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1343 AUSTRALIA.-OBITUARY. AUSTRALIA. "MR. MARTIN DOYLE AND MEDICAL ADVERTISING. To the Editor of the A.M. Gazette. DEAR SIR,-In The Lancet of Nov. 28th, 1891, p. 1255, vou will see-under Australia, from our own Correspondent: Medical Advertising’-an attack on the professionin Australia. The correspondent was then Mr. H. M. Doyle, L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S.E. I enclose you, for your perusal, copies of advertisements inserted by this medical man daily in the Newcastle Morning Herald and weekly in the Wallsend and Plattsburg Sun. Yours faithf ully, ivallsend, N.S.W., March 7th, 1893. JOHN B. NASH. The following is an exact copy of Mr. Doyle’s advertise- ment as it appears in the Newcastle Morning Herald : Dr. H. MARTIN DOYLE, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Late Medical Superintendent of the Newcastle Hospital, MAY BE CONSULTED AT No. 4, Bolton-street, Near the Newcastle Railway Station. OFFICE HOURS : Before 12, from 3 to 5 P.M., and after 7 P.M. Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Throat, and Chest, special." The above letter is published in the Australasian Medical Gazette of April 15th, 1893. We think it necessary, in view of the above and a similar advertisement which has been forwarded to us from Australia, to state that Mr. H. Martin Doyle no longer occupies the post of " our own corre- spondent " in Australia or has any connexion whatever with THE LANCET. We are grieved to think that a gentleman who came to us with the highest recommendations from one of his former teachers should have deemed it necessary to adopt a measure unworthy of the high traditions of our pro- fession and his own abilities. It is right to state that by the last mail we have received a letter from Mr. Doyle in which he voluntarily resigns his position as our correspondent. Obituary. MARCUS BECK, M.B., M.S. LOND., F.R.C.S. ENG. PROFESSOR MARCUS BECK, whose untimely death we briefly noticed last week, was born at Isleworth in October, 1843. His parents on both sides belonged to the Society of Friends. His mother, who died only last March, aged eighty- four, belonged to an old Quaker family residing at Hitchin, and was the second wife of his father, who died at a com- paratively early age, leaving, besides the subject of this memoir, a family of six sons and two daughters. Marcus Beck was educated at Queenwood College, Hamp- shire, under George Edmondstone, a man who was one of the first to introduce the teaching of science into the ordinary school curriculum and who had successively as science masters such men as Frankland, Tyndall and Debus. Subse- quently Mr. Beck was at Mr. Arthur Abbott’s school at Hitchin. On leaving school after matriculating at the London University he proceeded to the University of Glas- gow, where his cousin, Sir Joseph Lister, was the Professor of Surgery. He lived at this time in Professor Lister’s house, and the enthusiasm which he developed for the scientific study of surgery was mainly due to the early teaching, - example and influence of his distinguished cousin. The ’value of this preliminary training was shown when he returned to London and entered at University College, in a year which was particularly distinguished by the number of students who have subsequently become famous. During his student career he obtained more than the average number of class prizes, and at the University of London, at the examination for the degrees of M.B. and B.S. in 1867, he obtained the first place in medicine and the second place in surgery (qualifying for the scholarship). It is interesting to note that at this B. S. examination Mr. Beck made a good fight for first place with his friend Mr. H. G. Howse of Guy’s, who at the time of his death was his co-examiner in surgery at the University. In the following year these two dis- tinguished competitors met at the M. S. examination, on which occasion Mr. Beck beat Mr. Howse for first place, the latter. however, being qualified for the gold medal. During the period of his student career he was greatly influenced by the example and encouragement of his fellow student Mr. Cluff, whose premature decease robbed the pro- fession of a most gifted and brilliant member. Marcus Beck always spoke of him as the most talented and thorough man he ever came in contact with, and this opinion has been very generally endorsed by others. After acquiring such a high degree of credit during his student career and filling the usual house appointments he was in 1872 appointed surgical registrar to the hospital. Up to that date the surgical records, though kept with great accuracy, had not assumed that methodical arrangement which has subsequently charac- terised them, the introduction of which may be traced to Mr. Beck’s original organisation. At this time he com- menced private practice, taking-in conjunction with his friend and colleague Dr. Vivian Poore-a house in Wimpole- street, an arrangement which subsisted up to the time of his .leath. About the same time the connexion which had been commenced in the wards of