to the General dispensary, and one of the founders of the London Medical Society, of which he was for many years president. "He was," says Mr. Wadd, "a good-humoured, pleasant man, full of anecdote, an ample reservoir of good things, and for figures and facts a perfect chronicle of other times. He had a most retentive memory, but when that failed in any particular he referred to a book of knowledge in the shape of a pocket-book, from which he quoted with oracular authority." Dr. Sims' portrait was painted by Medley, and engraved by Branwhite. He was the author of

Observations on Epidemic Diseases, with Remarks on Nervous and Malignant Fevers. 8vo. Lond. 1773.

A Discourse on the best method of prosecuting Medical Inquiries. 8vo. Lond. 1774.

The Principles and Practice of Midwifery, by G. Foster, M.D., completed by James Sims, M.D. 8vo. Lond. 1781.

SAMUEL FOART SIMMONS, M.D., was born at Sandwich, co. Kent, 17th March, 1750, and educated at a seminary in France, where he obtained not only a competent knowledge of the classics, but a minute and critical knowledge of the French language, which he wrote and spoke with the same ease and correctness as his own. His medical studies were commenced at Edinburgh, where he continued three years. He then passed over to Holland, and at Leyden proceeded doctor of medicine in 1776 (D.M.I. de Rubeolâ). Dr. Simmons then visited Groningen, where he made the acquaintance of the celebrated Camper, and proceeded thence to Aix-la-Chapelle, visiting different parts of Germany, and stopping for a time at each of the principal universities in that country. At Berne he became known to Haller, who afterwards ranked him among his friends and correspondents. On his way from Berne to Geneva he paid his respects to Voltaire, at Ferney, and after spending a few weeks at Montpelier proceeded homewards through Bordeaux to Paris. His intention was to have practised in his native county, Kent, and with this view he came before the College of

Physicians, and on the 1st July, 1777, was admitted an Extra-Licentiate. Within a few months, however, he determined on settling in London, and was admitted a Licentiate of the College 30th September, 1778. Dr. Simmons was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1779, and of the Society of Antiquaries in 1791, as he had before been of the different academies of Nantes, Montpelier, and Madrid. He was an honorary fellow of the College of Physicians of Lorraine, a foreign fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine of Paris, an honorary member of the Medical Society of Edinburgh, and of the Philosophical Society of Manchester. In 1780 he was appointed physician to the Westminster dispensary, and in 1781 physician to St. Luke's hospital. From this time to the period of his death he devoted himself almost exclusively to the treatment of insanity, in which department he attained a high reputation, and from it accumulated an ample fortune. In 1803 Dr. Simmons was called into attendance on the king, and in May, 1804, was appointed one of his Majesty's physicians extraordinary. He resigned his office at St. Luke's hospital in February, 1811; when the governors, as a mark of their esteem and respect, appointed him consulting physician, an office created expressly for him and allowed to lapse on his decease. Dr. Simmons died at his house in Poland-street, 23rd April, 1813, aged sixty-three, and was buried in the churchyard of St. Clement's, Sandwich, Kent. His tomb bears the following inscription :

Within this tomb lieth

SAMUEL FOART SIMMONS, M.D.,
Physician Extraordinary to his Majesty,
Fellow of the Royal Society,

and Physician to the hospital of St. Luke's, in London.
He was a native of this town and port,

and after a life zealously devoted to his profession,
and the pursuits of science,

died on the 23rd day of April, 1813, aged sixty-three years.
His widow and son have caused this monument

to be erected in grateful affection for his memory.
Here are also deposited the remains of

nection of the Extreme Vessels of the Human Body. 8vo. Lond. 1787.

Dermato-Pathologia, or Practical Observations on the Pathology and proximate Cause of Diseases of the true Skin and its emanations, the Rete Mucosum and Cuticle. 8vo. Lond. 1792.

Cautions to Women respecting the State of Pregnancy. 12mo. Lond. 1798.

Observations on the Epidemic Disease which lately prevailed at Gibraltar, intended to illustrate the Nature of Contagious Fevers in general. 8vo. Lond. 1806.

JOHN SIMS, M.D., was born in Canterbury. After a good private education at a school at Burford in Oxfordshire, and afterwards under his father, a good classical scholar, at home, he was sent to Edinburgh. He passed the session of 1773-74 at Leyden, and then returned to Edinburgh, where he took the degree of doctor of medicine 12th September, 1774 (D.M.I. de Usu Aquæ Frigidæ Interno). He settled in London; was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 25th June, 1779 ; and was appointed physician to the Surrey dispensary, and to the Charity for Delivering Married Women at their own Houses. Dr. Sims died at Dorking 26th February, 1831, aged eighty-two. He was an accomplished botanist, and for many years edited the "Botanical Magazine." He was the author of—

A Letter on the Pregnancy of the pretended Prophetess Joanna Southcott.

