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the patients, been split up into no end of specialities. 

 But, at the same time, general pathology as a univer- 

 sity subject has been sinking into a more and more 

 subordinate position, from which not even the genius 

 of Cohnheim has been able to raise it. This state 

 of things cannot last for ever. When, at a future 

 date, classical surgery has been broken up into its 

 component parts, ophthalmology, gynecology, otology, 

 orthopedy, laryngology etc.; when the physicians 

 have distributed among themselves the viscera, hand- 

 ing over the lungs to one man, the kidneys to ano- 

 ther, the heart to this, the brain to that man; 

 when the whole of this natural development has been 

 completed and has found a permanent expression in 

 the order in which the subjects are arranged for 

 teaching purposes, then, no doubt, a want will be 

 felt for a subject which, like an Alma Mater, will be 

 able to gather her scattered brood under her wings. 

 It is the subject of General Pathology alone that can 

 and will supply this need." 



During the intervening fourteen years, a great deal 

 has been gained, but much still remains to be done. 



A great deal has been gained: A chair of general 

 pathology has been founded to rank among the ordi- 

 nary professorships of the University. Attached to this 

 post is a tolerably good bacteriological laboratory with 

 two assistants and accommodation for thirty-three stu- 

 dents. A medico-bacteriological course is now part of 

 the medical curriculum. For the last seven years a Sero- 

 therapeutic Department has been attached to the Labo- 

 ratory, allowing researches on immunity to be made on 

 a large scale, and this Department, I hoped, would deve- 

 lop into one for applied medical bacteriology also ser- 

 ving for purposes of teaching. Finally by means of a 



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