down from Mead and Heberden ; and, with a liberality which is less 

 common, he showed no jealousy of yonnger men sharing in his good 

 fortune. Not one, but five or six of those who were rising in the pro- 

 fession, owed much of their success to his help. His name was 

 familiar to the public, and his practice increased beyond his power to 

 overtake his engagements. It is supposed that for several years he 

 made as large an income as that of Sir Astley Cooper in 1814. But 

 the fortune which he left at his death was, it is well known, only in 

 part the result of his professional earnings. 



Sir William Gull was independent in his relations with his patients, 

 and was always glad to devolve as much of his work as he could upon 

 younger colleagues. He also found time for the punctual performance 

 of the public duties which his position imposed upon him. On the 

 Council of this Society, on the Senate of the University of London, 

 on the General Medical Council, and on that of the Association for 

 the Advancement of Medicine by Research, he was a constant and 

 influential attendant. He went through the various offices of 

 Lecturer, Councillor, Orator, and Censor in the College of Physicians, 

 and was generally looked^ to as its next President at the time of his 

 last illness. 



This was in the long vacation of 1887 just before his return to 

 Brook Street to resume his work. He was attacked with apoplexy 

 while walking in his grounds in Perthshire ; and, though the attack 

 soon passed off, its significance was apparent, and to none more so than 

 to the patient. He gave up practice and spent the -next two years 

 partly at Eastbourne and partly near Reigate. Repeated returns of 

 his disorder, with varying severity, were watched by him with intelli- 

 gent interest and full appreciation of their meaning. His intellectual 

 faculties were spared him to the last, and nothing became him better 

 than the fortitude and clear-sightedness with which he watched the 

 process of decay, the friendly relations which he kept up or renewed 

 with old colleagues or pupils or rivals, and the resigned submission 

 with which he awaited the end. This came in a sudden and painless 

 attack on the morning of the 28th of January in the present year. A 

 few days later he was buried in the churchyard of his native village, 

 beside his father and mother's grave, attended by representatives of 

 his University, of the Royal Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons, of 

 Guy's Hospital, and by a crowd of colleagues, friends, and pupils. 



His striking appearance, his slow movements and deep voice, with 

 his grave, thoughtful, but kind and sympathising manner, admirably 

 fitted Sir William Gull to be an adviser and a helper in time of need. 

 Few physicians have so completely acquired and retained the con- 

 fidence of their patients. 



As a hospital teacher, his method was minute and elaborate in in- 

 vestigation, clear and comprehensive in diagnosis, sagacious in fore- 



