250 SURG.-GEN. C. A. GORDON, M.D., C.B., ETC., ON 
the students go through their studies most satisfactorily, pass 
excellent examinations, and become thoroughly good and trust- 
worthy medical officers. They possess many virtues, and nobody 
knows it better than I do, for I was one of their teachers for many 
years, and I have a great personal regard for them. They are a 
kindly hearted and loyal people, and if you treat them well they will 
treat you well; but it is a mistake to judge men of one race 
entirely from the standpoint of another; you must give and 
take and make allowances. The natives of India come here and 
compete with Europeans and often take good places. Therefore in 
dealing with that part of the Paper that relates to medicine, and 
which naturally interests me most, I cannot help taking the 
medicine of the present day and comparing it with that of the past, 
and feel that we have no reason to be ashamed of our common. 
ancestry. We speak of our Aryan brethren and there is nothing 
in our common ancestry that we have any reason to be ashamed of. 
When our immediate ancestors were painted savages, paddling 
about in canoes in England, learned Brahmins were teaching 
astronomy, medicine, and other sciences, which at that time, with 
them, were ancient studies. 
The Paper is very interesting, and embraces an enormous 
amount of matter which has given rise to some valuable discussion ; 
therefore I ask the meeting to return a hearty vote of thanks to 
Dr. Gordon, which I hope will be conveyed to him by his son, 
Mr. Gordon, who has read the Paper so well. 
The vote of thanks was carried nem. con., and Mr. Gordon 
having, on behalf of his father and himself, cordially expressed 
his acknowledgments to the Chairman and to the Members. 
The Meeting was then adjourned. 
