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ginning of the realization of a fond dream that Dr. William Pep- 

 per had entertained for many years, that a happy time would 

 come when well-equipped laboratories with adequate endowment 

 would offer the chance for original investigation in medical sci- 

 ence. The establishment of this laboratory was followed by Dr. 

 Pepper's gift of the Laboratory of Clinical Medicine, in 1895, 

 founded in memory of his father, the late Dr. William Pepper. 

 The laboratory is a large building of four floors, admirably adapt- 

 ed to the purposes of original work. The gift is unique, in that 



Laboratory or Htoiene. 



it is made for the specific purpose of promoting and stimulating 

 original research and improvements in methods of diagnosing 

 and treating the diseases of human beings, and of giving ad- 

 vanced and special instruction to men who have already obtained 

 the degree of Doctor of Medicine. The University Hospital will 

 thus serve new uses in the promotion of knowledge, and the in- 

 vestigating laboratory in close connection gives the strongest 

 possible expression to the influence of scientific work upon prac- 

 tical medicine. Dr. William H. Welch said, " To the small num- 

 ber of existing clinical laboratories, the William Pepper Labora- 

 tory of Clinical Medicine is a most notable addition, being the 

 first laboratory of the kind in this country, and it is not sur- 

 passed by any in foreign countries." 



The twelve years' existence of the veterinary department of the 

 university has measured the most eventful and prosperous period 



