New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-05-14
DIR. CHARLES RICE'S DEATH.
WHO PRAYED FOR HIM EVERY
MORNING.

DIR. Charles Rice. of the leading apothecaries
OF the country and for twenty years chemist of
the New-York Charities Department. died in Belle
vue Hospital yesterday morning from asthma. He
Ill for five weeks
Or. Rice thought himself well enough on SGtur-
day to see the Speedway parade. and put In a
hanson cab. At Twenty-sixth-st. and First-ave
DIR. Rice became i'll that he taken back
the hospital There his condition found To
have been seriously affected by the exertion. and
five physicians called in to treat him. They
kept him alive by means Of oxygen until 1880
o'clock yesterday morning when he succumbed.
Or. Rice was born In Munich in 1871. OF Austrian
parents. The family name Refs but when he
came TO this country he changed the spelling
the request OF his uncle. He was educated In
Passau. Vienna and Munich. and
plished linguist, being familiar with Dutch French
Italian. Spanish, Latin, Greek. Hebrew. Sanscrit,
Pushtu and Persian. we'll German and Eng
lish. He a member OF the German Oriental
Society OF Leipsic and Halle and the American
Oriental Society. When his father died. In 1862 he
left his home because Of money losses. and went
first 10 England. He came TO this country In 1852.
He at once enlisted in the navy and ap
pointed a surgeons steward tho sloop of
jamestown. In 1865 when the jamestown reached
San Francisco after n voyage around the world he
was hOnorably discharged.
DR.. Rice came ct to this city. he
PEELED to 20 Bellevue Hospital be treated for
aGus and when ne became convalescsnt was mado
Bellevue. In charge OF the drug department OF the
Commission OF Public Charities and Correction.
on MIR. Freys death. In 1851. DR.. Rice made
chemist OF the Charities Department and superin-
tendent OF the general drug department. and since
1894 he had had charge Of the surgical instrument
department and OF the purchasing and distribution
OF surgical instruments for all the hospitals under
the authority OF the Charities Department. While
Bellevue he discovered and formulated many
valuable prescriptions. some OF which adopted
By physicians all the country.
In 1861 Dr. Rice made a member of the Col
lege OF Pharmacy. He was elected "a trustee in
1870. In 1871 he was made member of the phar
macopnia committee of the American Pharmaceu-
teal Association. and he continued to be a member
OF the committee until 1900. In 1879 the University
OF the City of NeW-HOrk gave him the honorary
degree OF Doctor OF Philosophy and in 1880 the New
York Academy OF Medicine elected him an honor
AIRY fellow. From 1876 To 1852 he associate edI-
tor OF New Remedies" now The American Drug
lie was ii member of the New-York Academy of
the American Chemical Society. the Philadelphia
College of Pharmacy. the Maryland College OF
Superintendent Stewart OF bellevue and Or.
Alexander Lambert. secretary Of the medical board
have called II special meeting OF the board 10
there will also be meeting OF the Bellevue Hos
pitaI medical s:afr for the same purpose.
DR.. Rice's death has caused the illness OF Thomas
the department hfty-h years. He used to help
Or. Rice and the doctor saved him from losing
TO 90 to mass every morning and pray for DR..
Rice He was prevented from hearing the
until late yesterday morning
&. L. Harrington. secretary or Palestine Encamp-
ment, |. q. o. F.. OF which Or. Rice was member
said that the Rev. DR. Young, former chaplain
OF Bellevue Hospital, would conduct the funeral
So FAR as is known Dr. Rices only relative in
this country a sister.