YOUTH AND EDUCATION 11 



used to refresh herself at the Drawing-rooms 

 and on state occasions. The trading side of the 

 partnership of the firm of Brande and Tegetmeier 

 passed, I understand, to Mr. Brande and Ins 

 descendants. Our embryo medico, in addition 

 to diligently serving five years with his father, 

 acted as dispensing assistant in the druggist-shop 

 of Mr. Healey in St. James's Street, for over a 

 year. 



That young Tegetmeier must have worked 

 hard at his general and professional studies is 

 abundantly shown by the fact that he said he 

 took out a ticket for the Reading-room at the 

 British Museum, and entered as a student at 

 the London University within two years of his 

 becoming apprentice, and in the seventeenth year 

 of his age. It was on October 2nd, 1833, that 

 he began attending lectures on chemistry at the 

 University College, Gower Street, under the 

 professorship ol Edward Turner. For two 

 sessions he attended these, and took honours 

 at the end of each. In April 1834 he took up 

 Botany, under the great John Lindley, continuing 

 in it until the close of 1835. Here again he 

 took honours, and the gold medal for the second 

 year. At an examination, open to students 

 of all England, for prizes awarded by the 

 Apothecaries' Society, Tegetmeier took second 

 honours, with the silver medal, the gold being 

 won by his fellow-student, Jenner. Besides the 



