Temple University School of Medicine - Skull Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Sir Luke Fildes The Doctor, 1891 The popularity of the picture is due to the strong appeal that it makes to the higher and finer qualities of mankind and the response that it evokes in even- bosom. The heart-broken mother and the stern-faced, vigilant father half-hidden in the shadows of the background, the striken child on its lonely pallet, and the kindly, watchful physician bent over the little sufferer—all these have their counterpart in the experience of everyone who has encountered sickness and death. There is a most careful attention to detail, loo often lacking, in our modern impressionistic painting. The homely furnishings of the room, almost lost in the shadow, are nevertheless, clearly depicted, and are without exception in keeping with the spirit of the picture. Even the bird is silent in his cage, as if he, too, were imbued with the sense of waiting and dread. It will often be our lot to enter upon and be the central figure in such a scene as this. May the character which is so plainly written upon the face of “THE DOCTOR” be ours. May we embrace every opportunity to give aid to the suffering and comfort to those in sorrow . And may our human sympathy and medical skill always go hand in hand in the warfare against disease and death. H irr E. Bacon Skull 1925

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Allen Gregg, M.D.

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