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38 the benefit of his viva voce instructions, it should be known that he possessed the greatest sagacity in the prompt discovery of disease, —that his strong and well informed mind had recourse to every rational method of restoring health, without the use of the knife, —and that when an operation became necessary, he performed it with firmness and admirable dexterity. Those who were students at the Hospital can never forget his instructive remarks at the bed-side, most kindly conveyed to the surrounding listeners ; and they will often recollect with pleasure, the easy and happy manner in which, in the lecture-room, instruction was imparted. Whilst earnestly inculcating the necessity of accurately distinguishing one disease from another to which it bore close resemblance, he would �