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'' Show me something " ; the much flattered recipient of this order would 

 then demonstrate a new preparation, or a new instrument, or tell some 

 new fact. Osier would commend or criticise, but always with a humorous 

 twinkle in his eye. Once he stopped the writer of this article, and in the 

 middle of the street informed him that he considered that " all cytologists 

 had well-developed imaginations." 



Those who know his Principles and Practice will have noted how his 

 gentle wit appears here and there between the lines. Soon after his appear- 

 ance at Oxford, there were many good stories of his witty sayings whilst he 

 took his students round the wards. 



Osier's activities went beyond the pale of literature and medicine. He 

 was wont to address religious meetings for men, and during the time the 

 cadet corps were in existence, he did a great deal in this way at Oxford. A 

 lecture by Osier on the History of Medicine was a special event looked 

 forward to by many ; he had a splendid collection of historical, scientific 

 and medical works which were brought out at each lecture. His publications, 

 covering a wide field in medicine, literature, and religion, ran to several 

 hundreds in number. 



Called to a consultation at Glasgow at about the time of the railway 

 strike, he was finally stranded at Newcastle, and caught a chill on his motor 

 journey back to Oxford. Complications set in, and on the evening of 

 December 29 this great man passed away. Our sympathy is with his 

 widow. Lady Osier, who has proved such a worthy mate to her distinguished 

 and much-beloved husband. 



An Innovation 



A thing almost unheard of hitherto in Britain happened on June 8, 

 when a number of private gentlemen gave a complimentary dinner to the 

 " Royal Army Medical Department, and the eminent civilians attached to 

 it during the war," in appreciation of their services to the country, Lieut. - 

 General Sir Alfred Keogh, G.C.B., being the guest of the evening. Medical 

 science and practice labour, as we know, generally with very little recog- 

 nition from the country — though plenty of it from our Sovereign ; and a 

 tribute such as this one has been very much appreciated, not only by the 

 medical profession, but by men of science. We should, therefore, like to 

 record here a full list of the hosts who gave us this fine banquet, and this 

 still finer compliment. They were : The Viscount Burnham, the Earl of 

 Derby, the Earl of Donoughmore, the Viscount St. Davids, Lord Desborough, 

 Sir John Ellerman, the Earl Fitzwilliam, Sir Alan Hutchings, Sir Heath 

 Harrison, Vesey C. M. Holt, Esq., Lord Harris, Lord Inchcape, the Viscount 

 Knutsford, the Marquess of Lansdowne, Sir Walter Lawrence, Lord Lee of 

 Fareham, the Earl of Midleton, Sir Wm. B. Peat, Sir Ivor Phillips, Lord 

 Queenborough, Sir Samuel Scott, the Marquess of Salisbury, Lord Somerley- 

 ton, Major-General the Rt. Hon. J. E. B. Seely, the Earl of Scarborough, 

 Sir Arthur Stanley, the Rt. Hon. H. J. Tennant, Lord Edmund Talbot, 

 Sir Edward Ward, Lord Wavertree. The Earl of Midleton, K.P., presided, 

 and made a very eloquent and appreciative and appreciated speech, and 

 was supported by Mr. Winston Churchill and Earl Haig. Sir Alfred Keogh, 

 Sir John Goodwin, and Sir George Makins replied. Probably few dinners 

 during the season have been more thoroughly enjoyed by everyone. The 

 occasion opens certain vistas to the vision. Would it not be good if, instead 

 of the eternal political banquet, our aristocracy would sometimes follow the 

 example set by the members of it mentioned above, and show to the people 

 of Britain that som.e of them at least remember the existence of those humble 

 things the Sciences and the Arts ? 



