[Dr. J. W. Barrett, the Hon. Secretary, read a letter from Baron von Mueller, stating that he had intended to attend the meeting to take part in person in the offering of felicitations to Dr. Barker, but found he was unable to be present.]
Letter not found. The text given here is from a report of the meeting of the Medical Society of Victoria held on 3 September 1890, Australian medical journal, 15 September 1890, p. 390. Before the presentation of cases and papers, the meeting honoured Dr William Barker, 'on the completion of his fiftieth year of medical practice, and his forty-sixth year of practice in Victoria'.
Please cite as “FVM-90-09-00g,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on