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tinent, making himself familiar with methods of study and 

 practice there. But perhaps nothing in all his European 

 journey had greater influence upon his future life than his 

 stay in Paris, where he worked at the Jardin des Plantes, and 

 became intimate with some of the leading scientific men of 

 the day. He formed relations then which ended only with 

 life, such as his friendship with Valenciennes, with Dumeril, 

 Bibron and others. 



On his return to America he was called to the Professor- 

 ship of Anatomy in the Medical School of Charleston, South 

 Carolina. This appointment decided the outward tenor of 

 his life, and led to the formation of his nearest and dearest 

 ties. He there married Miss Harriet Rutledge. Her re- 

 markable mental gifts, unusual cultivation and high-toned 

 character, made this lady beloved and respected by all who 

 ever knew her. Such a marriage naturally strengthened and 

 confirmed the loftiest purposes of his life. The allusion may 

 seem, perhaps, too personal to be introduced here, but these 

 lives were so closely knit together that it is difficult to speak 

 of one without the other. 



From this time forward, Dr. Holbrook, although he became 

 an eminent practitioner in the city which had adopted him, 

 was even more distinguished as a teacher of human anatomy, 

 and finally renounced practice to devote himself to his pro- 

 fessorship. Clear, simple and straight forward as a teacher, 

 intimate with the most advanced systems of thought and 

 instruction, he inspired his students with a love of nature, 

 and made them indeed, in not a few instances, naturalists and 

 men of science, as well as physicians. His pupils are among 

 the most cultivated men of the South. His loveable personal 

 qualities endeared him to them, and many of his students 

 lost in him not only a revered teacher, but a well beloved 

 friend. 



He found time in the midst of his professional duties not 

 only for the largest hospitality, as simple as it was cordial, of 

 which I have personally the most tender and grateful mem- 



