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JAMES MACDONALD, M. D

LATE PHYSICIAN TO THE BLOOMINQDALE A8YLUM FOR THE INSANE J TO

THE NEW-YORK HOSPITAL, AND VISITING PHYSICIAN TO THE

LUNATIC ASYLUM AT BLACKWELL's ISLAND.

DELIVERED BEFORE THE

NEW-YORK MEDICAL AND SDRGICAL SOCIETY,

JOHN A. SWKTT, M. D

AND PUBLISHED BY ITS ORDER

E ULOGY.

Mr. President and Gentlemen:

We have been called upon for the first time since the org zation of our Society, to record the death of one of our associates. During a period of fourteen years we have enjoyed a singular immunity. While severe sickness has fallen upon some in our circle, and many doubts and anxieties have been awakened as to the issue, yet we have all escaped the final blow until the recent and unexpected loss of one of our most valued associates has at length broken the bond that united us.

The richest legacy which a good man can leave behind him is the memory of his life. To his family, no accumulation of the gifts of fortune can equal this bequest ; to his friends, no monument is more enduring or beautiful ; to his professional associates, no record of professional labor is more valuable. The recollections of our deceased friend and brother, are full of interest and of consolation to all who knew him. In his domestic relations, in society, and in the ranks of the profession, he filled the measure of usefulness and honor. In the prime of life, with the faculties of his mind fully developed by study and observation, rich in the gifts of the heart, a truly generous and noble nature, uniting great dignity and affability of manner, he was equally conspicuous and admired in the public and the social relations of life, equally trusted and appreciated by those who required his services, and by the profession which was honored and elevated by his example.