Dr, Fowler in reply said that the last week or two had been a time of great embarrassment to him, so many kind things had been said to him. He thanked Mr, Bain and friends most sincerely for their gift and gracious words, a good deal of he could not accept as being strictly accurate, He took over the Superintendence after the Iamented work he was "ble to carry on largely through the loyal ce-operation and sympathetic help.of the rest of the Staff, so that his short term of. service had been a very happy one.
'He wished strongly to urge upon the Trustees and supporters of the hospital the great need of a Convwalescent Home for ambulatory'
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