Address delivered on the occasion of the presentation of prizes at the Army Medical School at Netley, February 1st, 1896 / by Richard Quain.

  • Quain, Richard, 1800-1887.
Date:
1886
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Credit: Address delivered on the occasion of the presentation of prizes at the Army Medical School at Netley, February 1st, 1896 / by Richard Quain. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    was held to be the duty of a doctor to cure disease, but the question of its prevention was never entertained. It was also said that a doctor's advice may be a good thing, but only when it is asked for. To have contributed to the overthrow of such crude notions, and to have brought about a proper comprehension of the position and duties of the Army medical officer, is of itself sufficient to have established Sir Kanald Martin's claim upon the gratitude of his country. Distin- guished as were his services in India, the medical profession in England will never forget how zealously and how success- fully he laboured to promote the improvement of the public health, and to further the advancement of the healing art. I had not the privilege of being personally acquainted with the benefactor who founded two of the prizes which have passed through my hands to-day, the late Mr. Montefiore, himself a member of our profession, but I am aware that on a like occasion to the present Sir James Paget paid an elo- quent tribute to his worth and distinguished liberality. His example is one that we should all be well pleased to hear had been followed by others. Of the donor of the last prize presented—Sir Joseph Fayrer—I have happily no occasion to speak, as in the past, and I trust that he, the Director-General, Sir Thomas Crawford, and the Professor of Pathology, Dr. Aitken, who alternately offer this prize for Pathology, may long live to witness the fruits of their well-directed endeavours to advance scientific medicine and surgery. Proceeding now to offer you a few general observations on the subject which has brought us together, let me in the first place, say that I accepted, not without hesitation, yet with pleasure, the invitation to address you to-day, for I was desirous of expressing the sympathy and kindly feeling which exist in the minds of Civil practitioners towards their brethren in the Army, Navy, and the Indian Medical Services.