'Little things' : being the mid-sessional address delivered at a meeting of the Abernethian Society, January 10th, 1895 / by T. Lauder Brunton.
- Brunton, Thomas Lauder, Sir, 1844-1916.
- Date:
- 1895
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: 'Little things' : being the mid-sessional address delivered at a meeting of the Abernethian Society, January 10th, 1895 / by T. Lauder Brunton. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![“LITTLE THINGS.” ]\[r. President and Gentlemen,—I must first of all thank you very sincerely for the honour you have done me and for the pleasure you have given me in asking me to read the Address this evening. At this time of the year usually happy thoughts pre- vail, and hopeful aspirations, but our meeting to-night is saddened very greatly by the shadow of the great soirow that has fallen upon Sir James Paget, one whom we venerate here not only as one of the oldest membei s of the Abernethian Society, but as the man whom we honour most in this Medical School, and whom we look up to as one of the greatest lights of the medical profession in this century. How gladly we welcomed his coming with words of wisdom to open this session of the Abernethian Society ! how little could we foresee the sad calamity that was to fall upon him ere its close ! Only three days ago death took from him the beloved wife who, for fifty years, had shared his sorrows, rejoiced in his joys, comforted him in sickness, and helped him daily and hourly in the work of his life. Nor is this any ordinary loss, for Lady Paget was one who seemed to radiate goodness and kindness around her, so that she was revered and beloved by those who saw her but seldom. How much greater the loss must be to those who have lived with her daily for long years ! Into their sorrow we cannot enter, but we sorrow Avith them, and Ave, not only as members of the Aber- nethian Society, but all avIio have been connected Avith St. BartholomeAv’s Hospital, mourn the death of one who](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2242961x_0007.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
