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Excerpt from Transactions of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 1895, Vol. 17 Dr. Keating became a Fellow Of the College in July, 1849. He was also a member Of the American Medical Association, Of the Philadelphia County Medical Society, Of the American Philosophical Society, Of the Academy Of Natural Sciences, and Of other learned bodies. He was for thirty-eight years a Director Of the Philadelphia Saving Fund, both his father and his grandfather having preceded him in that capacity. Dr. Keating was twice married. His first wife, by whom he had four children who lived to maturity, was the daughter Of the distinguished Dr. Ren La Roche, whose work on Yellow Fever has taken a classical rank. She died in 1859. The second union, contracted in 1861, was with Eliza, daughter Of John J. Borie, one Of Philadelphia's Old-time merchants. She bore him three children, two Of whom are still living. She died in 1866. 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.