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extended from the Sponge Enplectella to the manlike Gorilla and to Man 
himself ; in every division of the Animal Kingdom he made researches 
of prime importance to the student of Comparative Anatomy ; some 
divisions thereof, such as the Fossil Reptiles, the Dinornis, the Fossil 
Mammals of Australia, the Marsupials, were for years almost his especial 
property. His generalizations extended from the wide difference 
between analogy or functional, and homology or structural resemblance, 
to the morphology of the digits of odd- and even-toed Ungulates. Even 
those philosophical speculations which have been universally rejected 
are still recognized as the cause of investigations in himself and others. 
Though a man of the most pronounced individuality of character, his 
affection and esteem for those who preceded him, and especially for 
Georges Cuvier and John Hunter, was intense, and was a distinct note of 
his personality. 
When the history of sanitary science in this country is written the 
name of Owen will be found associated with that of Edwin Chadwick 
and John Simon. To the lovers of Natural History he will, for genera- 
tions to come, be remembered as the prime mover in the erection of the 
splendid edifice at South Kensington, which is now the “National 
Museum of Natural History.” 
To those who had the benefit of his personal acquaintance, his loss 
is one that it is difficult to express in words ; those who did not know 
him at home had no idea of the lovable and affectionate nature of one 
who will, perhaps, be for all time the greatest zoologist our country has 
produced. 
Bacteriological Department of King’s College. — Most of the 
Fellows will remember one of the last of our Conversazioni held at 
King’s College, when Prof. Crookshank opened his Bacteriological 
Laboratory for our inspection, and they will read, therefore, with 
interest the report lately made to the Council of the College by the 
Principal and the Dean of the Medical School. 
“ The rapid development of bacteriology has been one of the most 
remarkable events in the history of medical progress during recent 
years. Ten years ago bacteriology was only represented by researches 
which excited scientific interest when published, but the subject did not 
form a part of the training of a medical student, nor was any knowledge 
of it regarded as essential to the general medical practitioner. The 
discoveries which rapidly followed in Germany and France, and the 
establishment of classes of instruction for medical practitioners and 
scientists in Germany, created a demand for similar instruction in this 
country. During the past five years that demand has increased, until 
bacteriology has come to be recognized and taught as a distinct branch 
of medical science ; and in London and the provinces opportunities for 
carrying on original research have been provided at public health 
institutions and in the medical schools. 
From the report which follows of the work of the Bacteriological 
Laboratory of King’s College, for the six years since its foundation, it 
will be seen that not only was King’s College the pioneer in providing a 
laboratory devoted to this special branch of medical education, but the 
laboratory continues to maintain a unique position in giving systematic 
teaching on this subject in England. In 1886 the Council resolved to 
