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^' Dr. Wright was educated at a public scliool in G-loucester ; 
commenced his medical studies in Hereford Infirmary, and pursued, 
them in Edinburgh and Paris. He graduated as M.D. of Edin- 
burgh in 1851, and obtained subsequently some minor hospital 
appointments. Later, Dr. Wright was appointed Physician to the 
Samaritan Hospital — an appointment which, with others, he held 
at his death. As a medical author he was best known by his little 
book on ' Headaches, their Causes and their Cure,' which has gone 
through many editions ; and by h^s later elaborate, learned, and 
beautifully written treatise on ' Uterine Disorders, their Consti- 
tutional Influence and Treatment.' Some of his best writings 
were anonymous. Those who remember the " Annotations " of the 
'Lancet' when they were first started, and did so much for the 
reputation of that journal — brilliant, witty, and learned notes, in 
every line of which there lurked a joke, a sarcasm, or a counsel, 
barbed or sheathed in classic guise — will have the best idea of his 
happiest and most effective style. 
" Some of his contributions to the ' Saturday Keview ' have been 
remarkable for their strength and brilliancy of style and thought. 
A chosen friend of Jerrold, Thackeray, and many of the wits past 
and present, and an able satirist, he was a man of gentle instincts, 
kind heart, and generous forbearance. Few men of the like literary 
habit have made more friends and fewer enemies. As a physician, 
he was judicious, kind, discriminating, and s-uccessful. He had 
conquered for himself a position in practice, and in the profession 
which men "out of the hospital groove" find it very difficult to 
acquire. He died at a moment when happy marriage, worldly 
success, and the esteem and affection of many friends had made 
life very smooth for him and its prospects very fair. His resigna- 
tion and gentleness during an illness of some months (pleurisy, 
followed by empyema) were very touching. He was for many 
years a Member of Council of the Photographic Society, and after- 
wards a "Vice-President, acting with me all the time. His paper 
on the Medical Uses of Photography, the last of which was read 
two years ago, exhibited a large amount of enthusiasm in his 
profession." * 
I have not been furnished with biographical particulars of the 
remaining Fellows, whose loss we have to regret. 
The President then read a Eeport of the Library Committee, to 
the effect that the books were generally in a good state, that the 
catalogue required revision, and that more extensive purchases 
were very desirable to make the collection more useful for purposes 
of reference. He observed that to accomplish this purpose and to 
add a lending branch to the library, it would be necessary either to 
* ♦ British Medical Journal.' 
