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lectures, such as that on the " Progress of Preventive Medicine in the 

 Victorian Era " (President's address to the Epidemiological Society, 

 1 887) ; " Diphtheria, its Natural History and Prevention " (Milroy 

 Lectures, 1891), are known to a wide public. The Milroy Lectures 

 were indeed a conspicuous example of his ability to set out a highly 

 complex subject in effective fashion. In many ways Thome showed 

 that he had at heart the best interests of the profession to which he 

 belonged, and after his appointment in 1895 by the Crown to the 

 General Medical Council, he took a leading part in the deliberations 

 of that body. Here, as all through his career, men recognised him as 

 of independent stamp, clear sighted, conscientiously striving to 

 determine the right course, and above all tenacious of his purpose. 

 In short, his were qualities needed in the holder of a high office in 

 our Civil Service, and he made use of them in a way which called 

 alike for the admiration and for the gratitude of the country. 



W. H. P. 



