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Microscopical Society, of wliicli lie was one of the earliest members, 

 and to other periodicals. His work has stood the test of time, and, 

 like that of his friend Bowman, remains to this day in all essentials 

 unshaken. It is very remarkable that the work of these early inves- 

 tigators, working with instruments that nowadays wonld be thought 

 very imperfect, and with the methods of histological research all in 

 their infancy, were so accurate and sound as time has proved them to* 

 have been. 



Although this is not the place in which to speak at any length of 

 Ms work in the field of dental surgery, yet no notice of his life 

 would be at all complete without some mention of that to which his 

 energies in middle and later life were so largely devoted. Having'; 

 by his lectures on dental surgery and physiology, inaugurated the 

 scientific teaching of the subject, he worked on with unfailing tact, 

 singleness of purpose, and pertinacity, to improve the education of r 

 and to get recognition for, dental surgeons. 



It was to his efforts, far more than to those of any other person, that 

 the institution of an examination and the conferring of a diploma by 

 the Royal College of Surgeons was due ; and this effected, the subse- 

 quent passage of a Bill regulating the practice of dental surgery 

 through the House of Commons was his next aim. This, largely owing- 

 to Sir John Lubbock's warm espousal of the cause, was successfully 

 done in 1878. His efforts won the fullest recognition from the 

 members of his own profession, with whom his influence was almost 

 unbounded, and in 1883 the Royal College of Surgeons exercised 

 their right of conferring the Honorary Fellowship of the College by 

 electing the late Professor Huxley and Mr. Tomes. In 1886 he was 

 offered the honour of knighthood, which, though caring little for 

 such distinction personally, he deemed it his duty to accept as an 

 honour to his profession. 



His methods, whether in scientific or public matters, were never 

 controversial, and he was one of those few people able to fully 

 retain the friendship and liking of those from whom he might have 

 occasion to differ most strongly. Through never having enjoyed' 

 robust health, he was little seen in social gatherings ; nevertheless, 

 he lived to see the accomplishment of almost all that he had worked 

 for, and passed away in the fulness of years and the enjoyment of all 

 his faculties. 



C. S. T. 



Henry Austin Brdce, Lord Aberdare, whose death occurred on 

 February 25, 1895, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 

 becoming a Privy Councillor in 1864. 



He was born on April 16, 1815 ; and was called to the Bar in 1837.. 

 In 1846 he was appointed Stipendiary Magistrate at Merthyr, which 



