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After his graduation he proceeded to Strasburg, where he 

 spent two years in the scientific laboratories of Schmiede- 

 berg, Hoppe Seyler, and Golz. While he carried on inves- 

 tigations upon the medicinal effects of the salts of nickel and 

 cobalt under the direction of O. Schmiedeberg, the father 

 of modern pharmacology, he acquired that interest in the 

 action of drugs which he maintained throughout his life. 

 With Hoppe Seyler he made some observations upon the 

 formation of crystals of haemoglobin. With Golz he found 

 himself in harmony through their common sympathy with 

 the mechanical conception and explanations of bodily 

 functions. 



Returning to Scotland he presented his Alma Mater with 

 a thesis for which he received the degree of Doctor of 

 Medicine and a gold medal. He was appointed assistant 

 to Professor William Rutherford in the department of 

 physiology. He conducted the classes in practical histology 

 and physiology. He also had the general direction of the 

 laboratory. In 1883 he was successful in his application 

 for the joint Chair of Anatomy and Physiology in the 

 University of Sydney. In the same year he came to Sydney 

 and commenced his life's work in the cause of medical 

 education in New South Wales. He was elected Dean of 

 the Faculty of Medicine, a position that he held for thirty 

 seven years. 



He was elected a member of this Society in 1883. In 

 1885 he was a member of the committee of the Medical 

 Section of the Society, and in 1890 and 1891 he was chair- 

 man of the Section. In 1889 he was elected to the Couucil 

 of the Society and retained his seat until 1902. In 1892 

 he served as Hon. Secretary, and in 1893 he was chosen to be 

 President. From 1894 to 1899 he was one of the Vice- 

 Presidents. In 1906 he was again elected President, and 

 later served for two years as a Vice-President. In 1915 

 and 1916 he was chosen as Chairman of the newly formed 



C-May 5, 1920. 



