In memoriam, Daniel John Leech, J.P., M.D., D.Sc., F.R.C.P.

  • Wild, Robert Briggs.
Date:
[1900]
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Credit: In memoriam, Daniel John Leech, J.P., M.D., D.Sc., F.R.C.P. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of Materia Medica and Therapeutics. At the time of his appointment the Owens College possessed no Materia Medica Museum, and Dr. Leech set about supplying this want with the greatest energy ; with the aid of the College Authorities and at no small cost to himself he has formed one of the finest Museums of Materia Medica in this country. He has also organised a department for experimental pharmacology, a pharmaceutical department in which instruction is given to medical students in dispensing and practical pharmacy, and also a pharmaceutical school for the education of pharmacists. He made himself master of his own subject, kept himself constantly up to date, and early recognised the growing importance of experimental pharmacology, which was at that time but little recognised in this country. Many generations of students will remember his lectures on pharmacology and therapeutics which were thoroughly scientific, but nevertheless bore the stamp of his eminently practical mind and wide experience of the needs of actual practice. Great as were Dr. Leech’s services in his own department, his services to the Owens College were equally great in a wider sphere. Successively a member of the Senate, the Council and the Court of Governors, he took a deep interest in the develop- ment of all departments of the College, and bore a leading part in the organisation of the Medical Faculty of the Victoria University. Since the Charter was obtained and the University established he has given much of his best work on its behalf. For many years a member of the Council and the Court, a Chairman of Convocation, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and the represent- ative of the University upon the General Medical Council, he has had an influential voice in guiding the policy of the growing University and instituting a high standard for its degrees. In recognition of his services he received in 1895 the degree of D.Sc. of the Victoria University honoris causd. During his term of office on the General Medical Council, the revision of the British Pharmacopoeia afforded him an opportunity of utilising his special knowledge as a member of the Phar- macopoeia Committee, and the value of his work was recognised