Sir Morell Mackenzie; physician and operator; a memoir compiled and ed from private papers and personal reminiscences . of other socialinstitutions of which he was the ornament and pride, and wemet frequently in private, always in fullest sympathy. I wasnever under him as a patient, never having the need for hisprofessional services; but on all matters connected with theuse and modulation of the voice, and on the cadences whichgave oratorical force, and how far they can be strengthened bythroat and chest management and the most skilful conserva-tion of tone, were subjects we never wearied of d
Sir Morell Mackenzie; physician and operator; a memoir compiled and ed from private papers and personal reminiscences . of other socialinstitutions of which he was the ornament and pride, and wemet frequently in private, always in fullest sympathy. I wasnever under him as a patient, never having the need for hisprofessional services; but on all matters connected with theuse and modulation of the voice, and on the cadences whichgave oratorical force, and how far they can be strengthened bythroat and chest management and the most skilful conserva-tion of tone, were subjects we never wearied of discussing. Butit was not by attainments or by knowledge or other possessionsor endowments, material or intellectual, that Mackenziesheart of hearts was reached. There was in his nature—littleas his enemies or his critics suspected it—a vein of noblesimplicity and unselfishness which impelled him to many agood deed in secret, which made him an absolutely devotedfriend, to whom no sacrifice of time or energy was too great ortoo exacting, which lifted him above many a pretentious time-worn convention. APPENDIX I. American and other Tributes. I HAVE said in America Sir Morell was lookedupon as an oracle. The following may serveas examples of the Transatlantic eulogies whichfollowed him to his grave :— Extract from the ^ Philadelioliia Medical Times and Register,February 13th, 1892. Sir Morell Mackenzie, the great English laryngologist,died February 3rd, of tuberculosis of the lungs. He was agreat man, of consummate ability in his speciality, with enoughpluck for seven men. Extract from the ^^ Daily Chronicle February iWij 1892. The Baroness Burdett-Coutts in distributing the prizes tothe Queens Westminster Rifles ^ referred to the death of her,^intimate friend. Sir Morell Mackenzie, who was the surgeon ofthe regiment. Extract from the Texas Sanitorian, February, 1892. The Great Morell Mackenzie is dead ! He died in LondoBon 3rd February inst., of bronchitis. Thus even the
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