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which are delivered by men of eminence in the various
specialities.
The addresses given at the Annual Meetings of the
British Medical Association—held in different cities and
towns of the United Kingdom—as well as the papers read
before branch meetings of the same Association help to
keep the practising doctor abreast of recent inventions and
discoveries bearing upon his work.
The Harveian and Hunterian orations delivered once a
year urbi et orbi while honouring the illustrious dead are
eminently calculated by the high standard of rhetoric and
of learning which frequently characterizes them, to inspire
and instruct the living.
The advances made in the education of doctors in Eng­
land within the present century has been accompanied by
a continual improvement in the nursing staff of hospitals.
The cleanliness and order of a ward in an English hospital
are the outcome to a large extent of the high intellectual
and moral standard required and found in the superintend­
ing and subordinate nurses. How far this happy result
has been contributed to by the example and teaching of one
devoted lady is a matter well known to her contemporaries
and will not be forgotten by posterity. The lessons learnt
among the sick and wounded of the Crimean war have
borne rich fruit in more peaceful scenes.
Thoroughness and practical efficiency are the distinguish­
ing features of English medical teaching of the present *
day: every effort is made to make examinations of an
objective character and high consideration is given to
practical work in all branches. The example set by the
metropolitan and provincial schools tends in an ever-
increasing degree to be followed by the centres of study in
India, by those of Sydney and Melbourne, Quebec and
Montreal.
How our hospitals, supported by voluntary contributions,
liable to abuses as Jhey undoubtedly are, in common with
other human arrangements, impress the foreigner, may be