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At a special meeting of the College of Physicians, held Tuesday, April 1, 1879, on the occasion of the decease of the late President, Dr. George B. Wood, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted.

The Fellows assembled at the call of the College on the occasion of the decease of their late President, Dr. George B. Wood, respectfully offer to the memory of that excellent, venerated, and distinguished man, the homage of their profound sorrow and regard.

Resolved, That in his death they mourn, not only their own loss, but that also of the community in which he lived, the country to which he belonged, and the profession which he adorned; for his fame, his virtues, and his services, coextensive with all, were the common property of all, and shed a lustre on the American name and character.

Resolved, That by this sad event they lose a Christian gentleman, refined, courteous, and sincere, kind, benevolent, and considerate; one who, though not unconscious of high achievement, was yet modest and unassuming in disposition and demeanor; of elevated walk and noble aspirations; and upright, honorable, and consistent in all his conduct during a long life closed amid universal sympathy and regret.

Resolved, That assuming from the beginning of his career a prominent rank as a teacher of medicine, he greatly improved upon the existing methods of instruction, by introducing into the tuition, when natural objects were unattainable, the system of pictorial representation; and by his exactness, order, and exhaustive treatment of every topic, fixed the attention and enlightened the minds of the students; while by his pure moral principle, exemplary life, and blameless deportment, he embued them with his own deep sense of the dignity of man, and of the honor, usefulness, and responsibility of their profession.

Resolved, That the literary world is deprived by his death of a scholar of rare and varied attainments; well-read, not only in medicine and its