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Dr. Beale was a self-contained man, at least in his later years, of 

 somewhat less than the middle height, with good features and a pleasant 

 smile. He was remarkable for scarcely showing signs of his age until his 

 last illness, and always gave the impression of a busy and happy man, 

 enjoying his scientific work and his garden with almost equal constancy. 

 His old friend, Mr. H. T. Wells, R.A., painted an admirable portrait which 

 will faithfully transmit his features to a distant day. 



Dr. Beale's reputation was early established as a histologist, an original 

 observer, and a skilful investigator, while his beautiful drawings added 

 greatly to the value of his anatomical papers and of both his completed 

 volumes on the same subject. He was admitted to the Eoyal Society in 

 1857,* and gave the Croonian Lectures in 1865 on the termination and 

 destruction of the ultimate nerve-fibres. 



In 1871 the College of Physicians awarded him the Baly medal, a 

 distinction shared by him with Sharpey, Claude Bernard, Carl Ludwig, 

 Brown-Sequard, Heidenhain, Burdon-Sanderson, Michael Foster, Maurice 

 Schiff, Gaskell, Schafer, Pavy, Langley, and Pavloff. The College also 

 appointed him Luinleian Lecturer in 1875, when he chose for his subject 

 " Life and Vital Action in Health and Disease." 



As a lecturer, he was clear, accurate, and instructive ; as an examiner, 

 patient, and sound in judgment. Strongly as he held his own views, he 

 never judged a candidate by his opinions, but by an impartial estimate of his 

 knowledge and ability. As a physician, he was courteous, shrewd, and 

 practical ; as a colleague, honourable, and friendly. 



Apart from his distinction as a practising physician, a demonstrator, and 

 lecturer, Beale deserves lasting reputation as a histologist. His first 

 investigations were on points of animal chemistry : the absence of chlorides 

 in pneumonia, ' Medico- Chirurgical Trans.' (1852), and the methods of 

 identifying glycose in the urine (1853). Then came observations on the 

 minute anatomy of the liver ('Phil. Trans.,' 1856). His methods of soaking 

 tissues in dilute acid solutions led to valuable results in tracing the course of 

 ultimate nerve-fibres, and his staining with carmine was a fruitful method of 

 investigation. When he began his investigations, the admirable work of 

 Bowman on the histology of renal structures and of muscular fibres was the 

 most striking advance in this country, and Beale's close relations with Dr. Todd 

 and Mr. Bowman were of great importance. He also had the merit of 

 distinguishing between the structure Protoplasm or, as he called it, Bioplasm, 



* Copy of extract from Certificate of Dr. Lionel Smith Beale, February 4, 1856: — 



The author of (1) a paper on the " Minute Structure of the Liver," ordered for 

 publication in the ' Phil. Trans.' for the present year ; (2) a paper on the 

 " Absence of the Chlorides in the Urine in cases of Pneumonia," published in 

 the ' Medico-Chirurgical Transactions'; (3) a work on the 'Microscope, and 

 its Application to Clinical Medicine,' 1854. 

 Distinguished for his acquaintance with the sciences of Physiology and Pathological 

 Chemistry. 



