New-York tribune., 1898-01-06
OBITUARY.
DIR. ZACCHARIN.
Moscow. Jan. 6-Dr. Zaccharin the famous phys-
cdan OF Gar Alexander III. is dead


DR.. Zaccharin. or Professor zakharin Che has been
referred TO by both titles and his name has been
spelled both ways). eccentric parsonage.
who shortly before the death Of Car Alexander
H. which occurred November ], 1884, was ac-
cused Of having made a mistaken diagnosis OF the
Cars maady. negligence and lack OF professional
skill also being alleged. In any case. Dr. Zaccharin
and Professor Leyden quarrelled violently, each
accusing the other of improperly treating the dying
monarch. According to one account. the quarrel
due to the frankness of the Russian physician
In informing the Car of his condition. whereupon
the German professor reproached his associate with
discouragng the patient, to which DIR. Zaccharin
replied with angry fling at foreign fnterfer-
ence." and open rupture was the result Dr.
Zaccharin threatened to leave Lavadia for Moscow,
but he forbidden to do so by General Tfcher'
who threatened to force II necessary to detaih
him.
When the death Of the Car became known the
populace OF Moscow so indignant at what was
! believed to be the malpractice Of Dr. Zaccharln
that the people wrecked the doctors house In that
city Later the medical students in St. Petersburg
made hostile demonstration against the ooc'or'
but they were dispersed by the police
The Russian doctor often dressed IN the most
fantastic way wore unstarched linen and felt boots
When he received patients at his house. instead OF
seeking 10 soothe them they were begged not 10
rritatc his nerves and to sit motonlesS before hlm
without making the slightest sound or gesture
while he questioned them. This questionins more
over. carried out in n very brusque manner.
Instances of his eccentricities have been prihteu
repeatedly 1t is said that regular patients VINO
were familiar with the moods Of tie doctor TOOK
care TO take boxes Of candies with them, Whlch
boxes the servants placed in his way, as ne Akeu
to dip his hand into them while crossing his
salons.
Dr. Zaccharin's fees for visit were exorbitanI
| When he chanced to go to St Petersburg IN oruel
20 attend some parsonage of importance the coSt i o
his visit had to he counted in thousands 9t ruplsS'
and all his whms had to be humoreu;, lo' ~ ~
Arrangement of the furniture in the rooms wiz ~
| the doctor occupied in the Anitchkon Palace haI i
structions The ruIcness Of Dr. Zaccharin's man
rcrs ard language not softened even ior pa pa
the late car have been the ae Count r%ssUi
Minister Of the Interior and ,b most
notable instance of the rudeness Of Dr IaScnarr sm
in September. l@i when at,er h car p,rie he not
third door Of the Palace which had been provided
ground hoor and carrying his point, but when tne
Gzarina asked him 70 luncheon with her at the I'M
perial table he declined on the ground that ne "nS
not in the habit Of taking his meals win Woio, @
room one dav Il is said the Czarina fanced that
the temperature of the patient was aLarHiins r sa'
asked DR. Zaccharn to ascertain whether ner enad
that he tired but would SEND ms @ to be
The latter reported that there was no reason ~ ~ the he
frightened whercupon Dr. Zaccharin waited on 'ne
Czarina. and is alleged to have remarked: ord n
You see that | was right not 10 iuss' anu ~
think that there no danger ,, ~
The doctor is further alleged to nave % boots
car I'm dressing gown and wearing the DIE ooo'S
Of a Russian peasant - l., .r,,,o ., the
feeling against DR. Zaccharin being so strong @ 1nat
{, We renorted ne would have to live out OF nus
si, ayer afterward Car Nicholas presented the
doctor with jeweed snuboX on Thien n,"rentiv "as NV
enamelled portrait Of Alexander III appalenttii pp I'M
showing that the present car did not agree VIII
those who decried the professional aDlity 9olinc 4l
Zaccharn Then followed change IN the enns ieenms
81 the nublic and when DR.. Zaccharin' on ~ ~,,oven
bcr H. 1896 delivered his frs; lecture IN n1hs
since his return from Livadia, he was c"'hu''
astically received by the students