Address of John Marshall, F.R.S., President of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London, at the annual meeting, March 1st, 1884.

  • Marshall, John, 1818-1891.
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1884
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Credit: Address of John Marshall, F.R.S., President of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London, at the annual meeting, March 1st, 1884. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    on Ovariotomy/-' on Intra-Uterine Fibrous Tumours,'^ and on the Use of tlie Microscope in the Study of Uterine Diseases j comparatively recently, an account of ''A Case of Cholecystotomy (an operation which he himself was amongst the first to perform); and lastly, a contribution on the Treatment of Gunshot Wounds of the Abdomen.'^ His most original work, entitled ' Clinical Notes on Uterine Surgery,* requires special remark. It abounds in valuable matter and suggestions; but the proposal which it con- tains, to treat sterility in women by artificial impregnation, gave a shock to social, legal, and medical susceptibilities, as involving questions of social propriety, of possible fraud, and of professional self-respect. His long-esta- blished general and special reputation survived this doubtful recommendation. Dr. Sims was honoured by decorations from many European Governments; he received titles from numerous American and European Scientific and Medical societies ; and in 1876, he was elected President of the American Medical Association. His personal appearance and genial manners impressed most people favorably towards him. He was of a warm temper, but not of an irreconcilable disposition. His place in our profession is unique, for no man hitherto has commanded so wide a reputation, extend- ing beyond both shores of the great Ocean, which he so frequently crossed and recrossed in search of experience, and of increased opportunities of doing good, as well as of gaining recompense and fame. John Macnaught, a Physician who had practised for twenty-five years in Jamaica, and subsequently for twenty years in Liverpool, died at the house of his son in Kensington, towards the end of last year, at the patri- archal age of ninety years. He had been for forty-one years a non-resident Fellow of this Society. Born in 1793, he became a Licentiate of the Eoyal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and M.D. of Aberdeen in 1815 ; and in 1838, F.E.C.P.Ed. Having gained an excellent reputation in Jamaica, he