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combination of any English letters, but is a distinct elementary 

 Welsh sound. 



Dr. Bristowe has been President of many societies, and was, at 

 the time of his death, a member of the Vaccination Commission. 

 On leaving St. Thomas's at the expiration of his term of office money 

 was subscribed to institute a prize medal to his memory, and a portrait, 

 painted by his daughter, was hung in the committee room. It may 

 be here stated that Dr. Bristowe left behind him several sons and 

 daughters, all of whom are of exceptional ability. During the Chartist 

 riots he was sworn in as special constable, and he might then have 

 been seen in the night patrolling before his father's house, baton in 

 hand. 



Dr. Bristowe may be said to have been not only artistic in his 

 nature but endowed likewise with the true scientific spirit ; so that 

 everything he did was sound and accurate, and contained a solid 

 addition to existing knowledge. He not only had a profound 

 acquaintance with disease as presented by the living s abject, but 

 an equally profound knowledge of pathology, so that he had no 

 rivals in this subject, nor was there a better clinician. He was of 

 amiable and kindly disposition, and in every respect a good and an 

 honest man ; although possessed of superior knowledge, he was too 

 modest to assert himself, still less put forth his opinions as positive 

 or final ; he felt many problems in medicine were too difficult for 

 solution, and therefore he did not make the same impression on his 

 students as more confident and dogmatic men often do ; but the 

 older and more advanced students thoroughly appreciated his ex- 

 cellence. For the same reason he never had a large private practice, 

 for here positiveness and assertion have considerable weight. It 

 can be well understood that a man of this character could not 

 give credence to the efficacy of the numberless drugs which are 

 every day prescribed, and that he, consequently, was called a sceptic 

 in reference to therapeutic treatment. His scientific mind tended 

 rather to discover the causes of diseases and remove them than 

 administer a doubtful remedy. He sought for nothing but truth, 

 and therefore stated his opinions fearlessly ; it happened in con- 

 sequence that during his lectures at the College of Physicians, he 

 drew from the President remarks which almost amounted to a 

 reproof for the manner in which he spoke of medicines generally. 

 He was much endeared to his friends owing to the honesty, purity, 

 and simplicity of his character. With his artistic nature and intel- 

 lectual endowments he combined the highest moral qualities. He 

 was thus an ornament to the medical profession, which has gained 

 in strength in every way by his membership. 



S. W. 



