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pathology, and morphology, occupied Goodsir ; whilst 

 starfishes and the invertebrata so largely claimant of 

 his earlier days, were no longer so exclusive with 

 Forbes, extending his natural history survey over 

 Europe, and with felicitous results in the Mediter- 

 ranean. 



In April 1839, Dr. Knox, anticipating the loss of 

 his " Brother Fred's " services, solicited John Goodsir 

 to join him in the anatomical lectureship, or, failing 

 that, to arrange for his brother Harry taking charge of 

 the "Practical Rooms." Being desirous, above all 

 things, of lecturing in Edinburgh, Goodsir would at 

 once have acceded to Knox's proposal, had he not been 

 at that time in negotiation with the Dean of the Medi- 

 cal Faculty regarding the conservatorship of the Uni- 

 versity Museum. That Goodsir expected to move to 

 Edinburgh, is shown by his taking No. 21 Lothian 

 Street in May 1839 as a residence for himself and 

 Forbes. Harry could not be spared from his father's 

 practice. 



The meeting of Professor Jameson with Mr. Good- 

 sir in October 1838, alluded to in a previous page, and 

 the growing belief that the museums of the University 

 required reformation to meet the wants of anatomical 

 and natural science, initiated a conference of the 

 Medical Faculty. Early in 1839, the said faculty 

 reported to the patrons of the University that the 

 preparations of human and comparative anatomy, 

 healthy and morbid, should have a special conservator. 

 Professor Syme, who took untiring interest in the pro- 



