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ing the University class of clinical medicine devolved upon him ; 
and then, as well as during the whole time that he acted as a 
clinical teacher, he amply sustained the reputation he had acquired 
before his appointment in the University. Recollecting the difficul- 
ties which he had been led to appreciate while he acted as a clinical 
tutor in the earlier years of his professional life, he introduced a 
class of tutorial instruction, for the purpose of ensuring that his 
students should have an opportunity of acquiring a fundamental 
training in the elements of medical diagnosis, without which that 
thoroughness of teaching which he always aimed at could not be 
effected. 
An earnest wish that his students should also be thoroughly trained 
in pathology, led to his adopting the system of practical teach- 
ing in connection with his lectures on that subject. In the first 
session of his professorship he instituted practical classes, where 
students were trained to observe for themselves the naked-eye and 
microscopic characters of morbid conditions, of which they could 
acquire only a superficial knowledge in the lecture-room. The ad- 
vantages of this training were soon so highly appreciated that the 
practical classes were attended not only by the greater number of his 
students, but also by many graduates. 
Thoroughness in teaching, thoroughness in all the work he under- 
took, was, indeed, one of the most prominent traits of Dr Sanders’ 
character. It gained for him the confidence of his students. It 
gained for him also the confidence of his fellow practitioners ; and 
when, in the course of time, the opportunity was given to him for 
entering upon consultation practice, he reaped the advantages of a 
well-merited confidence by quickly attaining a foremost position in 
this country as a consulting physician. And here the writer of this 
notice would venture to quote a passage written by one who was 
long associated with Dr Sanders in professional and personal 
interests, and whose recognised authority as an eminent physician 
lends a peculiar value to his opinion : — “ One important aspect of 
Dr. Sanders’ precept and example as a teacher deserves a word of 
notice. He was entirely superior throughout to the affectation which 
often leads men aiming at eminence as practitioners to speak dis- 
paragingly of the science of medicine as opposed to the art 
Dr. Sanders’ first care as Professor of General Pathology was to see 
