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disease with a degree of cirrhosis which had almost destroyed the 

 structure of the liver.* 



In 1848 Dr. Budcl succeeded Sir Thomas Watson as Professor of 

 Medicine in. King's College, and was appointed Physician to its Hos- 

 pital. He held this office for more than twenty years, and was actively 

 engaged in teaching and with increasing private practice. He was a 

 clear, emphatic, and persuasive lecturer, and in his clinical work, in 

 both private and hospital practice, showed excellent examples of 

 patient, exacting, and complete inquiry, and of careful study. 



In 1866, with failing health, he retired f rom active life, and, from 

 that time to his death, in March, 1882, lived quietly and studiously 

 among his friends in Devonshire. The influence of his admirable 

 personal character, and of his constancy in the patient, thoughtful 

 striving for exact knowledge, will long survive among his many 

 friends and pupils. In the history of medical science he will worthily 

 rank with his brother, William Budd, a distinguished Fellow of the 

 Society, to whom we owe. among many other good works, the first and 

 best observations on the transmission of the typhoid infection in the 

 intestinal excreta, and on the analogy between tuberculosis and 

 infective fevers. — J. P. 



* Besides the above-named works Dr. Budd published in journals, chiefly in the 

 " Medical Gazette." several short papers and lectures, including the G-ulstonian and 

 €roonian Lectures delivered at the College of Physicians in 1843 and 184 7. 



