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after a lingering illness borne witli heroic courage. About 

 twelve months before his death he learnt that he was 

 suffering from what was, in all probability, a fatal malady* 

 He determined to continue his usual occupations. With 

 wonderful bravery be delivered his usual lectures at the 

 Medical School of the University and attended the numer- 

 ous meetings demanded by his many activities. As the 

 disease progressed, increasing weakness limited his work; 

 but he struggled to carry out his daily tasks until the end 

 of the year preceding his decease. Even when it taxed 

 his strength to the utmost he was driven slowly in his car 

 to the University and he walked painfully with tottering 

 steps over the short distance to his room. He mounted to 

 the lecture theatre by resting once or twice in chairs on 

 the way. He lectured from an easy seat and used an 

 electric torch of his own design to point out what he 

 wished on the diagrams mounted on the screens beside him. 

 His mental powers remained unimpaired to the last, though 

 bodily enfeeblement made it impossible for him to continue 

 for long discussion and argument with others. The stead- 

 fastness of purpose which was so conspicuous a feature of 

 his character, was never revealed with greater nobility 

 than in these last months of life. 



Thomas Peter Anderson Stuart was born at Dumfries in 

 the South of Scotland on June 20th, 1856. He received 

 his early education at the well known Dumfries Academy. 

 For almost a year he was at school in Wolfeubottel, Han- 

 over, where he acquired some considerable knowledge of 

 the German language. In 1875 he entered upon medical 

 studies at the University of Edinburgh. Each year he 

 travelled abroad to extend his opportunities for learning 

 European languages. In this way he obtained an acquaint- 

 ance with the French, Italian, and German tongues. In 

 1880 he graduated in medicine and obtained the Ettles 

 Scholarship, the blue ribbon of the University of Edinburgh. 



