The Bradshaw lecture on prognosis in relation to treatment of tuberculosis of the genito-urinary organs : Delivered before the Royal College of Surgeons of England, December 1907.

  • Godlee, Rickman John, Sir, 1849-1925.
Date:
1908
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Credit: The Bradshaw lecture on prognosis in relation to treatment of tuberculosis of the genito-urinary organs : Delivered before the Royal College of Surgeons of England, December 1907. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PROGNOSIS IN RELATION TO TREATMENT OF TUBERCU- LOSIS OF THE GENITO- URINART ORGANS. The Pious Founder. The simplest method of securing a limited immortality is that which involves the peri- odical mention of the name of a beneficiary by speakers or lecturers. As long as the Royal Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons exist, and 3 per cent. Consols bring in any income, and as long as men can be found to deliver lectures, so long must the name of Dr. Bradshaw be twice annually revived in London. I can imagine Dr. Bradshaw, if he was a cynic, in an exalted state of purity and wisdom, looking down complacently year by year upon those who undertake this task; watching them rack their brains for ideas during the summer months, or more likely feeling the prickings of conscience for failing in this duty. If he reflects upon his own peaceful life—not much worried with the