University College between Marcus M ck and Professor Erichsen was drawn closer, Mr. Beck being appointed the latter gentleman’s private assistant, and shortly afterwards he was entrusted with the task of editing Professor Erichsen’s classic work, "The Science and Art of Surgery." In 1873 he was appointed assistant surgeon to University College Hospital, and from that date till the time of his death he may be said to have devoted his whole time and energies to the work in the wards and the teaching of the students. In 1878 he was appointed, in conjunction with Professor Greenfield, Mr. Jeremiah McCarthy and Dr. Ralfe, a member of the Committee appointed by the Pathological Society to inquire into the causes of pyaemia and septicaemia. It is to be feared that the extra work and the enormous amount of labour this entailed on him may have been one of the causes that induced the first symptoms of the disease (diabetes) which, after fifteen years’ struggle, was finally to cause his death. Although stricken down thus early in his career, he was by no means discouraged and bravely faced the situation. He recognised at once that with his diminished energy he could not hope to become both a great teacher and a busy consulting surgeon, and he chose to devote himself mainly to his hospital duties and the work of teaching. But if he thus retired from the active and lucrative side of professional practice he devoted himself all the more thoroughly to his hospital work, to un- tiring and often prolonged visits to the wards, and to lectures and demonstrations to the students. Most of Marcus Beck’s best work therefore was of that silent, solid character that only finds its reward, after many years of patient sowing, in the success of the pupils taught, and in that he has already reaped a rich harvest. He was, perhaps, too severe a critic to be a voluminous or popular writer. But if he seldom came before the profession as an author, the work which he has done will long bear fruit. Perhaps the most memorable literary work which Marcus Beck has left us is the monograph in Reynolds’ System of Medicine on "Consecutive Nephritis, " or the so-called surgical kidney- a treatise which has completely altered the views previously held regarding the pathology of that disease. Next to that, or perhaps before it in the opinion of his colleagues, was his great task in supervising and cataloguing the surgical pathological specimens in the museum of University College. This work, carried out in conjunction with Mr. Shattock and Mr. Stonham, involved an amount of patient labour which can hardly be estimated by those who are now benefiting by this exhaustive and most instructive production. We have already alluded to Mr. Beck’s work on the " Pyæmia " Com- mittee, and those who have read, or will refer to, the report published in the Transactions of the Pathological Society (1879) can testify to the amount of solid labour which he has contributed to the portion allotted to him both as regards the amount of clinical matter collected and investigated and the statistical results obtained. In editing the great work of his master, Professor Erichsen, Marcus Beck succeeded in bringing it fully abreast of modern pathology, a labour which
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1343AUSTRALIA.-OBITUARY.
AUSTRALIA.
"MR. MARTIN DOYLE AND MEDICAL ADVERTISING. To the Editor of the A.M. Gazette.
DEAR SIR,-In The Lancet of Nov. 28th, 1891, p. 1255,vou will see-under Australia, from our own Correspondent:Medical Advertising’-an attack on the professionin Australia.The correspondent was then Mr. H. M. Doyle, L.R.C.P.,M.R.C.S.E. I enclose you, for your perusal, copies ofadvertisements inserted by this medical man daily in theNewcastle Morning Herald and weekly in the Wallsend andPlattsburg Sun. Yours faithf ully,ivallsend, N.S.W., March 7th, 1893. JOHN B. NASH.The following is an exact copy of Mr. Doyle’s advertise-
ment as it appears in the Newcastle Morning Herald :
Dr. H. MARTIN DOYLE,PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Late Medical Superintendent of theNewcastle Hospital,
MAY BE CONSULTEDAT
No. 4, Bolton-street,Near the Newcastle Railway Station.
OFFICE HOURS : Before 12, from 3 to 5 P.M., andafter 7 P.M.
Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Throat, and Chest,special."
The above letter is published in the Australasian MedicalGazette of April 15th, 1893. We think it necessary, in viewof the above and a similar advertisement which has beenforwarded to us from Australia, to state that Mr. H. Martin
Doyle no longer occupies the post of " our own corre-
spondent " in Australia or has any connexion whatever withTHE LANCET. We are grieved to think that a gentlemanwho came to us with the highest recommendations from oneof his former teachers should have deemed it necessary toadopt a measure unworthy of the high traditions of our pro-fession and his own abilities. It is right to state that bythe last mail we have received a letter from Mr. Doyle inwhich he voluntarily resigns his position as our correspondent.
Obituary.MARCUS BECK, M.B., M.S. LOND., F.R.C.S. ENG.
