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is published in full as a supplement to this number of the Journal. At the conclusion of the Oration, Dr. John Rankin proposed a vote of thanks to Dr. Campbell. He said previous orators had all known Robert Campbell, but this was the first time one who had not enjoyed his friendship had made his contribution. Robert Campbell was a scholar, and it was that happy blend of the scholarly and the scientific mindl that made him such a dear and valuable friend. The vote of thaniks was seconded by Dr. J. S. Morrow, who had been a colleague of the late Robert Campbell in the Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, and in the Royal Victoria Hospital. He said that the subject of the Oration was particularly appropriate to the occasion, inasmuch as the life of a surgeon was a constant conflict against the dire results of the streptococcus and kindred organisms. He added that Robert Campbell's memory is verv fragrant. He had been a brilliant stucdent, an accomplished surgeon, a manl of wi(lest culture, the soul of honiour, and a great friend. Sir Thomas Houston, in supporting the vote of thanks, paid a fitting tribute to the great value of Dr. J. S. Campbell's work of the past few years in the Royal Victoria Hospital. With characteristic modesty, Dr. Campbell had not mentioned his owIn work, but when his researches come to be written, they will surely establish matny points of fundamenital importanice in the study of streptococci. WVe believe that in its broad linies, Sir Thomas continued, the work donie in our laboratory and that of Dr. Campbell have established a (lefinite classification of enterococci. The French have a proverb that what is niot worth proving often cannot be logically proved. There is such a thing as cumulative evidence and moral certainty without complete logical proof. We may have to be content with this sort of evidence which, when it is sufficient, is irresistible. Professor Lowry, itn conveying the vote of thanks, said as he listened to the Oration he was reminded of an expression made by the late Robert Campbell in speaking of a young graduate of this school: "As long as the Belfast School of Medicine can train and produce gra(luates of this calibre, it can well claim to be a medical school of the first class." "If Mr. Campbell were here to-night," Professor Lowry said, "I think he would unhesitatingly and with great justification pronounce that eulogium on our young friend who has just addressed us." Professor Lowry then presented Dr. Campbell with the bronze medal of the Orator.