ANTHONY FOTHERGILL, M.D., was born at Sedbergh, and obtained his medical education at Edinburgh, Leyden, and Paris. He graduated doctor of medicine at Edinburgh in October, 1763 (D.M.I. de Febre Intermittente); and soon after, at the recommendation of his namesake, though no relation, Dr. John Fothergill, settled at Northampton. There he met with more dif ficulties and had greater opposition to encounter than either he or his patron had been led to expect. Ultimately, however, they were overcome, and his position in that town and neighbourhood seems to have come up to his desires. He continued at Northampton many

years, and in 1774 was appointed physician to the hospital in that town. Dr. Fothergill was admitted a fellow of the Royal Society 12th November, 1778; a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 30th September, 1779; and in 1781, on the death of Dr. John Fothergill, he removed to London and settled in Harpurstreet, the residence of his deceased friend. But his success in town not proving equal to his expectations, he removed to Bath in the latter part of 1784, where he soon acquired an extensive business, and realised a good fortune. In 1803 Dr. Fothergill relinquished practice, and set out on a visit to the western hemisphere. He remained in America several years, but returned to this country in 1812, and died at St. George's-place, Surrey, 11th May, 1813, aged seventy eight. He left considerable wealth, most of which was bequeathed to charitable institutions. He was a frequent contributor to the Transactions of the Medical Society of London, and the following separate publications were from his pen:

Hints for Restoring Animation, and for Preserving Mankind against Noxious Vapours. 8vo. Lond. 1783.

A New Inquiry into the Suspension of Vital Action in cases of Drowning and Suffocation. 8vo. Lond. 1795.

A New Experimental Inquiry into the Nature and Qualities of the Cheltenham Waters. 8vo. Bath. 1788.

Cautions to the Heads of Families on the Poison of Lead and Copper. 8vo. Bath. 1790.

An Essay on the Abuse of Spirituous Liquors. 8vo. Bath. 1797. An Essay on the Nature of the Disease occasioned by the Bite of a Mad Dog. 8vo. Lond. 1798.

An Essay on the Preservation of Shipwrecked Mariners, in Answer to the Prize Questions proposed by the Royal Humane Society. 8vo. Lond. 1799.

JAMES FORD, JUNR., M.D., was the son of James Ford, M.D., physician extraordinary to the queen, and a Licentiate of the College already mentioned. He received his preliminary education at Westminster, and was then sent to Edinburgh, where he took his degree of doctor of medicine in 1777 (D.M.I. de Fermenta

tione). He was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 30th September, 1779; and was elected physician to St. George's hospital 23rd June, 1786, but resigned that office in the latter part of 1793. He died at Exmouth, co. Devon, after a short illness, 18th March, 1799, aged forty-five.

STEPHEN PELLET, M.D., was born in London. His education was commenced at Lausanne; afterwards he went to Geneva, and for two years was a pupil of De Saussure. He returned to England, and was matriculated at Hertford college, Oxford, as a member of which house he proceeded A.B. 14th May, 1773. He then removed to Edinburgh, where, after a four years' course of study, he graduated doctor of medicine 24th June, 1779 (D.M.I. de Palustrium Locorum Insalubritate a Miasmate Oriundâ). He was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 20th March, 1780; and practised first at Reading, but afterwards removed to St. Alban's, where, besides his usual practice as a physician, he had a house for the reception of lunatics of the upper class. He was for more than a quarter a century an acting magistrate for the liberty of St. Alban's. Dr. Pellet eventually retired from practice, and removed to London. He died at Westbourn-green, November 28, 1824, aged seventy-eight.

CHARLES ELSDEN BAGGE, M.D., was born in Norfolk, and educated at Caius college, Cambridge, of which he was a fellow. He proceeded M.B. 1774; M.D. 1779; was admitted a Candidate of the College of Physicians 30th September, 1779; and a Fellow, 30th September, 1780. He practised for a short period in London, but then settled at Lynn Regis, where he remained some years, but eventually removed to East Dereham; and, as I conceive, died there in 1798 or 1799.

THOMAS BOWDLER, M.D., was born at Ashley, near Bath, 4th January, 1754, and received his medical edu

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