Transactions of the Medical Society of King's College, London.

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valuable, so much more interesting, and so much better re¬ membered, than absolute and isolated facts. You will be able to recognise what is new and what is old, what is regular and what is exceptional, and to convict the speaker when he trips; you will be able also to communicate something your¬ selves, to give as well as to take. Lastly, gentlemen, let me assure you, you who are mem¬ bers, and especially you who are office-bearers of this society, that King’s College is under great obligations to you. To your fellow-students you are unpretending but genuine bene¬ factors, and to your teachers you are most efficient aids, for you powerfully contribute to that which they have most at heart,—the practical training of those placed under their care. For the prosperity of your society, its continued and still increasing prosperity, I most earnestly wish, and of that prosperity the list of names on this card which I hold in my hand—names of those who are pledged to take an active part in your proceedings during the ensuing session-—is the best and surest omen.