The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1894-06-27

three died In infanoy-one, a daughter
survived him. The marriage was q
happy one.
In l722, when fifty-four years of age,
his physical constitution gave the first
warning of the effects OF the strain d
which ID was subjected. He had an at.
tack OF arthitis, whether OF n equity OF
rheumatic nature Ia uncertain, though
Ii Ia stated that IL was the result of ex.
posing himself to the morning dews be.
fore sun-risipg, which kept him In bed
six months. The pains were atrocious
Once after fifteen hours of continued
suffering he prayed that his disease
might end his life and misery. This
afterward gave him great concern, for
no wished, he said, TO abide by this
maxim living or dying; ''rhat only Ii
best, and alone TO be desired which Il
perfectly agreeable to the divine good.
ness and majesty"
When in 1870 Boerhaave had sufii.
GENTLY recovered TO open his private
college the citizens OF Leyden celebrated
the event in the evening by illumina.
lions and by public rejoicings.
In 1927, on return Of the attack, ht
gave up the chair of chemistry and bot
any, though he continued 20 teach &C
| lively In other branches until his fina
illness.
| In his later life his greatest pleasure
was in his country home. This was large
and roomy with eight acres Of ground
| His garden was filed with the exotic
shrubs and trees which would flourish
In that climate. A present of American
shrub seed he styled 81 gift more pre-
cious than gold,n and two cedar trees
"a royal benefaction."
In 1725, Mt the expiration of his rec
torship, he delivered an grafton i'm which
he reprehended the philosophers who
have attempted to invent rather than
to discard principles, and in particular
he singled out Des Cartes-Andala, an
orthodox Cartesian professor set up a
cry that the church was in danger and
that the dreaded evil Of Spinzism would
be the result. But the times had
changed since the journey Of the young
student from Harderwick. The gov,
errors of the university insisted on a
retraction. To Andala's recantation
Boerhaave replied with fine courtesy
that the most agreeable satisfaction he
could receive was that so eminent dis
vine should have no more trouble ON his
account.
Boerhaave was through life cheerful
and desirious of promoting mirth by a
facetious and humorous conversation.
He was never soured by calumny and
detraction, nor ever thought il necessa-
ry to confute them 'for they are
sparks" he said, (which if you do not
blow them will go out of themselves"
In 1928 he was elected member of
the Royal Academy of Sciences in Paris,
and in 1880 member Of the Royal so.
ciety of London.
He accumulated an immense fortune,
estimated by some at two millions of
florins-and yet through life no one ap-
pealed in vain to his generosity. '"The
poor" he said, 'were his best patients,
for God paid for them"
About the middle of the year 1887 he
began to suffer from cardiac disturb
ances from dyspno@ and from dropsy.
If for moment he fell asleep the
respiration was interrupted, and rest
was prevented by a terrible sensation
as of strangling. Yet in a letter he
writes II have lived upwards of sixty
eight years and am always cheerful"
In the library of the Faculty of Medi-
cine in Paris there were found in 1877
ninety letters from Boerhaave to his
friend, Baron Bassand, physician to the
Duke of Lorraine, afterward the EN-
peror Francis T: In one of these, writ
| ten two weeks before his death, and in
tended for private eyes only, he says
my malady gathers in force. The
cardiac oppression due to polypi is con-
slant, and Of the last degree of cruelty.
God wishes it thus. His perfect and
sovereign will be glorifed by the sub
mission of his creature who loves and
adores only the infinitude Of the eter-
nal.n
President Dwight announced the
tons Of the course-Simon Good
yesterday:
The Campbell gold medal, awarded
for the highest rank in the examina-
following prizes in the medical school
hart, Phi. B. of New Haven, with hon
orable mention of Charles e. Bush OF
Mantle.
meritorious theses-Divided between
Charles F. Craig of Danbury and Rob-
ert O. Moody, B. s., of New Haven.
The Obstetrical prize, awarded for
the best examination in obstetrics
Edward S. Moulton, M. A., of Oberlin,
Ohio