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" The cause of death we found to be a pistol-shot through the left side of the chest ; and this, we are satisfied, was inflicted by his own hand. ' From the diseased appearances found in the brain, taken in connection with the history of the case, we have... "
The Life and Times of Hugh Miller - Page 338
by Thomas N. Brown - 1859 - 346 pages
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The Ladies' Repository, Volume 17

Methodist Episcopal Church - 1857 - 830 pages
...diseased appearances found in the brain, taken in connection with tho history of the case, we hare no doubt that the act was suicidal, under the impulse of insanity." The following few lines to his wife, found on a folio ahcct lying on the table beside his corpse, give...
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The Presbyterian Magazine, Volume 7, Issue 3

Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - Presbyterian Church - 1857 - 52 pages
...conscience, that we have this day examined the body of Mr. Hugh Miller, at Shrub Mount, Portobello. " The cause of death we found to be a pistol-shot through...JAMES MILLER, AH BALFOUR, WT GAIRDNER, AM EDWARDS." We have placed on record the deeply distressing circumstances of the case, partly out of respect to...
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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 40

American literature - 1857 - 602 pages
...conscience, that we have this day examined the body of Mr. Hugh Miller, at Shrub Mount, Portobello. " The cause of death we found to be a pistol-shot through...suicidal under the impulse of insanity. "JAMES MILLER, AH BALFOUB, WT GAIKDNEB, AM EDWABDS." We must ask to be excused from attempting any analysis of Mr. Miller's...
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The Testimony of the Rocks: Or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two ...

Hugh Miller - Bible and geology - 1857 - 528 pages
...conscience, that we have this day examined the body of Mr. Hugh Miller, at Shrub Mount, Portobello. u The cause of death we found to be a pistol-shot through...suicidal under the impulse of insanity." JAMES MILLER, WT GAIRDNER, AH BALFOUR, AM EDWARDS. We must ask to be excused from attempting any analysis of Mr....
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On the relation between religion and science

George Combe - 1857 - 348 pages
...by and through Jesus Christ our Lord." Four medical men examined the body, and their report bears: " The cause of death we found to be a pistol-shot through...act was suicidal, under the impulse of insanity." He wrote this most touching valedictory letter to his wife, and then shot himself dead:—•" Dearest...
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The Testimony of the Rocks, Or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two ...

Hugh Miller - Bible and geology - 1857 - 524 pages
...at Shrub Mount, Portobello. " The cause of death we found to be a pistol-shot through the left ride of the chest ; and this, we are satisfied, was inflicted...suicidal under the impulse of insanity." JAMES MILLER, WT GAIRDNER, AH BALFOUR, AM EDWARDS. We must ask to be excused from attempting any analysis of Mr....
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Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature, Volume 40

John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1857 - 588 pages
...we are satisfied, was inflicted by his own hand. " From the diseased appearances found in the braiu, taken in connection with the history of the case,...insanity. "JAMES MILLER, AH BALFOUR, WT GAIRDNER, AM EDWABDS." We must ask to be excused from attempting any analysis of Mr. Miller's character and genius,...
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The Life and Times of Hugh Miller

Thomas N. Brown - Evolution (Biology) - 1858 - 368 pages
...conscience, that wo have this day examined the body of Mr. Ijtugh Miller, at Shrubmount, Portobello. The cause of death we found to be a pistol-shot through...descended into the valley of the shadow of death. His life was no catalogue of abortive schemes, blighted hope, baffled ambition. His name was inscribed upon...
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Labour & Triumph: The Life and Times of Hugh Miller

Thomas N. Brown - Authors, Scottish - 1858 - 340 pages
...conscience, that we have this day examined the body of Mr. Hugh Miller, at Shrubmount, Portobello. The cause of death we found to be a pistol-shot through...suicidal, under the impulse of insanity. JAMES MILLER. A. H, BALFOUK. WT GAIRDNER. AM EDWARDS. How abrupt, how mysterious this adieu to earth. Nothing in...
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Labour & Triumph: The Life and Times of Hugh Miller

Thomas N. Brown - Authors, Scottish - 1858 - 340 pages
...Miller, at Shrubmount, Portobello. The cause of death we found to be a pistol-shot through the leftside of the chest; and this, we are satisfied, was inflicted...impulse of insanity. JAMES MILLER. AH BALFOUR. WT GAIEDNEE. AM EDWARDS. How abrupt, how mysterious this adieu to earth. Nothing in the circumstances...
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