oct. — dec. 1857.] The late Mr. Walker. 



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p. 169 of the last volume of this Journal. He had just been ap- 

 pointed to the Forest department, where his careful habits of inquiry, 

 and his exactness gave the promise of his being a valuable assist- 

 ant. Putting private feelings aside, we could not refrain as editing 

 this Journal, from recording the early death of this earnest and 

 hopeful Naturalist. It is worthy of remark, that Mr. Drew first sug- 

 gested the preceding notice of Dr. Schmid, which he himself was 

 well qualified to have undertaken, but it devolves upon the Editor 

 to chronicle both the old and young. 



III. Mr. Walker. Among the losses that have recently been sus- 

 tained in the scientific circle of India, few are more to be regretted 

 than the late Henry Walker, who filled the chair of Physiology 

 and Comparative Anatomy, in the Calcutta Medical College. After 

 two years of frequent illness and repeated warnings, which unfor- 

 tunately were neglected, he was induced to leave India on Sick 

 Certificate in March last. It was too late. Shortly after his arrival 

 in London, he became rapidly worse, and sunk under an attack of 

 the most recent form of his ailments, disease of the kidneys, on the 

 22nd May, 1857 at the age of 53. 



Mr. Walker was born of humble parents at Huddersfield, where 

 he received his early education, and choosing the profession of 

 Medicine, he served his apprenticeship to a Surgeon of that town. 

 He afterwards prosecuted his studies in London, Paris and Berlin, 

 where he was for three years, the pupil of the eminent Physiologist 

 Muller, and imbibed that taste for comparative*Anatomy, which 

 he afterwards pursued with such vigor. 



It was not till 1839, when he had attained the mature age of 36, 

 that he received his appointment to the Bengal Medical Service. 

 His first employment was that of Civil Surgeon at Gowahatty in 

 Assam, where he devoted himself with ardor to the study of Natu- 

 ral History. Two years later, he was nominated by Lord Auckland, 

 Surgeon of the Body Guard, in which capacity he accompanied 

 Lord Ellenborough, in the Gwalior Campaign which led to his 

 being appointed personal Surgeon to the Governor General, a post 

 which he continued to fill under Lord Ellenborotjgh's successor. 

 He attended Lord Hardinge throughout the Sutlej Campaign, for 



