The History of Cell Respiration and Cytochrome

of heart and genuine sympathy which he showed towards his patients' (Munk's Roll, Vol. IV). These qualities were appreciated by the poorest as well as by the highest in the land. He was an excellent teacher of clinical medicine; and students at four hospitals-Charing Cross, the London, University College and Great Ormond Street Hospitals-valued and owed much to his instruction. Early in his career he contributed to medical knowledge in papers on the differentiation of basic from tuberculous meningitis and the serious significance of rheumatic nodules. His most important work was on infantile scurvy and its relation to rickets. The first paper in which he showed that 'Scurvy Rickets' was a definite disease and due to antiscorbutic deficiency in the diet appeared in 1883; and he made his further researches on the malady the subject of his Bradshaw Lecture to the Royal College of Physicians in 1894. Sir Thomas had a good knowledge of botany, geology and archaeology, while the Harveian Oration which he gave in 1916, and the Murtle Lecture on 'Fra Paolo Sarpi and His Time', show that he was also a man of letters and versed in medical history. He was President of the Royal College of Physicians from 1910 to 1915. Here he found scope for his administrative talents and maintained the dignity and prestige of the College. Always interested in the prevention of disease, he served on several Royal Commissions relating to public health. He helped many good causes and notably the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund. He was a total abstainer, and a non-smoker and died in his hundredth year. This interesting volume is a filial tribute by Miss Helen Barlow to her father's memory. It includes a foreword by her; a biographical sketch of Sir Thomas Barlow by his grandson, Andrew Barlow; Sir Thomas's Harveian Oration on 'Harvey, the Man and the Physician', the Murtle Lecture, the Bradshaw Lecture and a bibliography of his writings. This account of a great and good man will be welcomed by all readers and especially by those who knew him. ARTHUR S. MACNALTY