238 M. C. COOKE ON EARLY MEMORIES OF THE Q.M.C. 



burvivor amongst the oldest members. Throughout the Avhole of 

 the first quarter of a century of its existence, I suppose that I 

 was not without a seat on its Committee, in some capacity or 

 other, more than for two or three years, and consequently had 

 a voice in the shaping of its destinies. I think that all of us who 

 took an active part in its organisation were highly gratified, and 

 I think I may say astonished, at the rapidity and thoroughness 

 of its success. Long may it prosper as a worthy monument to 

 the memory of its founders ! 



Note. — As it is very probable that the man in honour of whose memory 

 the Club was named may be but a shadow to some, it will not, perhaps, 

 be amiss to give some few particulars as to his career, and one or two 

 references to more extended biographies. 



John Thomas Quekett was the youngest son of the head-master 

 of Langport Grammar School, Somerset, and was born in 1815. He was 

 apprenticed to his brother Edwin, a surgeon in London; studied at the 

 London Hospital, and became a M.E.C.S. in 1840. He was appointed 

 Assistant Conservator of the Hunterian Museum in 1843, and on the 

 retirement of Professor Owen, in 1856, he was appointed his successor and 

 Professor of Histology, which post he held until his death. He was 

 elected a F.K.S. in 1860, and died in 1861. He was Secretary to the 

 Microscopical Society of London for nineteen years, and elected as its 

 President shortly before his decease. Of course, his book, " A Practical 

 Treatise on the Use of the Microscope," is well known, as well as his 

 " Lectures on Histology," always of great service to microscopists. See 

 Mr. Farrant's Presidential Address, Mic. Soc. Lond., 1862; Mr. Michael's 

 Presidential Address, Roy. Mic. Soc, 1895 ; Dictionary National Biography, 

 etc., etc. 



