Sir Richard Owen : his life and works / by C.W.G. Rohrer.

  • Rohrer, C. W. G. (Caleb Wyand Geeting), 1873-1952
Date:
[1911]
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Credit: Sir Richard Owen : his life and works / by C.W.G. Rohrer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    On August 30, 1892, his old friend. Sir Janies Paget paid [139] him a visit, and tried to converse with him; but Sir Richard, owing to his great prostration, was unable to sustain the effort long. In reply to the repeated inquiries of Dr. Palmer, his physician, Sir Richard invariably answered: “ I feel no pain at all, but I have no desire to rise from this bed/5 Towards the end of November Sir Richard grew gradually weaker, and began to take less and less nourishment. From the first week of December he never showed the slightest dis- position to rally. On December 16 he ceased to recognize those who were standing around him. His death occurred a little before three o’clock on Sunday morning, December 18, 1892. Sir Richard Owen’s death was not due to any definite dis- ease, but to a gradual decadence of all the vital functions. His days had been bounteously prolonged. He was in his eighty-ninth year. The news of Sir Richard Owen’s death, like that of Agassiz and of Darwin, created widespread regret throughout the civilized world. The people of all nations, regardless of race or creed, realized that a great figure, not only of the age but of the century, had passed away. Indeed, the world was made poorer by Sir Richard Owen’s death, because it lost an untir- ing scientific worker and a most genial, kind-hearted man.
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