il OBITUARY NOTICES. 
though his inherent gentleness and modesty, as well as his absence 
during the latter years of his life, caused him to be less known at our 
meetings than others, I would place the subject of this obituary 
notice. 
Henry Hartshorne, born March 16, 1823, was the third son of 
Dr. Joseph Hartshorne, a distinguished physician and surgeon, one 
of the leading and most successful practitioners of his day —a man 
of firm character and sturdy common sense, of short thick-set frame 
supported on somewhat club feet, whose earnestness and honesty 
impressed every one at first glance. Active and vigorous in mind 
and body ; a rigid follower of the older school, in whose practice 
blood-letting, purging and low diet had such large part, and yet of 
reading, culture and broad views sufficient to seize and adopt 
advances as they were made in therapeutics and science, he gave 
to his children the best education in accordance with his times and 
principles which could be had. No time or expense was begrudged 
in fitting them to take an active, leading and useful part in the 
great battle of life. In all this he was ably seconded by his lovely 
wife, Anna, the daughter of Mr. Isaac. Bonsall, a real estate 
lawyer and conveyancer, well known and highly respected. She 
was a motherly woman of fine intellectual ability and cultivation, 
and a charming hostess. ‘The family circle was large and agree- 
able; and under such circumstances were reared men destined to 
play no small part in their various professions. Henry’s eldest 
brother died early; the second was Edward; Isaac, a younger 
brother, settled early in life in Western Maryland at Sandy Springs, 
devoting himself to agricultural pursuits. His brother Edward, after 
long training at home and abroad, settled in Philadelphia and 
achieved prominence as a surgeon and oculist and as editor of Zhe 
Medical Examiner, as well as author of many and useful pamphlets 
and other publications; while his youngest brother Charles was for 
many years Vice-President and President of the Lehigh Valley 
Railroad Company, an honored, trusted and useful official. 
Henry was educated at Haverford School, now Haverford Col- 
lege, graduating there in 1839; and studied medicine, in accordance 
rather with his father’s wishes than his own desires, at the Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1845. I may mention that he 
also received from the latter the degree of A.M. in 1860 and LL.D. 
in 1884—well-deserved tributes to his merit. He was Resident 
Physician at the Pennsylvania Hospital until 1848, when he com- 
