1880.] J-'l^ [Hartsliorne. 



enjoyment of life and happiness to either," Her hfe 

 was prolonged, with tolerable health for a considerable 

 period, until 1865. 



Before Dr. Wood's embarkation upon his last jour- 

 ney abroad, in i860, a farewell public dinner was given 

 him by the members of the medical profession in Phil- 

 adelphia, in testimony of their high respect, esteem 

 and affection. Tlie venerable and distinofuished Dr. 

 La Roche presided. The occasion was one of unusual 

 interest. No physician in Philadelphia was ever more, 

 if ever one so much, looked up to by those of all ranks 

 and ages, as truly the head, the patriarch* of the medi- 

 cal profession in America. 



At the time of his death, in 1879, Dr. Wood was 

 a few days more than eighty-two years of age. 

 On the subject of his funeral, I must cite the words 

 of Dr. Littell, in his memoir, already mentioned: "His 

 remains, followed by a long train of sorrowing friends, 

 were silently interred at Laurel Hill, as the manner 

 of Friends is to bury.f Not a word was uttered, not a 

 note was heard, either at the house or at the grave. 

 All instinctively felt that fulsome panegyric or trite re- 

 mark would be alike out of place on such an occasion. 

 They came 'to bury Caesar, not to praise him.' But 



• *This expression was applied by Dr. Wood himself, in 1850, to his predeces- 

 sor, Dr. Nathaniel Chapman. It may be said to be still preserved to Philadel- 

 phia, in the person of our distinguished surgeon, Professor S. D. Gross, who has 

 received the very highest honors on both sides of the Atlantic. 



■j- It need scarcely, perhaps, be here noted, that fitting discourse, by iiiinisters 

 or others, is frequent, although not universal, at the funerals of " Friends." 



