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OBITUARY. 
Prof.  Matteucci  died  on  the  28th  of  June,  at  Florence,  Italy,  after 
a  short  illness.  We  learn  from  the  Chemical  News,  that  "  the  deceased 
was  an  Italian  Senator  and  Minister  of  Public  Instruction,  in  which 
capacity  he  was  very  active  in  promoting  the  extension  of  Education. 
He  was  better  known  as  a  man  of  science  than  as  politician  or  a  minister. 
He  received  in  1844,  for  his  investigations  in  Electro-Physiology,  the 
prizes  of  the  French  Academy  and  the  Copley  medal  of  the  Royal  Society. 
He  was  the  author  of  various  published  works  on  electrical  subjects. 
Prof.  Charles  G.  Paoe  died  on  the  5th  of  May  at  Washington,  of  a 
lingering  illness.  He  was  connected  with  the  Patent  Office  as  Exami- 
ner of  Patents  for  Philosophical  instruments,  involving  mathematical 
and  scientific  knowledge,  and  was  himself  the  author  of  many  important 
discoveries  in  electro  magnetism,  among  which  was  an  electro  magnetic 
locomotive,  which,  however,  was  never  perfected. 
Nathaniel  Bagshaw  Ward,  F.R.S.,  and  author  of  the  so-called 
"Wardian  cases,"  died  on  the  fourth  of  June,  at  London,  aged  77. 
Mr.  Ward  was  born  at  Plaistow,  in  Essex,  where  his  father  was  a  medi- 
cal practitioner,  and  where  he  pursued  the  study  of  botany  whilst  an 
assistant  in  his  father's  office,  under  circumstances  reflecting  great  credit 
on  his  energy  and  perseverance.  The  discovery  of  the  close  glass  cases, 
which  have  chiefly  been  the  cause  of  his  reputation  in  botany,  was  made 
while  practicing  medicine  in  London,  and  the  great  value  to  science  and 
horticulture  of  this  method  of  transporting  plants  from  tropical  coun- 
tries is  justly  estimated  by  the  world.  The  editors  of  the  Pharma- 
ceutical Journal  state  that  he  resided  at  "  Clapham  Rise,"  where  his 
garden,  rich  in  exotics,  was  open  to  rich  and  poor  to  visit,  and  nothing 
delighted  him  more  than  to  expatiate  on  the  properties  and  history  of 
his  pets.  Mr.  Ward  was  an  old  member  of  the  Apothecaries  Company, 
and  lately  its  Treasurer,  and  he  was  also  a  friend  to  the  Pharmaceutical 
Society.  For  a  more  extended  notice  of  Mr.  Ward,  the  reader  is 
referred  to  the  Pharmaceutical  Journal  for  July. 
William  T.  G-.  Morton.— On  July  15,  Dr.  William  T.  G-.  Morton,  of 
Boston,  died  suddenly  in  New  York  city.  He  was  at  the  time  driving 
out  to  Central  Park,  with  his  wife.  As  he  was  passing  Luff's  Hotel,  he 
fell  forward  in  the  carriage  without  any  premonition.  His  wife  screamed, 
and  several  persons  who  were  near,  among  whom  were  Dr.  Swan  and 
several  other  physicians,  and  officer  Thompson  of  the  Twelfth  Precinct, 
hastened  to  the  spot,  and  found  Dr.  Morton  in  a  dying  condition.  It 
was  first  supposed  to  be  the  effects  of  the  heat,  but  the  physicians  soon 
announced  it  a  case  of  apoplexy,  and  advised  his  speedy  removal  to  St. 
Luke's  Hospital.  The  deceased  achieved  considerable  reputation  in 
the  medical  world,  while  living,  by  claiming  to  be  the  first  to  introduce 
ether  as  an  anaesthetic  in  the  amputation  of  limbs  and  other  surgical 
operations.  He  had  been  ill  for  some  time,  and  recently  arrived  in  New 
York  from  Boston,  with  his  wife. — Med.  and  Surg.  Reporter,  Aug.  1. 
