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Brongniart, the distinguished botanist and palaeo- 

 botanist, I wrote to ask him for an introduction to 

 the eminent aurist. The result was that I received 

 an extremely kind letter from M. Meniere, inviting 

 me to Paris, and offering to give me all the assist- 

 ance in his power. I at once availed myself of his 

 kindness, and spent day after day in his consulting- 

 room. 



I there studied his cases and became familiar 

 with his instruments and the method of their em- 

 ployment. After this training I returned to London, 

 where I received some further assistance and 

 instruction from Mr. Toynbee and Mr. Harvey, 

 then the two aurists of London, and I finally re- 

 turned to Manchester to try how best to prac- 

 tise all I had learnt. I gathered together at my 

 house a few influential friends to consult on the 

 subject, and a resolution was adopted that we must 

 establish an institution in Manchester for the treat- 

 ment of aural diseases. My old friend, William 

 Romaine Callender, afterwards one of the members 

 for Manchester, suggested that he and I should 

 together canvas the leading merchants of the district 

 for subscriptions wherewith to support such an 

 institution. We did so, and not wholly unsuccess- 

 fully. The Institution was established, and Sir 

 James Bardsley, the leading local physician, accepted 

 the office of president, and for long afterwards took 

 the greatest interest in our scheme. A committee 

 was formed. My brother-in-law, Mr. Bateson Wood, 



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