Address of the President at the annual meeting of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society, Tuesday, March 1, 1859.

  • Locock, Charles, 1799-1875.
Date:
1859
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Credit: Address of the President at the annual meeting of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society, Tuesday, March 1, 1859. 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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    ABDEESS OP THE PRESIDEN AT THE /f.y ANNUAL MEETING^' /ITJ ROYAL MEDICAL AND CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY, TUESDAY, March 1, 1859. Gentlemen,—The close of my term of office as President of this Society calls for a few remarks, and first I must congratulate the Eellows upon our undiminished, I may say, indeed, our increasing prosperity. The Report just read by the Secretary has entered into all the details of our afiairs, and having rarely been absent from our meetings, I am able to say that there has been a large number of highly valuable and important papers brought before us, and many most interesting discussions. It is usual, however, in the annual address of your President, to occupy your time chiefly in a glance at the characters and professional labours of those Fellows of our Society who have been lost to us by death in the course of the past year. It is a task in which pain and satisfaction are much mingled—regret at the loss of those we have loved and valued, but some degree of pleasure in holding them up as bright examples to us all, and being able to bear testimony to their distinguished merits. On the present occa- sion the list is an unusually large one, and in no previous year have we had to lament so many celebrated men, and it would be difficult to find so many even amongst the living, who would be so highly esteemed, whose reputation has been so extensive, or