Francis Richardson Cross

sometimes referred with very natural pride. It was in 1878 that he was invited to come to University College, Bristol, as Lecturer in Anatomy, and in the same year he was appointed Assistant Surgeon to the Bristol Royal Infirmary. A year later he became full surgeon, and in 1880 he was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at University College. Thus, to use his own expression, he had not been long in Bristol before he " got pitchforked into a lot of work." Very shortly after this he turned his attention specially to ophthalmology. He became a member of the newly-formed Ophthalmological Society in 1881, and was a frequent contributor to its Transactions. In 1882 he was appointed Surgeon to the Bristol Eye Hospital. This institution, founded in 1810, had lapsed into a somewhat torpid state. Cross's energy and ability quickly made themselves felt. He soon became so busy both with his private and hospital work that he decided to give up general surgery. In 1885 he was appointed Ophthalmic Surgeon to the Bristol Royal Infirmary, a post