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MR. VICTOR PLARR'S article, in last week's NATURE, on the celebration of the centenary of the Royal College of Surgeons of England contained a brief statement of the ceremonies which were to commence on the day we went to press. The proceedings were opened on Wednesday morning, July 25, when demonstrations were given in the Hunterian Museum of the College by the conservator, Prof. C. Stewart, F.R.S.,who conducted visitors round the galleries, pointing out and describing some of the more important and interesting specimens. At the same time, in the theatre of the Examination Hall, Dr. T. G. Brodie, director of the laboratories of the Conjoint Board, gave an account of some of the work recently carried out in the research laboratories. In the evening a conversazione was held at the College, and was attended by many distinguished guests. Demonstrations were again given by Prof. Stewart and Dr. Brodie on Thursday morning; and in the afternoon, Sir William MacCormack, the president, delivered an address of welcome, and presented the diploma of Honorary Fellow to the Marquis of Salisbury and the Earl of Rosebery. As already stated (p. 294), the Prince of Wales received the diploma on July 24; and the form of the Royal diploma is the same as that employed for all the Honorary Fellowships.
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The Centenary of the Royal College of Surgeons . Nature 62, 331 (1900). https://doi.org/10.1038/062331a0
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