PROFESSOR MARCUS BECK, whose untimely death webriefly noticed last week, was born at Isleworth in October,1843. His parents on both sides belonged to the Society ofFriends. His mother, who died only last March, aged eighty-four, belonged to an old Quaker family residing at Hitchin,and was the second wife of his father, who died at a com-paratively early age, leaving, besides the subject of this
memoir, a family of six sons and two daughters.Marcus Beck was educated at Queenwood College, Hamp-
shire, under George Edmondstone, a man who was one of thefirst to introduce the teaching of science into the ordinaryschool curriculum and who had successively as sciencemasters such men as Frankland, Tyndall and Debus. Subse-
quently Mr. Beck was at Mr. Arthur Abbott’s school atHitchin. On leaving school after matriculating at theLondon University he proceeded to the University of Glas-gow, where his cousin, Sir Joseph Lister, was the Professorof Surgery. He lived at this time in Professor Lister’s house,and the enthusiasm which he developed for the scientificstudy of surgery was mainly due to the early teaching,- example and influence of his distinguished cousin. The’value of this preliminary training was shown when hereturned to London and entered at University College, in ayear which was particularly distinguished by the number ofstudents who have subsequently become famous. Duringhis student career he obtained more than the average numberof class prizes, and at the University of London, at the
examination for the degrees of M.B. and B.S. in 1867, heobtained the first place in medicine and the second place insurgery (qualifying for the scholarship). It is interesting tonote that at this B. S. examination Mr. Beck made a goodfight for first place with his friend Mr. H. G. Howse of Guy’s,who at the time of his death was his co-examiner in surgeryat the University. In the following year these two dis-
tinguished competitors met at the M. S. examination, on whichoccasion Mr. Beck beat Mr. Howse for first place, the latter.however, being qualified for the gold medal.During the period of his student career he was greatly
influenced by the example and encouragement of his fellowstudent Mr. Cluff, whose premature decease robbed the pro-fession of a most gifted and brilliant member. Marcus Beckalways spoke of him as the most talented and thorough manhe ever came in contact with, and this opinion has beenvery generally endorsed by others. After acquiring such ahigh degree of credit during his student career and filling theusual house appointments he was in 1872 appointed surgicalregistrar to the hospital. Up to that date the surgicalrecords, though kept with great accuracy, had not assumedthat methodical arrangement which has subsequently charac-terised them, the introduction of which may be traced toMr. Beck’s original organisation. At this time he com-
menced private practice, taking-in conjunction with hisfriend and colleague Dr. Vivian Poore-a house in Wimpole-street, an arrangement which subsisted up to the timeof his .leath. About the same time the connexion which hadbeen commenced in the wards of University College betweenMarcus M ck and Professor Erichsen was drawn closer,Mr. Beck being appointed the latter gentleman’s privateassistant, and shortly afterwards he was entrusted with thetask of editing Professor Erichsen’s classic work, "TheScience and Art of Surgery." In 1873 he was appointedassistant surgeon to University College Hospital, and fromthat date till the time of his death he may be said tohave devoted his whole time and energies to the work inthe wards and the teaching of the students. In 1878 hewas appointed, in conjunction with Professor Greenfield,Mr. Jeremiah McCarthy and Dr. Ralfe, a member of theCommittee appointed by the Pathological Society to inquireinto the causes of pyaemia and septicaemia. It is to be fearedthat the extra work and the enormous amount of labour thisentailed on him may have been one of the causes thatinduced the first symptoms of the disease (diabetes) which,after fifteen years’ struggle, was finally to cause his death.Although stricken down thus early in his career, he was by nomeans discouraged and bravely faced the situation. He
recognised at once that with his diminished energy he couldnot hope to become both a great teacher and a busy consultingsurgeon, and he chose to devote himself mainly to his hospitalduties and the work of teaching. But if he thus retired fromthe active and lucrative side of professional practice he devotedhimself all the more thoroughly to his hospital work, to un-tiring and often prolonged visits to the wards, and to lecturesand demonstrations to the students. Most of Marcus Beck’sbest work therefore was of that silent, solid character thatonly finds its reward, after many years of patient sowing, inthe success of the pupils taught, and in that he has alreadyreaped a rich harvest. He was, perhaps, too severe a criticto be a voluminous or popular writer. But if he seldom camebefore the profession as an author, the work which he hasdone will long bear fruit.Perhaps the most memorable literary work which Marcus Beck
has left us is the monograph in Reynolds’ System of Medicineon "Consecutive Nephritis, " or the so-called surgical kidney-a treatise which has completely altered the views previouslyheld regarding the pathology of that disease. Next to that,or perhaps before it in the opinion of his colleagues, washis great task in supervising and cataloguing the surgicalpathological specimens in the museum of University College.This work, carried out in conjunction with Mr. Shattock andMr. Stonham, involved an amount of patient labour whichcan hardly be estimated by those who are now benefiting bythis exhaustive and most instructive production. We have
already alluded to Mr. Beck’s work on the " Pyæmia " Com-
mittee, and those who have read, or will refer to, the reportpublished in the Transactions of the Pathological Society(1879) can testify to the amount of solid labour which he hascontributed to the portion allotted to him both as regardsthe amount of clinical matter collected and investigated andthe statistical results obtained. In editing the great work ofhis master, Professor Erichsen, Marcus Beck succeeded in
bringing it fully abreast of modern pathology, a labour which
