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literary attainments, and of the advantage to be derived from your 

 valuable assistance in the furtherance of the objects of their asso- 

 ciation, direct me to convey to you their unanimous request, that 

 you will permit your name to be record ed in the list of the Hono- 

 rary Members of the Society, 



I am, Sir, 

 With great respect, 



Your's obediently, 

 E. V. Anderson, Act. Secty. 



Madras, 7 th July, 1818. 



Seven years later Eottler was elected an Honorary Member of 

 the Madras Medical Society : their Secretary communicating the 

 fact to him in the following letters. 

 Reverend Sir, 



I have the honor to communicate to you, by the direction of a 

 General Meeting of the Medical Society, held in the College Hall, 

 on Saturday the 1 3th Instant, that you were proposed as a Hono- 

 rary Member of the Society by Mr. Atkinson, seconded by Mr. 

 Heyne. The vote being put by ballot was unanimously carried. 



The Meeting has great satisfaction in having an opportunity of 

 paying a mark of respect to one who is celebrated for his scientific 

 attainments ; and who with the rich sources of his information 

 aided in the investigation of Oriental Medicine. 



I am, Reverend Sir, 



Your most obedient Servant, 



Thos. Moore Lane, 

 Madras, 20th August, 1825. Secretary Medical Society. 



This notice may now be brought to a close : suffice it if it cause 

 the memory of a worthy man, too soon all but forgotten, to sur- 

 vive through another generation in the pages of the organ of a 

 Society which delighted to honour him while living. Our tribute 

 of affectionate remembrance has not been too warm of one of whom 

 Bishop Heber wrote.* " I am greatly impressed with reverence 

 for the worthy old Missionary Dr. Rottler. " Vf e have not said 

 more than is due of the Christian character of one whom a friend, t 



* Journal iii. p. 442. 



t MS. Letter from It. Clarke, Esq. 



