The London School of Tropical Medicine (under the auspices of His Majesty's Government), Royal Victoria & Albert Docks, E., founded 1899 : an address / delivered by Sir Patrick Manson ... on the 7th of December, 1903, on the occasion of Sir Francis Lovell's departure for the East.

  • Manson, Patrick, 1844-1922.
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[1903]
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Credit: The London School of Tropical Medicine (under the auspices of His Majesty's Government), Royal Victoria & Albert Docks, E., founded 1899 : an address / delivered by Sir Patrick Manson ... on the 7th of December, 1903, on the occasion of Sir Francis Lovell's departure for the East. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Sir F. Lovell’s Work. Sir Francis Lovell, an old employee of the Colonial Service, full of years as of honours, who might very well with comfort to himself, and without incurring the reproach of idleness, have spent his well-earned leisure by his fireside, or in reading his newspaper in the easiest chair in the warmest corner of his Club, was so struck with the value of this Institution, the work it was doing, and the importance of the work it proposed to do, that when he retired some years ago from the Colonial Service, instead of consulting his own comfort, he threw himself heartily into our work, became the Dean of our School, and has gone about the world trying to put us on a sound financial basis. Two years ago, when we were in straits for funds, Sir Francis paid a visit to the East, and succeeded in collecting for us a very substantial and a very welcome sum. He is again about to leave on the same errand, and we are here to-day to wish him God-speed in his self-imposed, somewhat arduous, and not very pleasant task. We trust his success will be as great as on the previous occasion, and we hope that he will convey personally the thanks of the School to the many donors to our funds whom he succeeded in interesting in this cause. More especially do we desire him to express our gratitude to the Hon. Bomanji Dinshaw Petit who, with the generositv so characteristic of his race, gave the School no less a sum than 100,000 rupees. It would be well for the world if there were more Parsees, especially of Mr. Petit’s stamp. We hardly expect that Sir Francis Lovell will meet with such another, but we are not without hope. When I think of my former experience of the Chinese, of their great interest in public charities, and their generosity in supporting these charities, when I think of the wealth that so many of them have accumulated, under the aegis of the' British flag, in the Straits of Malacca and elsewhere, I do not despair of
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