Occasion Fleeting

Several of these essays have been published in the Guy's Hospital Gazette and some paragraphs of the "Art of the Geriatrician" in the Practitioner. My thanks are due to the editors for permission to reprint. One or two of my personal reminiscences of Sir William Arbuthnot Lane appeared in Mr. Tanner's volume. These pages, although essentially medical, are not altogether unsuitable for a layman, if it be understood that I show respect to all branches of the medical profession and that my thoughts are serious - not least when proffered with a smile. --- excerpt from book's Preface