Address of Sir James Alderson, President of the Royal College of Physicians, to the Fellows on the 11th April, 1870.

  • Alderson, James, Sir, 1794-1882.
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[1870?]
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Credit: Address of Sir James Alderson, President of the Royal College of Physicians, to the Fellows on the 11th April, 1870. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ciated with the affairs of the College. He was one of the last of the ancient body of Elects, and cheerfully assented, together with his colleagues, to the extindlion of the privileges which they enjoyed under the Act of Parliament of Henry VIII. He had filled the office of Censor, and had given the Harveian Oration, but since what may be termed the period of our revolution, he has taken no part in the business of our College. As a scholar he was an ornament to the Profession; and his kindness and cheerfulness, and his possession of many genial qualities, made him welcome in social life, and endeared him to many friends who enjoyed his society to the last. Dr. John Bright may be considered a type of the old Physician, and as such we may well regret his loss. Sir Charles Hood’s decease at an early period of life, demands a tribute of regret, whilst we render justice to meritorious qualities which had placed him in a forward position as Visitor of Lunatics to the Lord Chancellor. Seventeen Members have been admitted. Six have died, viz. :— Dr. Septimus Wray. Dr. John Grant Stewart. Dr. Henry Goode Wright. Dr. James Ramsay Atkins. Dr. James Nichols, and Dr. McLoughlin. Of these I would not willingly pass over the name of Dr. Me Loughlin, without a word; though his advanced age and perhaps failing powers had almost removed him from general