History of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and of the Irish schools of medicine : including numerous biographical sketches, also a medical bibliography / by Charles A. Cameron.

  • Cameron, Charles Alexander, 1830-1921.
Date:
1886
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Credit: History of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and of the Irish schools of medicine : including numerous biographical sketches, also a medical bibliography / by Charles A. Cameron. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    political principles. A great-grandfather of Sir Charles Cameron was beheaded in the last century, and I had an ancestor on each side of politics who were also beheaded, so that I ought to be impartial. [His Excellency then referred to the attainments of the Scotch in science and also to their devotion to theology.] A most remarkable instance of the combination of these two sciences occurred in a remote part of Seotland, where a worthy person had suffered a slight shock of paralysis. There was no doctor near, but the minister of the parish visited the house, and happening to have an old galvanic battery, brought it with him, and very properly combining the two sciences together, administered a shock which had somewhat of the desired effect. Next morning a neighbour called to inquire how the patient was, and his wife replied, He is no vera weel, but he will maybe soon be better, because the minister has given him a shock with the Calvanistic battery. (Laughter). I feel that it is not necessary to add further words in proposing this toast, for I am sure that it will come home to the heart of everyone present. We desire to acknowledge in the most cordial manner our appreciation of his excellent and kind hospitality on this most interesting occasion. (Loud applause.) The toast having been duly honoured, The President responded, and said he thanked his Excellency from the bottom of his heart. He felt most grateful, indeed, to all his dis- tinguished friends for the way in which they had responded to the toast. He felt that the gratitude was due altogether from him to the distinguished noblemen and gentlemen of every rank, social and professional, who had honoured him by partaking of his hospitality on that occasion. He felt almost like his ancestor to whom his Excellency had referred—that he was in danger of losing his head. (Applause and laughter). He thanked his Excellency most cordially for the kind way in which he had proposed this toast and his friends for the way in which they had received it, as well as for the support they had given him during the whole course of his professional life. (Applause). The President next proposed The Navy, Army, and Auxiliary Forces. He said that Irishmen were fond of fighting. Some fought for the mere love of glory, some because it was their duty to fight, while Irishmen fought simply for the fun of the thing. In proportion to the population of these countries Irishmen contributed more men to the army than any other part of the United Kingdom. From statistics furnished by Mr. Herbert when he was Secretary-at-War, it appeared that forty-seven