, 1879-01-09
A FREE.T1I1NKER'S DEATH.
Irs Leaves His T1o1y to the College OF Phy-
*tcInna and Surgeons. !.

Irs Leaves His I1ody to The College OF Phy-
*tcInna nntt Surgeons. !.
Estc FORK Tmes, J,sa. 6.
Among the certificates Of death received by
Dr.. John 7. NaRlc, Registrar ot Records of tha
Health Department, yesterday, was that OF Dr..
4. llabett Tcrman physician we'll known
asusng Ills fcl'ow.countrymcp. who died on EeT
Years Day Mt si,r Roosevelt Hospital 1ro1,
clronlc Bright's disease ot the kldpcys aha
nrer,ta. Tie rerti!icnte was sent to tue Duitall
OF Vital Statistics by Pruf. A. B. Sands, one OF
Tire Faculty of t1'c College uf Physicians aa4
Surgeons. tu which Institution tho acceAt1 Ind
bcQuraticd bis l,otly for the purpose n 1Esact;
lion and In the interest Of humanity. The usual
permit for the removal at the rcniatn< from thc
ln'sp!taE 10 tho dls.ecting.room Of the to!ege
was Issued by Dr. Na0lc. on receiving 3euu the
representative OF Or. sanas the assurance TINT
t11u terms OF the s.atuirs covering snctf cnses
w"uld bc complied with. viz: that the rcn1an4
wtmd. BE- dccently Inferred when they were Of
no further uau 10 the stNdenta. DR.. }fnbea had
anIy bceu an inmate nf the hospital Ior few
tla,a when death ensitcj. Thr will which Dr.
1!atcl iett commences ~ follows: "in she
s,n,nc Of the Supreme being, I1umsnitY, fcfore
whofn wo all how, arnc,tl" and. alter diapslBr
nf MS small property, he goes nn to dtspoac Of
l!is holy In the following terms: "Flnatly, my
life havInR hecn desottd To the interests at Ill.,
lnanttf, desire after mv death my todr may
be devoted to thc sasne end. md lor this feasoI,
tirs.re ind dumand That my corpsc shall be
UeilScFCu III LnH 4IR6eEt1nG-f0nH VI nny III Lie
colleges In t!so City of New Ynrk which will ac
ecps nf IT, for tue p1rnosrs q .tissectton o. 10
my other college elsewhere, II not accepted by
any In this city,"
In accordance with the terms Of his will. Mr.
II. ". lsnsn, hIs executor, ten1erctl the botjy
IT tits friend 10 the College Of Phveclons and
Surgcone. and IL WIZ accepted by Praf. Sands
oh Drhalf Ut tho sU1scRc. Tho ron,alns ncse
yesterday removed to the dissrctlnR-room Of
The college.
pr. ilabei was native Of Austria. and lbows
60 years Of aRc. Tic become involved tn pn-
liticu1 plot atNlut eighteen OF twenty years ago.
md Was eonpellc.t to lcaye Ills nailso lunn.
With ono of his son,, he ca.uc 10 this e.,,antrr.
After foIourntng here q short iIne llr weut tt
Honth Amrrica, md .4i,iic following his proft$-
sion their lc devoted great DIAL of his time IT.
thu study Of the A"ta and tis fauna of tl1e
country. Ilo sent large namoof of
spse%sns, 4; %a.,tse,on, 10 ,s sna 'n.eS9 ,ssepa p s
works OH sonth America wcro rubllshcd
by this institution. lln subsequently, settled
III Providence, Il. J., mil theru organized n
hospital, Ut which he assumcd clar2e, but his
allvanccl opinions OH re 3Iuus mud lcih1lst'c
matters res,,ited In 1Its aoa1nsonmcnt of that
city anil RESUMED tho praci.e nj hls rTtltessfon;
Int hr altnwrd his traetIrs TO Crpdu.ll al!u
aNay, nni hevutctt hm.ciI almost ctltifs'tr tn
writing lohg dissertations of Soc'aisti., thpisA.
Eie WIS rcrrutrs: in hia lat,ts anh 1tt3s. Nfatl
woru 1ons-tatlrsl coat, thvasabfy btIt,unttl lip
cosc md never cl,t s nalr, nl,'wtng II to hang
uvet bis a!,nuldcrs. One Ut i'ta peculiar idcas
was thnt thc Chnstian names tt pcrsuns should
be dt aIcnntsti k,, v hy etters Of tho ii ,naDes.
Ar, for INSTANCE Smith. heinC ths hctd VI a
family, sltuhttt be kno~n aa"A Smith; tsss
eldest .on wns to no DESIGNATED ~ IN" his ses~
ond son rs &C" aud ~ IN. lir spent u Rr'at
deal Ut tim" anh uscd upa large Guab:Ety ot
paper IN clueldatiny this theory.