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ranks among the best. This in itself was an important service to 

 Canadian science and when is added to that the stimulus which his 

 enthusiasm imparted to others and the interest which his teaching 

 awakened in his students, some appreciation may be had of his ser- 

 vices to science in this land of his adoption. Professor Brodie was 

 with us but for eight brief years, yet what he accomplished here is not of 

 the present or the past, but is destined for full fruition in the years to 

 come. 



Professor Brodie was elected a Fellow of this Society in 1911, 

 and in that same year he was further honoured by being appointed 

 to the Croonian Lectureship of the Royal Society of London, the sub- 

 ject of his lecture being certain phases of important work that he had 

 accomplished on renal secretion, for the most part in his laboratory 

 in Toronto. Shortly after the outbreak of the war Dr. Brodie volun- 

 teered for active service and, with the rank of Captain, accompanied 

 No. 4 University of Toronto Base Hospital overseas. During the 

 stay of the contingent in England he began investigation in the London 

 Hospitals of the respiratory processes in connection with wounds and 

 disease, with so much promise of important results that he was de- 

 tached from the unit when it was sent to Saloniki, remaining in London 

 to carry on his observations. It was in this work that he was engaged 

 at the time of his death, latterly, however, adding to it the Superin- 

 tendentship of the Military Hospital at Ramsgate where, had he been 

 spared, his abilities would have been devoted to the re-education of 

 maimed soldiers in useful occupations. 



As a Physiologist Professor Brodie's chief strength lay in his oper- 

 ative skill and in the resourcefulness which enabled him to overcome 

 the difficulties always attendant upon experimental work. Clear in 

 his reasoning, accurate in expression and thorough in investigation, 

 Dr. Brodie has left several important contributions which bear the 

 stamp of originality and authority. He was not, however, a prolific 

 writer, his love of thoroughness sometimes withholding results, 

 quite worthy of publication, in the hope of further elucidation; his 

 unpublished manuscripts, when given to the world will but confirm 

 the reputation he has already achieved and awaken regret that he 

 could not have been spared to complete them to his own satisfaction. 



IV. — Address of Welcome to His Excellency The Duke of 

 Devonshire, Governor General, etc. 



On February 1st a delegation consisting of the President and 

 eleven other members of the Council wailed upon His Excellency 

 and submitted the following address: — 



