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Excerpt from Some Account of the Life, Writings, and Character of the Late James Cowles, M.D., F. R. S., M. R. I. A., Corresponding Member of the National Institute of France, Etc., Etc: Being the Substance of a Memoir Read at the Meeting of the Bath and Bristol Branch of the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association, in March, 1849
Since the last Meeting of our Society, the profession, and not only the profession, but, indeed, the whole world of literature and science, has suffered a severe loss in the death of Dr. Prichard. A tribute to his memory would come appropriately from almost any Society devoted to science; much more so then from one that can boast of having directly derived lustre from his name; for at its first meeting, and in this very room, it was honoured by the presidency of that illustrious man. However far short I may fall of the proper execution of the pleasing task which I have imposed upon myself, I am sure that I shall have the sympathy and the interested attention of my fellow members, while I endeavour to give some account of his life and labours. In one respect the duty might seem super?uous: it might seem that all that Dr. Prichard accomplished for science is fresh in our recollection, and needs not to be retouched. This.
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