Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-01-16
MADE MUCH MONEY
LARGE ESTATES LEFT BY PRO.
FESSloNAL MEN.
Records Show Immense Fortunes
Accumulated by Doctors, Lawyers
and Writers-Deathbed Scenes
Of Persons Of Prominence.


Nothnagel, who died alone In his
room, noted his own symptoms to the
last, says the British Medical Journal.
A letter to his assistant is said to have
ended as follows: Written late on
the evening of July 6. just after ex-
periencing these severe attacks
died of Qualification of the AFTER
les" Traube also made observations
on himself to the very end. Locock
expressed a wish to be present at the
postmortem examination on himself,
and among Cuvier's last recorded
words is a remark, as his fingers
twitched involuntarily: Charles Bell
is right: 'Ce sont les nerfs de Ia vol
onte qui sont maladifs. Dyce David
son, professor at Aberdeen, died inn
mediately after saying to his class,
speaking Of the next meeting, which
was never to take place: -Four o'clock
Monday, gentlemen; four o'clock
Several doctors have taken their
leave with a blessing to those around
them. Ashley Coopers last recorded
words are: God bless you and good
by to you ALL" He had previously said
to his physicians, Bright and Cham
bers: Gods will be done; God bless
you both!' adding: You must excuse
me, but / shall take no more medi-
cine" Benjamin Brodie was heard
TO mutteT: After all. God is very
good" The saddest of all recorded
last words are probably those of Oliver
Goldsmith, who, when asked by his
physician If his mind was at rest,
said: mo, it is mott" On the other
hand, William Hunters mind seems
10 have been full Of bright thoughts
at the moment of death. for he said:
IF l could hold pen, what a book
could write."
Pasteur and Darwin, though not be-
longing to the medical profession, are
venerated by its teachers. Darwins
last words were Il am not the least
afraid to die" Pasteur was offered n
cup of milk, and, being unable to
swallow 1t, murmured: II cannot" He
passed away with one hand in his
wife's, the other grasping crucifix.
Lastly are mentioned the last words
been addressed to a doctor. He wrote
on slip of paper which he gave to
his physician, the philosopher Cabanis,
the single word "Dormir" Another
account, which may be an expanded
version of this, is that, after begging
10 hn Il f.,I IL
to the doctor: Were you not my
physician and my friend? Did you
not promise to spare me the suffering
of such a death? Must l go carrying
away regrets of having confided in
you?" This is rather a long and rhe-
torical speech for dying man.
1t is given to few men of any pro-
fession TO accumulate such large for
tunes as the late Lord Brampton and
Mr.. Murphy, X. c., have left behind
them-fortunes amounting to G141,-
600 and &234.000 respectively; but to
such an achievement is only possible
In the law is scarcely in accordance
with the facts. Three medical men
at least have left estates still larger
than the greater of these. Thirty years
ago DR.. Blundell died worth more than
third of million pounds-more ex-
actly G360,000; during his SO years OF
strenuous professional life Sir Will
liam Jenner accumulated the enor-
nous sum of e375,000, though it is
doubtful If he ever made more than
912,000 in any year; and Sir Will
liam Gull left personally valued at
9340,000. DR.. T. r. Armitage died at
&c, worth e217,0OO; Sir Erasmus Will
son left 9264.00O behind him, and Sir
Andrew Clarks savings reached
G204 900.