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This was the state of affairs as regards anatomy when Goodsir 

 took the reins. How thoroughly he did his work, restored and in- 

 creased the fame of the Edinburgh Anatomical School, need not be 

 recounted here. Earnestness, directness, and completeness were his 

 three great attributes as a teacher. Goodsir's collected works were 

 published by his successor, Sir Wm. Turner, in 1868. 



He died in 1867, his friend Edward 'Forbes having predeceased 

 him in 1854. The remains of both lie side by side in the Dean 

 Cemetery of Edinburgh, and close by are those of JOHN HUGHES 

 BENNETT, Professor of the Institutes of Medicine in Edinburgh 

 University from 1848 to 1871. 



Bennett's name remains associated with the introduction of 

 cod-liver oil in the treatment of phthisis, and with the discovery of 

 leucocythaemia. As a lecturer he was unsurpassed, his histrionic 

 gifts were great and he knew how to use them. Bennett was above 

 all a clinical teacher, and was one of the first to place microscopes in the 

 hands of students, so that they might work with them and observe 

 for themselves. His merit is great also in connection with the 

 introduction into the medical curriculum of what is now known as 

 Practical Physiology. He was one of its earliest pioneers and founders. 

 WM. RUTHERFORD (1839-1899), his successor, had a large share 

 in this work. 



WM. SHARPEY. 



1802-1880. 



THE little town of Arbroath rejoices in being the birthplace 

 of Wm. Sharpey and Charles Smart Roy (1854-1897). 



I well recollect Sharpey stating that he had the same 

 natal day as Harvey and Bismarck, viz., April 1st. He studied at 

 Edinburgh, graduated in 1823, and after travelling in Europe, in 

 1829 he returned to Edinburgh and began to lecture on anatomy. 

 In 1836 he succeeded Jones Quain in University College, London, 

 where he remained until he retired in 1874. He was for a long 

 time secretary to the Royal Society. Sharpey was a great teacher 

 rather than investigator, learned in all that pertained to anatomy 

 and physiology. His name is associated with " Sharpey's fibres " in 

 bone, the nails of Gagliardi (1723). He wrote the article Cilia in the 

 Cydopcedia of Anatomy and Physiology, by far the best account of 

 the subject in English. After a life spent in labouring for others 

 and inspiring others, he retired in 1874 and died in 1880. 



