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He died of cholera on "Wednesday the 21st of February in the 

 present year, at the advanced age of eighty-four, after an illness of 

 only a very few days ; and it is believed that the disease which 

 proved fatal to him was contracted at one of his frequent visits of 

 mercy at the Refuge for the Destitute, of w^hich institution he was 

 one of the most zealous and efficient supporters. 



After having been married nearly fifty years, Mr. Forster became 

 a widower about four years before his death. He left no family. 



One who knew him well, has most felicitously applied to him 

 these lines of Flaminius, of which every word is singularly appro- 

 priate : — 



Fortunate senex, senex beate, 

 Quo te carmine prsedicare passim ? 

 Est domus tibi parva, sed supellex 

 Munda .... et satis librorum 

 Magna copia, qui bene ac beate 

 Docent vivere : mensa pura, victus 

 Simplicissimus. . . 



Hasc ad commoda tarn beata magnum 



Adjungit cumulum hortulus venustus. 



Adde quod viridis tibi senectus. 



Quod mens Candida, candidique mores. 



Abest ambitio, timorque lethi, 



Et quicquid miseram faeit senectam : 



Nam Deo pietas amica, vitae 



Et morti bona cuncta pollicetur. 



Dr. Prichard was born at Ross, Herefordshire. In early life he 

 manifested a decided bent towards the studies which in after-years 

 occupied so large a portion of his time, and procured for him the 

 elevated rank which he took among men of science. He had great 

 readiness in acquiring languages ; and history was his never-failing 

 delight. He chose medicine as a profession, mainl}^ because it was 

 most compatible with his position as a member of the Society of 

 Friends ; but he subsequently joined the communion of the Church 

 of England. After graduating in Edinburgh he spent a few terras 

 in Cambridge, and afterwards in Oxford. In the year 1810 he set- 

 tled in Bristol. He became physician to St. Peter's Hospital and to 

 the Infirmary, and after a few years acquired a large practice, in 

 which he continued to labour till the year 184^5, when he removed 

 to London, having been appointed one of the Parhamentary Com- 

 missioners in Lunacy. Dr. Prichard was in full vigour of mind and 

 body when his fatal illness befell him, early in December of last year. 

 It was of comparatively short duration, as he died on the 22nd of 

 that month. 



In addition to the distinction which he had obtained as a Fellow 

 of the Royal Society, he was elected Corresponding Member of the 

 National Institute of France and of the French Academy of Medi- 

 * cine. All the chief learned societies on the continent and in Ame- 

 rica sent him diplomas of honorary membership ; and in the year 

 1835 he received the highest honour which the University of Oxford 

 has it in her power to bestow, — the degree of Doctor in Medicine 

 by diploma. 



