JAMES FRANCIS DE LA FONTAINE, M.D.-A Swiss, and a doctor of medicine, but of what university is not stated; was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 25th June, 1765.

JOHN NAPIER, M.D.-A native of Scotland, and a doctor of medicine of Rheims, of 10th October, 1735; was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 25th June, 1765.

ROBERT JAMES, M.D. was born, in 1703, at Kinverston, in Staffordshire, and had his preliminary education at the grammar school of Lichfield, where he was contemporary with the great lexicographer Johnson. He went thence to St. John's college, Oxford, and as a member of that house proceeded A.B. 5th July, 1726. He was admitted an Extra Licentiate of the College of Physicians 12th January, 1727-8, and the same year was created doctor of medicine at Cambridge, by royal mandate. He practised successively at Sheffield, Lichfield, and Birmingham, but eventually removed to London; and was admitted a Licentiate of the College 25th June, 1765. Dr. James was the inventor of the celebrated "fever powders," which bear his name. He was a person of very considerable attainments, and was highly esteemed by Dr. Johnson, who is reported to have said of him, that "no man brought more mind to his profession;" but he tarnished the fair fame he might otherwise have obtained, by patenting his powders, and falsifying their specification. Dr. James died 23rd March, 1776, aged 73. He was a voluminous writer, and published the following works :

A Medical Dictionary, with a History of Drugs. 3 vols. Fol. Lond. 1743.

A Treatise on the Gout and Rheumatism. 8vo. Lond. 1745.

A Translation of Rammazini de Morbis Artificum, &c. 8vo. Lond. 1746.

The Presages of Life and Death in Diseases, translated from the Latin of Prosper Alpinus. 2 vols. 8vo. Lond. 1746.

A Dissertation on Fevers and Inflammatory Distempers. 8vo. Lond. 1748.

This ran to eight editions, to the last of which, a posthumous publication, was appended

A Vindication of the Fever Powder, and a short Treatise on the Disorders of Children. 8vo. Lond. 1778.

Pharmacopoeia Universalis; or, a New Universal English Dispensatory. 8vo. Lond. 1752.

The Practice of Physick. 2 vols. 8vo. Lond. 1760.

A Treatise on Canine Madness. 8vo. Lond. 1760.

BENJAMIN ALEXANDER, M.D.-An Irishman, educated at Leyden, where he proceeded doctor of medicine 1st December, 1761; was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 25th June, 1765. He was elected physician to the London hospital 5th June, 1765; and died 27th April, 1768. Dr. Alexander is still remembered by his translation into English of Morgagni's great work "De Sedibus et Causis Morborum," which issued from the London press, in three volumes quarto, the year after his death.

JOHN MATHER, M.D. was admitted an Extra Licentiate of the College of Physicians 10th September, 1765.

WILLIAM BAYLIES, M.D. was born in Worcestershire, and bred an apothecary, in which capacity he practised for some years in the country. By a marriage with the daughter of Mr. Thomas Cookes, a wealthy and influential attorney at Evesham, he acquired an independency, and thereupon determined to practise as a physician. He obtained a degree of doctor of medicine from the university of St. An

drews; and in 1759 was admitted a fellow of the College of Physicians of Edinburgh. He settled at Bath, and shortly afterwards published a small treatise, entitled "Reflections on the Use and Abuse of Bath Waters," which involved him in an acrimonious dispute with Dr. Lucas and Dr. Oliver, the two leading physicians in that city. He next printed "A Narrative of Facts, demonstrating the Existence and Cause of a Physical Confederacy, made known in the printed letters of Dr. Lucas and Dr. Oliver;" and, in consequence of this publication, was excluded from all consultations at Bath. In 1761 Dr. Baylies was a candidate for the representation of Evesham in Parliament; and in November of that year presented a petition against the return of one of the members, alleging that he himself had received a majority of votes, and ought to have been returned. The petition was ordered to be heard the 15th of December; but before the day arrived it was allowed to be withdrawn. Having lost all chance of success at Bath, he removed to London; and on the 8th November, 1764, was elected physician to the Middlesex hospital. He was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 30th September, 1765; and about that time "took a magnificent house in Great George-street, Westminster, where he kept an excellent table and fine carriages, gave splendid entertainments and wines, and was remarkable for an enormous tie-wig. He lived there about six months, put off notes, and then was obliged to abscond, on account of some disgraceful money transactions." He retreated to Germany, and practised first at Dresden, and then at Berlin, where he succeeded in gaining the confidence and patronage of Frederick the Great. The doctor died at Berlin, apparently a rich man, the

2nd March, 1787, aged 63. A portrait of him, by H. Schmid, engraved by D. Berger, was published at Berlin.

JOHN FORD, M.D.-A native of London, and a doctor of medicine of the university of St. Andrew's; was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 30th September, 1765. He practised as an accoucheur, and was for many years physician to the Charity for Delivering Poor Married Women at their own Houses. Dr. Ford died at his house in Highbury-place 27th May, 1806, aged 70. “About twenty years before his death he retired from practice; and having married a rich widow, had since resided in Highbury-place. He was a man of learning and much respected, a Methodist, and for many years had been in the habit of occasionally preaching at the principal chapels of that sect."*

JOSEPH ALLEN, M.D. was born in Ireland, and bred a surgeon, in which capacity he accompanied Lord Anson in his celebrated voyage round the globe. On his return to England he was chosen master of Dulwich college. He obtained the degree of doctor of medicine from the university of St. Andrew's 23rd April, 1754; and was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 30th September, 1765. Dr. Allen retained his mastership of Dulwich college for thirty years, and then vacated it by marriage. He died, after a few days' illness, on the 10th January, 1796, being then in his 83rd year, and, as was believed, the last survivor of those who accompanied Lord Anson.

JAMES WALKER, M.D.-A doctor of medicine of St. Andrew's, and a fellow of the College of Physicians of Edinburgh; was admitted a Licentiate of the *Gentleman's Magazine.

College of Physicians of London 23rd December, 1765. He practised in Jamaica, and his name continues on our list until 1804.

FRANCIS DE VALINGEN, M.D. was born at Berne in Switzerland, and received his general and medical education at Leyden. Though educated in physic, it was not originally his intention to pursue it as a profession, his connexions having led him to look for advancement in a department of public life. Towards the end of the reign of George the Second, he kissed hands on receiving some diplomatic appointment to the court of Madrid; but on the retreat of his patron from power almost immediately afterwards, he declined the honour, and then devoted himself to physic. He was created doctor of medicine by the university of St. Andrew's 9th July, 1763; and was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 23rd December, 1765. He resided in Fore-street, Cripplegate; and died, after a short illness, 1st March, 1805, aged 80, at a suburban house he possessed on Hermes-hill, Pentonville. Dr. de Valingen was the author of "A Treatise on Diet." 8vo. Lond. 1768; and was the first to suggest the employment of the chloride of arsenic in practice. A large quantity of this compound he prepared with his own hands, and presented it to the Apothecaries Company, under the name of "solvent mineral," a solution of which was thenceforward kept on sale at the Hall, and was extensively prescribed by some of the leading physicians in the city. It is said to be safer and more efficacious than Fowler's solution, and on these grounds has been recently admitted into the London Pharmacopoeia, under the name of Liquor Arsenici Chloridi.