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Continued Fevers of Great Britain," and on " The Functional Diseases 

 of the Liver." 



The opportunities for observation which his position as Physician 

 to the London Fever Hospital afforded, were used by him so diligently 

 that he was able in this work to lay down the distinctions between the 

 various continued fevers as regards their causes, symptoms, and patho- 

 logical conditions with great clearness and accuracy ; and thus he 

 contributed in no inconsiderable degree to the general acceptance of 

 the views now held regarding the etiology of typhoid fever, and which 

 have already been of such service in regard to its prevention. 



His work on " Disease of the Liver" was characterised, like all his 

 other writings, by such careful observation of facts and accuracy of 

 statement, as to render it a most useful aid in the diagnosis of the 

 diseases of which it treated. 



As a teacher of clinical medicine, Murchison has left few equals in 

 this country. The system he followed was modified on that of his old 

 teacher, Dr. Hughes Bennett. The essential part of the plan was 

 first to excite the attention of the students by skilfully putting ques- 

 tions, and then to satisfy the desire for information which he had thus 

 awakened, instead of at once stating to them facts in which they took 

 no interest. The extent of his knowledge and his methodical habit of 

 mind, combined with the admirable plan of teaching which he adopted, 

 left a deep impression on the students whom he taught, and his per- 

 sonal influence will long be felt in his writings. He was elected a 

 Fellow of the Royal Society in 1866. 



Akthue Hat, 9th Marquis of Tweeddale, President of the Zoological 

 Society of London, was born on the 9th November, 1824, the second 

 son of his father, the previous Marquis, who was a Field-Marshal, and 

 a welh known Peninsular veteran. In April, 1841, Lord Arthur Hay, 

 as he was then called, obtained a commission in the Grenadier Guards, 

 and, on obtaining the rank of Captain in 1842, proceeded to India as 

 Aide-de-camp to his father, who was at that time Commander-in- 

 Chief at Madras. It was at this period of his life that Lord Arthur 

 Hay made the acquaintance of the late Dr. Jerdon, the distinguished 

 Indian naturalist, who was then Assistant- Surgeon at Fort St. George. 

 The two saw much of each other, and worked together at various 

 branches of natural history; and the friendship thus formed was 

 renewed when Dr. Jerdon retired from the Service and returned to 

 England in 1869. At the commencement of the Sutlej Campaign of 

 1845-46 Lord Arthur Hay was appointed Aide-de-camp to Lord Har- 

 dinge, the Commander-in-Chief, and was present on his Staff at the 

 decisive battle of Sobraon. On the 9th March, 1846, the Treaty was con- 

 cluded by which the whole of the hill territory west of the Sutlej and 



