 

 deserves his regard and could fully appreciate his 

 own genius. Dr. Macbrlde left a son and two 

 daughters. His widow survived him many years, 

 and was universally admired for the excellence of 

 her disposition and the elegance of her manners. 

 His son lived but to see manhood. His daughters 

 still survive. 



Among the earliest victims of that terrible malady 

 which, for a time, depopulated Pineville, was Dr. 

 John J. Couturier. He was a native of St. Ste- 

 phen's Parish, was educated at the Pineville Acade- 

 my, in which afterwards he served as an assistant 



