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Obituary.
ments in his favour ; ancl the remarkable and earnest eloquence with which he defended his position , actually confounded the more cautious reasoners who opposed his doctrine . But he certainly did one great service to humanity . He traced , with a surprising degree of trouble , bad rice into the hands of numerous bakers and other tradesmen , ancl he proved that this and similar bad diet , if not the immediate causes , were agents that assisted the dreadful endemic in its And
ravages . con sidering the general apathy that exists in London and many other towns , as to the diseases engendered by the bad bread , bad beer , and disgusting water the population consume , we cannot withhold an expression of sorrow for the loss of one so well calculated , by the force of his language , and the energy of his character , to have awakened the attention of the public to this vital question . Science must do him justice—to her his life was devoted—and in her service he
expired . A widow ancl family survive to lament the husband and father—society has lost a friend . As a Mason , Dr . Tytler ' s qualifications were of the highest order—the mere observances of a Lodge were to him scarcely the syllables of a magnificent mystery . He was one of the very chosen few to whom a revelation of its secrecy was accorded through the exercise of a vast intelligence , which was , by our enthusiastic Brother , made to beam forth with a fervid spirit , as a light and a beacon to others .
Thus far we have spoken of him as a public man—as a private individual he was a gentleman of agreeable manners ancl engaging disposition . Enthusiasm was to him as a moral armour , upon which he relied to protect him against such dangers as would appal a common mind . Some two or three years since , when in London , he was anxious to be sent by Government to a district where the plague was raging . He had never seen the plague in its very worst stage , and was desirous to have the ophe for itbut
portunity—panted — coulcl not succeed . His leave of absence being expired , he returned to India , where he prosecuted his examination into the discovery of the magnetic pole with unceasing assiduity ; and upon this , the object of his thought by day , his dream by night , he spent the remainder of his important life , which terminated within three days after he hacl demonstrated the result of his labours at Gwaliorin the of Lord Aucklandthe GovernorGeneral of
, presence , - India . On that interesting subject this number contains an illustrated communication ; and our succeeding numbers will be enriched by others of his unpublished papers . Although dead to the world , he will still live in the cherished stores of science .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Obituary.
ments in his favour ; ancl the remarkable and earnest eloquence with which he defended his position , actually confounded the more cautious reasoners who opposed his doctrine . But he certainly did one great service to humanity . He traced , with a surprising degree of trouble , bad rice into the hands of numerous bakers and other tradesmen , ancl he proved that this and similar bad diet , if not the immediate causes , were agents that assisted the dreadful endemic in its And
ravages . con sidering the general apathy that exists in London and many other towns , as to the diseases engendered by the bad bread , bad beer , and disgusting water the population consume , we cannot withhold an expression of sorrow for the loss of one so well calculated , by the force of his language , and the energy of his character , to have awakened the attention of the public to this vital question . Science must do him justice—to her his life was devoted—and in her service he
expired . A widow ancl family survive to lament the husband and father—society has lost a friend . As a Mason , Dr . Tytler ' s qualifications were of the highest order—the mere observances of a Lodge were to him scarcely the syllables of a magnificent mystery . He was one of the very chosen few to whom a revelation of its secrecy was accorded through the exercise of a vast intelligence , which was , by our enthusiastic Brother , made to beam forth with a fervid spirit , as a light and a beacon to others .
Thus far we have spoken of him as a public man—as a private individual he was a gentleman of agreeable manners ancl engaging disposition . Enthusiasm was to him as a moral armour , upon which he relied to protect him against such dangers as would appal a common mind . Some two or three years since , when in London , he was anxious to be sent by Government to a district where the plague was raging . He had never seen the plague in its very worst stage , and was desirous to have the ophe for itbut
portunity—panted — coulcl not succeed . His leave of absence being expired , he returned to India , where he prosecuted his examination into the discovery of the magnetic pole with unceasing assiduity ; and upon this , the object of his thought by day , his dream by night , he spent the remainder of his important life , which terminated within three days after he hacl demonstrated the result of his labours at Gwaliorin the of Lord Aucklandthe GovernorGeneral of
, presence , - India . On that interesting subject this number contains an illustrated communication ; and our succeeding numbers will be enriched by others of his unpublished papers . Although dead to the world , he will still live in the cherished stores of science .