D ar Dr. Watson, 
I have some sad news to communicate to you. Dr. 
DVc, 
Thurber died on Wednesday morning, and was buried yesterday. The 
body was taken to Providence for interment. 
He had been suffering with an attack of rheumatism for some- 
time, as I wrote you. I saw him alive a week ago last Sunday for 
the last time, and he appeared to be rauoh better. Last Saturday, 
however, his mind entirely left him, and he began to mumble a lot 
of unintelligible sentences, and from that time on one faculty 
after another left him, until it ended in death. He passed off 
without a struggle. He was 68 years old. 
I thought you would like to hear some of the particulars, 
so write you these few lines. 
Sincerely yours, 
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