 His annual reports to his vestry were conspicuous for clearness of insight into his duties, and the faithful, efficient, and temperate manner in which his advice was set forth.The esteem in which he was held by his brother medical officers was declared by electing him President of their Association.The ever-lamented Professor Parkes soon discovered his worth, and associated him in the work of the "British and Foreign Medico-Chirurgical Review".