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fourth and fifth day, still these symp- toms, more pronounced, the pulse fall- ing, often to sixty, even fifty, while the temperature is maintained. This im- portant observation, made and given out by Dr. Faget in 1S59, was bitterly assail- ed at the time, but its truth was quick- ly recognized by Dr. Thomas Layton and later by Dr. Just Touatre. In 1S70 the latter, who had used for years in his service as a French marine sur- geon, a large rectal centigrade thermom- eter, was able to absolutely confirm the observation of Dr. Faget, that often in the first twenty-four or thirty-six hours, with a rising temperature, as shown by the thermometer, the pulse instead of becoming more rapid is proven by the watch to be gradually falling, los- ing entirely its usual correlation. This undoubtedly due to some intense toxin absorption affecting the sympathetic nervous system. Often a rising tem- perature of 105 or 104 Fahrenheit shows a pulse of sixty, or as low as- fifty per minute. For this most im- portant clinical observation and also his "differential symptomatic signs in hematemesic paludal fever," after the epidemic of yellow fever of 1858, he was decorated by the French govern- ment as a Chevalier de la Legion D'Honneur. And for his "Type and Specific of Malaria with Watch and Thermometer" he received twenty- four votes out of fifty-three for his can- didature as a member of the Academic M6dicale de Paris. Dr. Faget was also made a member of the Louisiana State Board of Health. His personality was an ideal one, for besides his great med- ical ability he had splendid qualities of heart and mind, modest and pure; he was a consistent Christian and al- ways a thorough and honorable gentle- man. This well spent life when it ended, September 4, 1884, had cer- tainly been a most useful one and the Faget law of pulse and temperature is as well knows in the entire yel- low-fever zone as the mosquito dogma is to-day. L. G. I..

Farish, Henry Greggs (1770-1856).

Henry Greggs Farish, son of a Com- missary in the British Army, was born in Brooklyn, New York, about 1770, and was engaged first as assistant sur- geon and later as surgeon in the Brit- ish Navy, and after practising for a time in England, came to Nova Scotia and settled in Yarmouth in 1803, where he remained in active practice till his death fifty-three years later. In ad- dition to his duties as medical practi- tioner he filled for many years, with singular ability and integrity, many im- portant public offices. He was naval officer, collector of excise, registrar of deeds, and an able magistrate.

Three of his sons adopted medicine as a profession. Greggs Joseph and James C. settled in Yarmouth, and Henry G. in Liverpool, England.

Dr. Farish must have been extremely methodical in all his ways, other- wise he could not have successfully carried on a large practice in conjunc- tion with his many public duties. As a proof of the careful and conscientious manner in which he cared for his pa- tients, there is no better evidence than the record of 2,148 cases of labor at- tended by him.

The Farish obstetrical record was published in volume 4, page 177 of the " Maritime Medical News," Halifax, and is a very interesting document. It includes over 10,000 cases of con- finement attended by the father and his three sons.

Dr. Farish died in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, in 1856. D. A. C.

Farrand, David Osbora (1S37-1883).

David Osborn Farrand was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 23, 1S37, the son of Judge Bethuel Farrand, promi- nent in the early history of Michigan, and Deborah Osborn Farrand, whose culture and tactful manners made a home full of benediction to all who were its guests. David had his general education in the Ann Arbor schools and literary department of the univer-