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VOL. IX. SEPTEMBER, 1916 No. 8 



DR. T. WESLEY MILLS. 

 By Robert Campbell, M.A., D.D. 



Dr. T. Wesley Mills was a native of the town of 

 Brockville, Ontario, where he was born on 22nd Febru- 

 ary, 1847. He enjoyed the great advantage of a univer- 

 siey course in Arts before entering upon the study of 

 medicine, in that respect resembling some of the most 

 eminent of the physicians of Montreal and of the profes- 

 sors of the Medical Faculty of McGill, Dr. G. W. Camp- 

 bell, Dean of that Faculty, half a century ago, Dr. R. P. 

 Howard, who- succeeded him in that distinguished office, 

 Dr. George Ross, also, his successor, were graduates in 

 Arts as well as in Medicine, as was also Sir William 

 Osier. The sharpening of the intellect, the acquisition 

 of powers of observation, and of habits of close reason- 

 ing, the widening of view, the refinement of taste, all 

 that is implied in culture and thoughtfulness, constitute 

 a fine foundation for professional studies to rest on, 

 and Dr. Wesley Mills acquired these qualifications in 

 full measure by his Arts' course in Toronto University, 

 in which he graduated B.A. in 1871, and M. A. in 1872. 

 All the productions of his pen have a distinct literary 

 flavour. 



Making choice of the physician's profession, he took 

 his course of training therefor in the Medical Faculty of 

 McGill, which then, as to-day, was manned by a body of 



