"In  this  way  I  am  able  to  distribute  such  patronage  as
I  have  where  it  will  do  most  good  to  the  individual  and
hence  to  the  profession.  For,"  he  added,  "  I  conceive  it
to  be  the  duty  of  all  physicians  who  are  well  established
in  practice  to  aid  in  every  way  possible  those  of  the
younger  men  who  by  their  talents  and  application  are
really  advancing  the  art."

At  the  time  he  gave  utterance  to  this  high-minded  and
disinterested  sentiment  he  was  stricken  by  the  infirmities
of  advancing  years  and  by  serious  disease.
Truly,  a  finer  example  of  conscientious  devotion  to  the
higher  ideals  of  the  profession,  in  the  face  of  what  to
smaller  minds  would  have  been  irresistible  temptation  to
pessimism  or  laissez  faire,  has  rarely  been  witnessed.
