198 ADDRESS IN SURGERY TO BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 



Mr. President, before I sit down, I must make an apology for the large 

 share which my own performances have had in this address. For this defect 

 I crave your kind indulgence, and only beg you to believe that I am actuated 

 by other than selfish motives. For sure I am that, however much the means 

 of carrying out the antiseptic principle may come to vary from those which we 

 now use, the principle itself will certainly be ultimately recognized as the most 

 important of all those that shall guide the practice of surgery ; and the sooner 

 our profession is aware of this, the better will it be for suffering humanity. 



