Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-05-05
GEORGE TRDJSsEsu.
A True Friend of Hawaii has
Gone TO Rest.

george IronSSe3u- IL IL seldom
that people If all classes, opposed
to each other socially anu poll
ticsliy can gather around the
b er OF fslIow-ci.iz and aai,e
IN saying. Ne have lost friend
AID indeed Doctor Trousseau was
friend not alone Of ;ndiyjd ials
not alone If tbs his adopted
country. blt # N nkrhl, how
ever repr scented and however
elsssel
Sentiments II the h CHEST
principles OF b=rality aud
honor were tBa prime movers
in the late loctors career
From the DAYS n 1913 anel 1852
when be student fought in
the streets Of Paris. he has un-
sweTvingly believed in the rights
Of the peopls--ani early or lat.
was he found ready to serve them
as a phys'cian IS "a friend or
simply as fellow-man.
Doctor Trousseau had made
Hawaii his home. He lived here
for nearly thirty years and
be died here as he always
desired He CINE from stock
made immortal in France and in
the civilized world through the
fame of his father George TroGs-
seau the elder physician of the
highest repute only perhaps
equalled in this century in France
by Nelaton. Our lost friend was
born in Paris on the 1st of Nav
1888. and had consequently just
attaiued his 6lst year. He re-
ceived the usual education Of a
wealthy Frenchinan and entered
the ecole de medicine in Paris at
the early age OF II years. The
revolution of 194S stirred
his feelings and he youth
fully rushed into the melee.
In 1852 while yet student he
submitted to his liberal instincts
and during the days of excitement
he found himself In Jail. For three
long and weary days did his
father seek the missing son and
with what anx ETY. can he mag
med by those familiar with
those days when daily hundreds
of men, selected at random were
taken out from the Jail and shot
down. Through the powerful
influence of his father the young
rrousseau was liberated and with
serious warning allowed to
resume his stables. Re graduated
as a first class physician aud
became valuable assist mt to
his father. For personal reasons
he left his beautiful country and
went to Australia aud New Zeal
and. La Australia his adventur-
Gus spirit carried him to the gold
mines, and there has been times
When luck smiled on him. and he
rolled in wealth, while-as the
fate is of so many minels-he
would find himself bankrupt the
following day. He arrived in
Hawaii in 1865, aud has resided
here ever since. be soon gained
great fame us Il doctor. and his
genial If brus9ue manners inspired
the public with unlimited con-
fidence. He went to kona for a
while experimenting as a sheep
raiser. tie Invested In Kukui
haele. and he finally returned to
Honolulu and resumed his prac
tice as physician. The prosper
ity of Hawaii was always in his
mind, and he was always ready
10 promote any new industry that
ui2btprove source of benefit to
his adopted country. At great
deal Of expense. he started the
ostrich farm at Waikiki which
lately was under the management
of his nephew Mr.. Morisseau.
His practice was very lucrative.
but his ever open heart and
ever open purse prevented
him from becoming rich
He received many proofs of the
confidence aus. respect in which
all held him. The most important
positions under the government