The Medico-Chirurgical Society of Edinburgh Fifty Years Ago—Valedictory Address

Valedictory Address

The Influence of the Tissues of the Body on the Incidence and the Treatment of Disease. President's Valedictory Address

Valedictory Address

Gentlemen,?I have now to occupy the Chair for the last time as your President. Two years ago, when by your kindness you placed me in it, I ventured to promise that if I could not be a brilliant Chairman, at least I would try to be a diligent one, and regular in my attendance. I have not missed one minute of the meetings of the Society during these two years, except when in May 1892, by the orde...

Valedictory Address by the Retiring President

In relinquishing the duties of the chair this evening, I have to express the interest and pleasure with which I have presided at these meetings and listened to the communications and debates of the Society during my term of office as your President for the last two years. And while I thanked you at the commencement of my career for the honour you then conferred upon me in my election to that di...

Valedictory Address

Gentlemen, my period of office has now come to an end, and, before vacating this Chair in favour of the distinguished surgeon whom you have elected as my successor, I desire to express to you, as I did when you elected me, my most sincere and grateful thanks for the honour you did me in electing me your President. I would also like to thank the members of the Society for the kind consideration ...