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Obituaries. 
(  Am.  Jour.  Pharm, 
1       May,  1875. 
there  was  a  botanist  ot  standing,  he  found  an  open  door,  and  often  gained  an 
acquaintance  who  became  a  valued  correspondent,  able  to  afford  local  or  other  spec- 
ial information. 
"But  his  journeys  were  not  confined  to  France.  In  the  year  i860  he  visited  the 
Holy  Land  with  Dr.  Hooker,  and  of  late  years  he  frequently  spent  considerable 
time  at  a  residence  belonging  to  a  brother  near  Mentone.  Here  he  took  great 
delight  in  introducing  into  the  beautiful  gardens  the  vast  variety  of  interesting  plants 
which  can  there  be  acclimatized, 
"During  these  journeys  he  frequently  exercised  his  skill  in  water-color  drawing, 
and  the  productions  of  his  pencil,  like  those  of  his  pen  always  possessed  the  rare 
merit  of  truthfulness,  whilst  a  thoroughly  artistic  effect  was  preserved.  The  same 
exquisite  delicacy  of  touch  was  apparent  in  his  drawing,  writing  or  printing,  or  form- 
ing of  Arabic,  Chinese,  or  other  complicated  characters. 
"In  his  frequent  travels  he  seemed  to  have  acquired  something  of  the  continental 
practice  of  using  but  little  meat  in  proportion  to  the  vegetable  food  taken.  His  diet 
was  always  spare,  and  it  may  be  doubted  whether  his  health  did  not  suffer  from  the 
abstemiousness  of  his  habit  of  living,  coupled  with  the  constant  strain  to  which  he 
subjected  his  mental  powers.  But,  if  this  was  so,  the  motive  was  never  the  gratifi- 
cation of  ambition  or  other  unwoithy  object,  but  the  pure  love  of  action,  and  desire 
rightly  to  use  the  powers  bestowed  upon  him.  No  feature  of  his  life  was,  in  fact, 
more  striking  than  his  freedom  from  that  anxious  self-assertion  wliich  too  often  dis- 
figures the  characters  of  men  of  science.  Whilst  remarkably  self  reliant,  he  never 
sought  to  thrust  himself  into  notice,  but  rather  kept  out  of  view  until  drawn  out  by 
those  who  had  learned  his  worth.  Though  never  robust,  his  health  rarely  impeded 
his  activity,  and  slight  ailments  were  resolutely  disregarded.  There  were  no  indica- 
tions of  approaching  illness  until  he  was  attacked  with  a  severe  rigor  about  the  6th 
of  March  5  this  was  followed  by  serious  inflammation  of  the  mouth,  and  on  the 
subsidence  of  this  local  affection  symptoms  of  typhoid  fever  appeared.  On  the  i8th 
his  condition  first  caused  serious  alarm.  With  little  apparent  change,  his  strength 
gradually  failed  till  the  evening  of  the  24th,  when  he  peacefully  passed  away. 
"Long  will  the  memory  of  his  fine,  thoughtful  features  and  spare  frame  dwell 
with  many  who  have  known  and  valued  him,  and  long  will  they  continue  to  miss  the 
decided  tones  in  which  his  clear  judgment  and  exact  knowledge  were  unhesitatingly 
expressed.  With  him  every  benevolent  object  connected  with  science  or  scientific 
men  has  lost  a  munificent  supporter. 
"  Mr.  Hanbury  remained  to  the  last  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  amongst 
whom  he  had  been  brought  up.  With  characteristic  reticence,  he-  scarcely  ever 
alluded  to  his  own  religious  experience,  but  his  habits  of  devotion,  and  an  occasional 
expression,  afford  evidence  of  the  reality  of  his  Christian  faith. 
"  That  a  man  thus  endowed  with  talents,  both  natural  and  acquired,  should  be 
taken  away  ere  he  completes  his  fiftieth  year,  is  to  us  an  inscrutable  mystery.  The 
light  of  eternity  alone  can  reveal  the  full  significance  of  any  life." 
George  D.  Wetherill,  one  of  the  original  members  of  the  Philadelphia  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy,  died  in  this  city  April  13th,  aged  eighty  years.  He  commenced 
business,  on  North  Front  street,  in  1816,  and,  though  not  active  in  it  for  some  years, 
was,  at  the  time  of  his  death,  the  senior  partner  of  the  well-known  firm  of  George 
D.  Wetherill  &  Co.  During  his  last  illness,  his  wife,  Catharine  C,  was  assiduous 
in  her  attention  toward  him  ;  but,  as  the  mortal  remains  of  her  husband  were  carried 
away  to  his  last  resting-place,  she  breathed  her  last  on  the  fifty-ninth  anniversary  of 
their  marriage-day. 
William  Brown,  for  many  years  in  business,  in  Boston,  as  an  apothecary,  died 
there,  in  his  seventieth  year,  February  loth.  The  deceased  was  born,  at  Little 
Compton,  R.  I.,  and,  with  three  brothers,  all  apothecaries,  settled  in  Boston,  where, 
by  industry  and  perseverance,  he  gained  for  himself  a  high  reputation.  He  had 
been  a  member  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  since  1858. 
