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following preface to Sir John’s account of his patient Brunet, whose 
case has already been alluded to : — 
“ For nearly a year I had not seen him (Brunet) till we met on 
the 29tli April 1876, at the funeral of my dear son John Rose 
Bailey Cormack. Weeping bitterly he grasped my hand, and said, 
‘ I never liked any one so much as Dr Bailey : he did not know 
what fear was, but he was to me and all the other wounded kind 
as a brother and gentle as a woman.’ Injustice to Brunet, I cannot 
refrain from here placing on record his tender appreciation and 
beautiful tribute to my late son — my skilful assistant in most 
trying circumstances — one who was the joy and hope of my life. 
It is pleasant to record that even men of £ Communistic type ’ are 
amenable to kindness, and can love as well as hate their fellow- 
men.” 
Shortly after Bailey Cormack’s death, his sister Margaret died of 
pleurisy, induced, it was thought, by nursing her brother. 
Five of the family survive, one married and three unmarried 
daughters, and a son, Charles Edward, who, following his father’s 
footsteps, is now a student of medicine. 
Cormack was a voluminous writer, exclusive of what he did in 
the way of journalism. In 1876, under the title of Clinical Studies , 
he republished his various detached writings in two volumes. 
These embrace such a variety of subjects besides those already 
noticed, as cholera, scarlatina, granular kidney, several gynaeco- 
logical matters, infantile convulsions, diphtheria, syphilis, concussion 
of the brain, and certain forms of insanity. It can by no means be 
said that all these are of equal clinical importance, but all of them 
manifest good observing power and determination to study the 
subject fully. 
It was a considerable shock to many of Cormack’s friends to 
learn after his death that he had left his family in straitened 
circumstances. It is revealing no secret to mention this, for it was 
prominently brought forward by the British Medical Journal in 
the very practical form of advocating a memorial subscription for 
the benefit of Lady Cormack and her family. The way in which 
this was responded to, showed that Cormack had had many friends 
who esteemed him highly. It did not surprise those, however, who 
knew, nor will it surprise any one who hears the narrative of his 
