writes as follows -It was my good fortune to have been associated with thl late Dr. Colcott Fox as his assistant in hospital work during several years, and to have thus had the benefit of his teaching and example. Many of those who now practise dermatology in London have been similarly pupils of Dr. Fox; and non< can have worked with him without being in some degreE infected by his enthusiasm, without gaining much from th( example of his accuracy in clinical observation, without gleaning

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... ng from his vast store of knowledge oj the literature of diseases of the skin, and without being stimulated by his kindlv advice and criticism, Dr. Colcott Fox regarded himself as one who wrote little, but while he was no prodigal writer he actually contributed very largely to the literature of dermatology. His contributions were often brief, for the reason that 'he was careful always that every fact and statement should be as nearly as possible scientifically accurate. Several complaints with which we are now familiar were first observed and noted by him, and he helped very largely to sift out and to establish the identity of a good many more. Among the diseases with which the name of Colcott Fox will always be associated are the now well-known papular urticaria of childhood-lichen urticatus ; a vacciniform dermatitis of babies; "ringed eruption," now known as granuloma annulare ; dermatitis fictu of neurotic women and of malingerers; and the whole group of tuberculides. He was an authority on drug eruptions, and edited and contributed valuable notes to Morrow's monograph on this subject. In more recent years he carried out a large amount of research work in connexion with the biology of ringworm, and a few years before he retired from practice he wrote for Allbutt and Rolleston's "System of Medicine" articles upon the eruptions of staphylococcic and of streptococcic origin, pityriasis, botryomycosis, urticaria, angioneurotic osdema, urticaria pigmentosa, lichen urticatus, erythema, granuloma annulare, prurigo, Schamberg's disease, pemphigus and the pemphigoids, epidemolysis bullosa, and mycosis fungoides. Each of these articles is a monograph stamped with hia characteristic thoroughness, and embodying his own particular views and his extensive knowledge of literature of the particular subject dealt with. Throughout his career it was the hobby of our late beloved master to gather together the numerous monographs upon the diseases which he made i his life's study, and he left as a legacy to future derma-