Abstract

Ernest Southard was the most unusual man I have known. He was so many things. He was a perpetual teacher, and his erudition was surprising. Any association with happened him that was truly rewarding. in 1916 plans were It so underthat Southard should be named director. The appointment carried the handicap that the institution was classffied as abranch subject of to the the Boston authority State of Hospital the trustees and ofconsideration for me to join his staff at the Psychopathic Hospital in Boston in the autumn of that year. I had told him that I had no license to practice medicine in Massachusetts, or anywhere else, for that matter. He said that he knew the State Board of Examiners and felt that the formality would not be a on came a sorrowful with the information that the Boaril would not permit anthat hospital. Southard carried on however and the Boston Psychopathic became an unparalleled training center, attracting graduate students from far and wide. Within two or three years there wasoccasion to visit Ernest Southard at theof examinations question. Later letter from Southardhospital. I shared the common experience that to interview this great teacher and listen to his