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[White. 
December 16 , 1891 . 
President G. L. Goodale in the chair. Seventy persons 
present. 
REMARKS OF PRESIDENT GOODALE. 
Fellow-members of the Society: We have met to commem- 
orate three officers who have just passed from our sight. These 
three office-bearers represent three different periods in our his- 
tory. The first, David Humphreys Storer, was an original mem- 
ber, and, as one of our founders, had much to do with shaping 
the development of the organization. The second, Edward 
Burgess, is identified with the occupancy of this commodious 
structure in which we have assembled. The third, Samuel Dex- 
ter, belongs to the most recent period, and was engaged in the 
new enterprises by which the Society hopes to extend its sphere 
of usefulness ; but of all of these three, from him who for more 
than a quarter of a century served the Society in various capaci- 
ties, and for more than sixty years was one of its members, down 
to him who was permitted to serve it for only a single meeting, 
of all these it may be said, that so far as zeal and faithfulness 
were concerned, nothing was wanting on their part. In com- 
memorating them we gain new inspiration for our own tasks. 
The duty which devolves upon the presiding officer this even- 
ing is simply to present to you those who, by their intimate asso- 
ciation with our friends who have gone before, seem particularly 
fitted to give expression to our sense of loss. Following the 
order of announcement, I first call upon Dr. James C. White, 
who was so long associated with Dr. Storer both in the Society 
and in the Harvard Medical School. 
COMMEMORATIVE SKETCH OF DR. STORER. 
BY JAMES C. WHITE. 
I have been asked by our President to prepare a brief account 
of the life of the late Vice-President of the Society, David Hum- 
phreys Storer, and to express for you in a few words the feelings 
which fill the hearts of all present who knew him, What a vaii} 
attempt ! 
