The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-12-19
THE GREAT AGAssIz.
HIS FUNERAL RITES YESTERDAY AT hos.
TON,

hlS FUNERAL RITES YESTERDAY AT DOS
TON.
Boston, Dec. 1s.-Thc funeral OF th,
late Professor Agassiz took place this al
ternoon In Appleton Chapel, Havard Uni
versity. The Chapel was deliberately dec
Grated with funeral emblems and flower
as tribute Of respect from the stu
dents Of the University. The remain
were enclosed In plain burial case Gov
cred with flowers. They were borne t
the Chapel at2 o'clock, followed by hit
immediate friends. The organist per
formed voluntary from the final choru!
of Passion; music by Sebastian Bach
The services were then begun with the
chanting Of a selection from the Cheru'
bin Requiem.
The burial services from the Kings
Chapel liturgy were then read by Rev. A.
P. Peabody, D. D., Chaplain Of the Uni.
versity, and were Immediately followed by
the singing Of the hymn, "Go to the
Grave" Thus ended the simple and i'm
pressive service, and the body was re.
moved as unostentatiously as It had en-
tered the sanctuary, while the dead march
from Saul was performed on the organ.
A long cortege followed 10 the burial
place In Mount Auburn Cemetery. The
Church was densely crowded, many being
unable to gain admittance. Among those
present were Vice President Wilson, Gov.
Wsshburn, ex.Gov.. Cls1in, Oliver Wen.
dell Holmes, Ralph Waldo Emerson and
large number Of other distinguished per-
sons. The Church bells in Boston and
Cambridge were tolled, and flags dis
played at halt mast during the progress of
the funeral.
THE AUTOPSY OF THE PHYsIcrANs or
his REMAINS.
Prof. Agassiz's short illness was from a
medical point Of view, involved In much
obscurity. DR.. Browu-Sequard, who has
made diseases oil the nerve and brain q
specially, and who observed every phase
OF Agassiz's case from the beginning, do.
clared himself considerably puzzled. DR..
Wyman, one of the most skilllul physl.
clans in the country, was also untiring
In his presence, and observation, and
agreed with DR.. Brown.Sequard as 10 the
great difficulty and obscurity Of the case.
Under these circumstances, Prof. Agas.
siz's friends readily consented TO post
mortem examination and took measures
to make 1t as thorough as possible. Seven
of the most eminent physicians Of Camb-
ridge and Boston were summoned to the
autopsy, namely, DR.. John Jackson, DR.
Calvin Ellis, DR.. r. 81. Fitz, DR.. James
Putnam, DR.. Jeffries Wyman Of Harvard
College, sDr. Morrill, Wyman, who at.
tended Agassiz in his illness. and DR..
Webber, DR.. Brown.Sequard was unior.
obliged to leave for New York.
The examination was held Tuesday,
and lasted upward Of four hours. The
brain and all the vital organs, especially
the heart, were examined with great care.
The stomach and liver, so far as yet ap.
pears, were free from disease; but In the
heart were found evidences Of the trouble
with which the Professor suffered few
years ago. Special attention was paid to
the brain, which was found to be very
large and heavy, though its exact weight
has not yet been determined. The guam.
tity oi blood In the brain was not unusu-
ally large, at least not large enough to In.
dictate disease. Careful examination was
made oil the base OF the brain, and the
though yet unprepared to give
D definite opinion, seem inclined TO regard
this as the principal seat Of the disease.