Introductory lecture delivered at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, at the opening of the 52nd session of the Army Medical School, 2nd April 1886 / by David B. Smith.

  • Smith, David Boyes, 1833-1889.
Date:
1886
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Credit: Introductory lecture delivered at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, at the opening of the 52nd session of the Army Medical School, 2nd April 1886 / by David B. Smith. 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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    difficult to find his equal. The mention of his name still strikes a chord in the hearts of many now in India and in all parts of the world, to whom he imparted—in this very theatre—much of his wide experience and varied learning. I am not the least overstepping the limits of strict accuracy when I say that 1 have, times without number, heard Dr. Maclean spoken of by his former Netley pupils in terms not only of great respect but of aflfectionate esteem. It would be most unjust and un- grateful on my part if I did not avail myself of a public opportunity such as the present to place on record the great obligation I am under to him for his most useful advice and ready assistance to me on the occasion of my taking up—this time last year—the duties of the Chair of Military Medicine here, and indeed ever since. He who so largely assisted, in his day, to establish and to teach sound principles of medicine, particularly as applied to the treatment of tropical disease, with an energy and force of character all his own, in handing me the torch, which I was proud to receive at his hands, did so in a spirit which showed what manner of man he was, his one thought being for the good of this school, in the interests of which he had worked so vigorously and efficiently for twenty-three years. On his retirement, Grentlemen, his many friends in the Services freely subscribed for an oil painting of him, which I am glad to say is now nearly completed, and which I hope may ere long find an honom- able place here at Netley. Further, Gentlemen, it is a great pleasure to me to be able to tell you that Dr. Mac- lean is now engaged in collecting, revising, and partially re-writing his many valuable contributions on the subject of tropical medicine, which it is his intention soon to publish in the form of a new work, which will, I have no doubt, be hailed by the profession generally, and particu- larly by army surgeons. Gentlemen, I have yet one