Obituary Notices. 
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“ He lived for students, and died in tlieir service, while his first aim in life 
— the impulse which anyone who knew him at the bedside or in the Operating 
Theatre at once saw to be the mainspring of his thorough method and per- 
fected skill — was to cure the sick and ease the suffering, by the best and 
kindest methods the science he loved could teach him. It lends grace to our 
memory of him that the news of his death stayed the hands that were busy in 
the ward preparing for his visit. Every professor is a hero to his students ; 
and could the boundless reminiscences wuth which Sir George freely enter- 
tained his followers, the stories unique in humour — at times in pathos — with 
which he enlivened his lectures, and all the acts of honest kindness ever ready 
for those who honoured him by doing his work — could all those be gathered 
from the hundreds who even to-day cannot realise that they shall enjoy such 
no more, they would form a volume limitless as rare. Ho professor could 
have been more ready to entertain every project where students asked his 
advice or sought his support. It was on account of a high ideal of home life 
that his figure was not oftener seen about College when the day’s work was done 
and lighter work begun ; but there are many who know that there was not a 
worthy movement but what he was anxious to support, and that liberally. 
His popularity among the students was unbounded ; and long before our Queen 
recognised in him a fit knight, the citizens of our University had, with a sig- 
nificance deeper than stately figure and commanding presence, honoured him 
as their “ Duke.” And still we mourn him, as one whose place will never be 
filled by another, either in our memories or in our lives.” 
This allusion to his appearance will recall to all, who knew him, 
the remarkable height and splendid features of one whom no one 
could pass, however carelessly, without being impressed. 
Though too busy to publish much, yet he made some valuable 
additions to the surgical literature of the day. Mention has already 
been made to his Notes of the Surgery of the Crimean TUar, which 
was published in 1858. In 1864 he issued his Outlines of Surgical 
Diagnosis. The edition published of this was sold out in three 
months, and a large edition was published and sold in America. 
Though repeated representations were made to him both from Great 
Britain and America for a new edition, and though for many years 
he collected materials for this end, he never found himself able to 
overtake it. We believe this was the first work of its kind pub- 
lished, although since then several have appeared. 
In the second edition of Cooper’s Surgical Dictionary he wrote 
several articles, and also for the International Encyclopoedia of 
Medicine and Surgery he contributed an article upon the “Surgical 
Affections of the Neck.” He wrote many articles for the leading 
medical periodicals of this country, besides j^rinting separately 
numerous addresses on professional and general topics. 
