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 Harvey," and in virtue of his translations of Aristotle and Galen, Doctor Payne placed him in the front rank of the medical Humanists, pointing out, further, as we well remember, how out of these scholarly efforts grew the scientific movement which led to a truly fertile study of biology.

, nine times elected President, must ever be revered here for his beneficent efforts. He erected a monument in St. Paul's Cathedral to Lin-acre, whom he is held to have taken as his model in life. Caius began our Volumes of Annals, and thus set an example to all succeeding Registrars, which has certainly been well followed to the present time. He instituted those "ensigns of honour" by which our President is distinguished amongst us. He was the first to introduce and teach practical anatomy in England. His scholarship and literary works, his method and precision rendered him one of the most noteworthy men our Profession has ever had in any country. We recall his efforts and munificence in refounding Gonville Hall at Cambridge, a College which has sent to us here, and still continues to send, some of our most distinguished Fellows and Members. Harvey's lines of thought and study were probably, as Doctor Payne suggests, much projected under the posthumous influence of the second founder of his College.