Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast

Ii Isi1OW extact lxa huindre c(lyearsSince tilc Belfast Medical Sclhol xas fo(rllallx owq ne-d as a departmnct of tihelRoRal Ielfast Academlilcal Institutiol, a(id surelx it is a haippy oiocic(le cc tiyeat on a itil red ears after its Ilui(lItiatOnltfhcci airman (l tic Board of (over nors (if tie listitl,1tot0lolxl ,101(1 he din irmani of tlec lioiiorarr taftol tlhe Roval \ic toria Hosit. It is ox er 10(t years since I)r. james McD)oillell, xio sihouil(d he for ever 1hoioured as the fouLnicer of this i hritv, axet tle first cliii ical lCtuL-e Xittlilii its xVaIls, and(1 for manv years it ins h)CCen 0ou11r ctiSnn thlat eacIh Imem11her of itS 11honoralr staBl X'.10Ul(]l iIn turin, Pri lii aI(l(lddreS it tilU C0lieiilelmeCemii't of tiCe Wiliter sessxioll Iheb subllject s of tilese addresses hax('\cvrie'Cd aIt t lie (liscrt-0io Of the speakers, hUt all havix tliese inI comlimilloIn first, that t hex have referred to thle ouLtstandilnglL ex-clit s and achievelmelits of tile pl-ccedinl", ea("Irf, ald, seconi(llv, that eac Ii OratorIil tui lihs e'Xtedlleleds, ;tS I (l noxx a verv xw arm xxwekiO-ic to those xxlio are ( Onillellcill theil c:linlcal StUlies. D)uring,thlisx elar tlihe Iospital ins lost its g reattcst frie(1: it \\,Xs a fitting thinlg Illat the Vi S'OuLnt(ess I i -ric shioLul(d haxe heei ouIrPLaxrSident fIor it iS ltrl-lgl (XxrigS to licr oxii inispirl-ng lacde(lrslhip that 'thie ROyalI exists iII its pitsclit foriii. hloseb Of uLs Wxlo xxC prix ile-g(l tO kiioxx her xx ill IiOt SoonI fmoret tile sinll-Ular 1'liI il of her SIn ilea (1, t lie co-ii 011(1liiigle, a)Cult\v i(l g (ccol 11he spo(ken xxww(I (811 cstuIre, xxliile tilose xho klexx hIerhest k1n\ex xW hat xIx iS hleld she11 hld1 liox0 kl1( at lietnii, and wxxin, Hllan ini;(lrd Thmlorias SiiiCl1iir lKirk \%xx,s electea(l ri assIistanlt srgei-c ; ill li85, a \M1r " IlMllna iiasiiie(l ITiomas Sinclair Kirk ha,ls heifCII elected at CoISLultilii' SuX eoii We Still filld it a1 littlC (lifliCUlt to iling iia e Wards 9 andli t 1xx ithout 1liiii alter all ie(''.c vcars (f LuIltir-gil ev o11d dtCVCd SeIVxi(C. We xxiSli 1iii Illil\ lln'PPv yCeirs i1s at onsriltrigI sti g ron. ( ) Ir Kirksrex ci-li-iclit M\r. 11 enixv Price '\ I lcolm wxxts p lroi )IlI sunrgeorai arid, as lis surceCssor-, xW xelciml. MIr C(cd AI\lirstrolig Catlvxtet. Mr. ( aIxvcit entered tile Medhlil Schrool ini 1917, and ins serx rd(l a hnp if .;ihmoil .s, app)reliticeSlp) alpuppil, housemanii, aiu(l-sg lal i(' istranrxve xx isli for hlat'iii lie t(ri r )Iiixlirlle,1a cmirisultillg Sur-onI. I I motrdI of Maing -rciirit of tilis Hospital ins long -cII foiexxortlix or iIs rriiil-(, Irirl enterprise, 111il(lur nl tills past vceni lits irin(d three Inotahlc aclilci\xinlltli ltist ()ctoh)ilr xx-or wxas -iiiiiiiiiccd(l oti a ixwN Nurses' Honie to cost _ 0 / ft in .\prii of thlis x ear xx ork xx as cnimeiii e(l onIa itpaiou rImpririvitte palcullts, at a Cost of t , lit; mid last, hut to 1iiV riiiii(l Ia fl-0oi lelst, at SLupCeraililoLtri Schieniie xxi ai,ii t itutItCd to xWhli Ii t lie ilirses xill 1iot hax e to co0irt.rihute, but