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Sto
explored.
gmlira ?Miiral
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legibly
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Ttchnical expressions ought to be so distinct that no possible tnistaJce can be made in printing them. Neglect of these simple rules causes much trouble. Communications should be forwarded as early in the month as possible, else delay must inevitably occur in their publication. Business letters to he forwarded to the publishers; and all professional communications to the Editor, direct. Subscribers
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"You have chosen the path, not of politics, but of science. Among preceded you in it, and in our own particular department, we find some of the brightest ornaments of British history; and I will not do you the injustice of supposing that there is any one among you who would not prefer the reputation of Harvey or the Hunters to that of nineteen-twentieths of the courtiers and politicians of the periods in which they lived."-SIR BENJAMIN BRODIE. those who have
THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY.
past history of the Asiatic Bengal. The names of many learned and famous time-honored men are incorporated with the annals of this institution, and it is only wonderful to us that a careful history of the Society has never yet been written. Here is a subject replete with the associations attaching to the thoughts, the observations, and the writings of men of mature wisdom, and the speculations of investigators in every branch of science. Linguists, philologers, bibliographers, archa3ologists, numismatists, antiquarians, geographers, and naturalists have all been striving, for nearly a century, in connection with this great Society, to A halo of interest surrounds the of
Society
search out, from among the works of nature and the works of man, everything that can, with advantage, engage human in-
tellect
sympathies. It is scarcely too much to say physical, social, and moral history of India can be truly read and appreciated only in the light of such researches, .The story, past and present, of the people of Asia, in all their varied yet kindred relations, is the subject-matter ever before the Asiatic Society,?a study deep and boundless, as it is fascinating, to every thoughtful mind. It is not without pride that we remark that the newly-elected President of this far-famed Society is one of our profession, and human
that the
one
well-known to
us
all for his love of science and his capa-
bility of successfully grappling with abstruse subjects. Although we are in the habit of associating Dr. Fayrer's name more particularly with the successful practice of medicine and surgery, we yet feel confident that he will make an admirable For obvious President of the Asiatic Society. reasons, we cannot here say all that we might desire to express regarding his attainments, his judgment, his working powers, his earnestness, and his devotion to scientific truth. We can at preonly indicate our satisfaction at his being elected to so
sent
honorable
only
do
position, justice to it, a
and state our conviction that he but that he will
discreetly
steer the
will not
Society
[April 1, 1867. thought, which
as
yet
it has never
fully
THE INDIAN MEDICAL GAZETTE. into channels of
Sto
explored.
gmlira ?Miiral
It it particularly
requested that all contributions to the
Gazette" may be written of each sheet of paper.
as
legibly
as
possible,
and
"
Indian Medical
only
on
one
side
Ttchnical expressions ought to be so distinct that no possible tnistaJce can be made in printing them. Neglect of these simple rules causes much trouble. Communications should be forwarded as early in the month as possible, else delay must inevitably occur in their publication. Business letters to he forwarded to the publishers; and all professional communications to the Editor, direct. Subscribers
changing their address
are
particularly requested
to
notify
the
same.
"You have chosen the path, not of politics, but of science. Among preceded you in it, and in our own particular department, we find some of the brightest ornaments of British history; and I will not do you the injustice of supposing that there is any one among you who would not prefer the reputation of Harvey or the Hunters to that of nineteen-twentieths of the courtiers and politicians of the periods in which they lived."-SIR BENJAMIN BRODIE. those who have
THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY.
past history of the Asiatic Bengal. The names of many learned and famous time-honored men are incorporated with the annals of this institution, and it is only wonderful to us that a careful history of the Society has never yet been written. Here is a subject replete with the associations attaching to the thoughts, the observations, and the writings of men of mature wisdom, and the speculations of investigators in every branch of science. Linguists, philologers, bibliographers, archa3ologists, numismatists, antiquarians, geographers, and naturalists have all been striving, for nearly a century, in connection with this great Society, to A halo of interest surrounds the of
Society
search out, from among the works of nature and the works of man, everything that can, with advantage, engage human in-
tellect
sympathies. It is scarcely too much to say physical, social, and moral history of India can be truly read and appreciated only in the light of such researches, .The story, past and present, of the people of Asia, in all their varied yet kindred relations, is the subject-matter ever before the Asiatic Society,?a study deep and boundless, as it is fascinating, to every thoughtful mind. It is not without pride that we remark that the newly-elected President of this far-famed Society is one of our profession, and human
that the
one
well-known to
us
all for his love of science and his capa-
bility of successfully grappling with abstruse subjects. Although we are in the habit of associating Dr. Fayrer's name more particularly with the successful practice of medicine and surgery, we yet feel confident that he will make an admirable For obvious President of the Asiatic Society. reasons, we cannot here say all that we might desire to express regarding his attainments, his judgment, his working powers, his earnestness, and his devotion to scientific truth. We can at preonly indicate our satisfaction at his being elected to so
sent
honorable
only
do
position, justice to it, a
and state our conviction that he but that he will
discreetly
steer the
will not
Society
[April 1, 1867. thought, which
as
yet
it has never
fully
