DR. T. SPENCER COBBOLD. 
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in original research, on the “ Canal of Petit.” Many 
important papers followed, notably one “ On the Anatomy of 
Actinia ,” in the Annals of Natural History for February, 1853, 
and the article “ Ruminantia ” in the Cyclopaedia of Anatomy 
and Physiology, 1856. Honours also rapidly succeeded ; he 
became President of the Royal Medical Society, and Curator 
of the Anatomical Museum. 
Dr. Cobbold left his alma mater in 1856, and removed to 
London, where he devoted himself to the then neglected and 
somewhat repulsive study of animal parasites. In this he 
soon became famous, and his opus magnum on “ Entozoa,” 
published in 1864, and its supplement in 1869, and subsequent 
writings will take rank with the great works of VanBeneden, 
Von Siebold, Ehichemneister, and Leuchart. From a sanitary 
point of view it is scarcely possible to estimate the value of . 
the researches of these distinguised Helminthologists, who 
have educated the people to an appreciation of their science 
in its practical bearing, and thus greatly added to human 
life and happiness. 
Dr. Cobbold was elected F.R.S. in 1864, and he held 
several professorships in London ; one of the most important 
being that of Swiney Professor of Geology, under the Trustees 
of the British Museum, and he had also been President of the 
Quekitt Microscopical Club. 
His memory will be long held in respect, both by the 
Members of the Birmingham Natural History and Micros¬ 
copical Society, and by the Members of the Midland Union. 
He was an honorary Vice-President of the Society, and he 
was among the early founders of the Union, in both of which 
he took great interest. His long and valuable series of Papers 
on the “ Parasites of Man,” which appeared in the early 
numbers of the “Midland Naturalist,” have been again and 
again recognised not only in England, but also on the 
Continent, and in America. 
In private life Dr. Cobbold had many attractions irre¬ 
spective of his scientific abilities. His brightness and true¬ 
heartedness, his desire for others rather than himself, his 
intellectual companionship, and his ready willingness when¬ 
ever his services were sought in the offices of friendship, are 
qualities that ennoble the man beyond even his fame as a 
scientist. 
Dr. Cobbold succumbed after a few hours’ illness from a 
long-standing cardiac affection, in perfect consciousness and 
thoughtfulness, and he leaves a widow and several sons and 
daughters to mourn his loss. His place in the science that 
he followed cannot readily be filled. W. R. H. 
