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admirers the excellent portrait statue of him from the chisel of Foley, 

 which stands in the Hall of the College of Physicians, and which will 

 present to future generations a most truthful and characteristic image 

 of the man as he yet lives in all our memories. 



Of Dr. Stokes, as he appeared in private life, this is scarcely the 

 fitting place to speak. But those who were admitted to his intimacy 

 can never lose the impression made by personal contact with his fine 

 intellect and his genial nature. He was eminently a many-sided man : 

 sensible to the charm of poetry, of painting, of music, delighting in 

 the play of humour, responsive to every touch of tender feeling ; with 

 strong convictions, yet of a thoroughly tolerant temper; sincerely 

 pious, without bigotry or ostentation ; free from intellectual narrow- 

 ness, and without the least tincture of jealousy, welcoming and 

 honouring merit wherever it appeared. The warmth of his affections 

 was attested by many life-long friendships, and his kindness to the 

 poor and suffering is remembered with gratitude in many an humble 

 home. 



His life was a useful and a noble one, guided by lofty motives, and 

 directed to worthy ends. A true patriot, he pursued, with dis- 

 interested zeal, the objects he thought most important for the interests 

 and honour of Ireland ; and his country will long cherish his memory 

 with affectionate pride. 



Fleetwood Churchill was an Englishman by birth, but, soon after 

 having taken his Degree of M. D. at Edinburgh, settled in Dublin, and 

 from the first devoted himseK to the obstetric branch of medicine, in 

 which he enjoyed a very extensive practice, and achieved a high 

 reputation. His writings on the Diseases of Women, on Midwifery, 

 and on the Diseases of Children, are works of great merit, and were 

 long the established text-books on these subjects. In 1848 the Uni- 

 versity of Dublin conferred on him the Honorary Degree of M. D., 

 and about the same time he was elected an Honorary Eellow of the 

 King and Queen's College of Physicians. In 1856 he became Eing's 

 Professor of Midwifery in the School of Physic. During the years 

 1867-8 he filled the office of President of the College of Physicians. 

 "When retiring from practice in 1875, he presented to that College his 

 large and valuable collection of ancient and modern obstetrical works; 

 and the College directed his portrait, an excellent likeness, by Thomas 



