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"To abolish disease, not by curing it, but by preventing it, was, in his (Sir William Gull's) opinion, the end and aim of the physician, and to know and counteract the causes of disease before they became effective was evidently the triumph of our art."—The late Sir William Gull, M.D., Bart.
The late Chaplain-General Gleig, formerly a military officer, at probably the last meeting he ever attended, the great Church Congress, uttered the following memorable words:—"Never let us forget what we owe to the soldier whom we have lured from his home."