The Bradshawe lecture on the pathological relations of the absorbent system : delivered before the Royal College of Physicians of London, August 18th, 1884 / by George Hare Philipson.

  • Philipson, George Hare, 1836-
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1884
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    THE BRADSHAWE LECTURE, 1884, Mr. President, Fellows and Gentlemen, The occasion of the present assembly of this College is for the delivery of the fourth Bradshawe lecture. By the munificence of the widow of William Wood Bradshawe, of Andover and Reading, a Member of this College, a Master of Arts, and a Doctor of Civil Law of the University of Oxford, a sum of money was bequeathed, whereby a lecture might be delivered at this College, annually, with the object of perpetuating the memory of her husband, it being stipulated that the subject of the lecture should have a bearing upon some question of medicine, and that the lecture should be delivered upon the 18tli day of August, the anni- versary of his death. The munificence of the benefactress and generous founder is well deserving of an expression of respectful and appreciative commendation, in that, while endeavouring to preserve the name of a loving husband, she was actuated with the laudatory idea of associating such with a formal discourse for the advancement of the profession to which he was devoted and which he adorned. This home-loving, studious, and scholarly man, who diligently cultivated his mind in literature and science, may, therefore, be fittingly extolled as an example for others to follow. His name will be justly venerated and transmitted in good repute, as well as that of his generous and devoted widow. In undertaking the important duty that has been entrusted to me, I feel the honour and estimate the responsibility of the position. It shall be my earnest endeavour to justify the choice of our revered President, to whom I beg to offer my grateful acknowledgements for this distinctive mark of his favour. I have selected “ The Pathological Relations of the Absorbent System ” as the title of the lecture. The absorbent system occupies a prominent place in relation to several important pathological processes and conditions, and is at the present time receiving considerable attention from histologists and pathologists. As illustrations of these relationships, it may be mentioned that this system is