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Excerpt from A Sketch of the Life of Joseph Leidy, M.D., LL. D Dr. Rush died May 26, 1869. Dr. Leidy was invited to be a pall bearer at the funeral, and at the same time received an intimation that he should not fail to be present. He accepted the invitation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.