94 PEOCEEDINOS OF THE 



College ot Surgeons, Ediuburgh. aud in 1859 was admitted 

 Licentiate of the College of Physicians there. 



His professioiuil duties were devoted to the care of the iusaue. 

 His first superintendencv was at Bucks County Asylum ; but in 

 1857 he was appointed Superintendent at Bethnal House Asylum, 

 London, where he had formerly been an assistant. His treat- 

 ment of those under his care was very snoeessful, and his sym- 

 pathy with the poor led to his writing ' A Plea for the Insane 

 Poor.' About 23 years ago he published a small handbook, 

 'Hints on Insanity,' being induced by the imperfect knowledge 

 possessed by the general practitioner with the forms needful for 

 admission of patients to asylums. 



Dr. !Millar was elected Fellow of the Liuneau Society on 17th 

 January, 1871 : he was also Fellow of the Geological and Eoyal 

 Microscopical Societies ; of the latter he was, during twenty 

 years, a Member of the Council. 



Although he did not directly contribute to the literature of 

 science, he spent much of his leisure in microscopical work, the 

 results of which were freely placed at the disposal of workers. 

 His special branch was the Spongida, and his reseiu'ches have 

 aided our knowledge of their structure. One species, which bores 

 into the shell of the ovster, has been named after him Alectona 

 Milhiri. 



During each winter he was compelled to be careful on account 

 of susceptibility to bronchial asthma. On January 9 last he was 

 advised to keep indoors, but. compelled to go out on business, 

 be caught a severe cold. In spite of the best medical skill, he 

 gradually became worse, and died 19th January, peacefully, in the 

 presence of his family . He was buried at Shii'ley . 



Dr. Millar's death is felt by a large circle of friends as a 

 personal calamity. Upright in character, devoid of deception, 

 and straightforward, he looked for the like return ; kind and 

 hearty in his hospitality, generous and good without ostentation : 

 such is the judgment of tho^e who knew him best. 



John Bkswick Perri>' was born in 18i3 at Abram, 34 miles 

 S.E. of AVigau, the son of a eoliiery -manager. He went to a 

 private school in his native place, afterwards moving to King's 

 College, London, where he proved himself a most enthusiastic 

 student, afterwards becoming a Fellow of the College, and Junior 

 Demonstrator of Anatomy in tlie College Hospital, acting as 

 Prof. Huxley's assistant during the lectures. Theuce he went to 

 Owens College, ^lauchester, as Demonstrator of Anatomy, but, 

 failing to obtain the Professoriate by the Chairman's casting vote, 

 he resigned, and settled in a private practice at Leigh, in Lan- 

 cashire. On Feb. 1, 1876, he married a daughter of Dr. James 

 Brideoake of that place, and three children were born to him. 



He was one of the first to call attention to the danger of dust 

 firing a mine, as well as fire-damp ; this he constantly kept before 



