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the kindness and hospitality they offered not only during the days 

 of his last illness, but throughout the period of their close friend- 

 ship. 



Plimmer was a Fellow of numerous scientific and medical 

 societies. The first society of which he became a member was the 

 Eoyal Microscopical, in 1883, soon after he was qualified. He 

 always took a keen interest in the work of this Society, and on 

 several occasions he gave demonstrations of his microscopical 

 preparations. He also showed his preparations at the meetings of 

 other societies. The specimens were justly admired, for he 

 possessed a wonderful microscopical technique and was always 

 making efforts to improve his methods. He never wearied showing 

 his specimens or other technical details to his friends and colleagues ; 

 evenings were often spent alone and with his friends in the study 

 of critical illumination and in discussions of technique. 



He was elected to the Council of this Society in 1883, and was 

 President in 1911-1912. 



In 1887 he was elected to the Sydenham District Medical 

 Society ; became President in 1894, and Honorary Member in 1896. 



He was a member of the Medical Kesearch Club from 1894 to 

 1911 ; his resignation was due to the fact that he could not attend 

 the meetings during the time that he was President of the Eoyal 

 Microscopical Society. 



He was a member of the Physiological Society from 1894 to 

 1913, and also of the Pathological Society. 



The Linnean Society elected him a Fellow in 1890, and 

 appointed him to the Council in 1917. 



His other Societies were : — The Eoyal Medical and Chirurgical 

 and Eoyal Society of Medicine (1901) ; The Eoyal Institution 

 (1902), of which he was Visitor in 1914-16 ; Association of 

 Economic Biologists (1917), of which he was a member of the 

 Council from 1917. 



He was the only English member of the Deutsche Komite fur 

 Krebsforschung, and was also a member of the Deutsche Patho- 

 logische Gesellschaft. He knew many of the foreign Bacteriolo- 

 gists and Pathologists intimately, and was welcomed during his 

 many visits to their laboratories on the Continent. His work was 

 as well known to his foreign colleagues as it was to those at home. 



II, — Scientific, Artistic and Liteeary Works. 



During his partnership with Sydney Turner and Galton, Plimmer 

 performed a great deal of surgery, and would undoubtedly have attained 

 the position of a great surgeon if he had specialized in that direction. 

 Amongst his surgical cases must be mentioned : (1) A case of Hysterec- 

 tomy ; (2) a case of Ectopic Gestation. These were remarkable opera- 



