Obituary of A. Zanteson (Anders Erik August Zanteson) 21 November 1876 The Swallow, Stockholm Sweden, (Translation of Obituary by Bo Liljeberg, Lund, Sweden abe126@tiscali.se) Third column: (Also in this case the originals of of the scan were in such poor shape that it is not possible to piece the text together: as you can see there are wrinkles, small folds and tears that make it impossible to read the print) a good, assiduous and [loyal devotion to his] calling. To Hwasser the practice of medicine was a religion or if you prefer a philosophy. Yes, he put medicine on top of the pinnacle of the temple of thought and he set up its goal in the fighting of powers that he thought almost independent of matter. You may by now readily confess, that these ideas were fancies, that did not make good doctors, but you must also bear in mind that love for science and humanity can be found also in those doctors who have received a totally different training, who step by step have conquered the wide areas of exact science and gone up to its summit; but Hwasser's pupils were given the gift ofsuch enthusiasm that promotes great thoughts of the task. Zanteson remained all his life true to the devotion of his youth, and hence he wandered from hut to hut as an apostle of love, and hence he fell on his post, a death a thousand times more glorious than the warrior, who ardent of lust for fame or raging of bloodthirst seeks his enemy as is hit by his sword, yes, even more glorious than his, who, prompted by thirst for scientific honour, scouts into unknown continents and there finds. . . . . . . .Besides, Zanteson saw very well, his own need of an scientific foundation and he compensated later by diligent study. Still during the last years he was rather often seen to set aside a couple of hours from his other pressing duties to listen to lectures in scientific areas that were were more or less unknown during his years of study: patological anatomy and physiology, and he also had a well-deserved reputation as a highly cultivated man and a very capable doctor. Innumerable they are, poor and rich people, mostly the former who have been helped by him and now bless his memory. But he has left behind an even more beautiful memorial as a friend to humanity. (see also header, and 1st & 2nd colums)