FAYRER, SIR JOSEPH, BART. English physician, born in Plymouth on Dec. 6, 1824, was a member of the Indian medical service, and on his return to England acted as president of the medical board of the India Office from 1874 to 1895. In 1896 he was created a baronet. Sir Joseph Fayrer wrote much on the practice of medicine in India, and was espe cially known for his studies on the poisonous snakes of that country and on the physiological effects produced by their virus (Thanatophidia of India, 1872). This book is the standard work on the subject, and is illustrated by splendid plates drawn from the life by members of the Calcutta School of Art. He read be fore various learned societies important papers on tropical medi cine and on epidemiology. Other important works by him are: Clinical and Pathological Observations in India (1873) ; Epidemi ology of Cholera (1888) . In 190o appeared his Recollections of my Life. He died at Falmouth on May 21, 1907.