teemed by his contemporaries. "He possessed an acute and vigorous understanding, which had received the culture of a liberal and extended education. He was a good classical scholar, and until within a short time of his death was in the daily habit of devoting some intervals of leisure to the poets or historians of Greece and Rome. He was a painstaking, judicious, and successful practitioner, had a just conception of what belonged to the character of a physician, and always maintained by example as well as by precept the dignity and value of his profession." His bust is in the entrance hall of the new St. Thomas's hospital.

JAMES HERVEY, M.D., was born in London, and received his preliminary education, first at a school at Northampton, and subsequently at home under a private tutor. He was then sent to Oxford, and entered at Queen's college, as a member of which he proceeded A.B. 30th May, 1771; A.M. 9th June, 1774; M.B. 15th January, 1777; M.D. 7th July, 1781. Dr. Hervey was elected physician to Guy's hospital in 1779; was admitted a Candidate of the College of Physicians 1st October, 1781; and a Fellow, 30th September, 1782. Possessed of a comfortable independence, Dr. Hervey was little solicitous for business. He regularly attended for some years at Tunbridge Wells during the summer, but more for the sake of his own health and recreation than for professional employment. His practice there was select rather than extensive; but he acquired the reputation of an able physician. He was Gulstonian turer in 1783; Censor in 1783, 1787, 1789, 1795, 1802, 1809; Registrar from 1784 to 1814; Harveian orator in 1785; Lumleian lecturer from 1789 to 1811; and Elect, 4th May, 1809. Dr. Hervey was the first appointed registrar of the National Vaccine Establishment. He died at the commencement of 1824.

CHRISTOPHER MANN TORRE, A.M.-Of Trinity college, Cambridge, A.B. 1779; A.M. 1782. He was ad

mitted an Extra-Licentiate of the College of Physicians 15th March, 1783, and then settled at Pontefract, where he practised for many years; and, dying on the 23rd October, 1824, was buried in All Saints church in that town, where there is a tablet thus inscribed:

To Christopher Mann Torre, Esq.,

son of Nicholas Torre, Esq., and Mary his wife, of Pontefract, who departed this life October 23, 1824,

of his age.

That he possessed the best feelings of the heart,

was manifested by his piety to God,

and his unwearied benevolence to those who required his assistance. That he was beloved and esteemed,

was evidenced in the grief of his sorrowful relations,

in the unfeigned regret of many who cherish the remembrance of his worth,

and in the heartfelt tribute of him whose gratitude and affection dedicates this tablet to the memory of his virtues.

JOHN FOX, M.D.-A doctor of medicine, of what university is not recorded; was admitted an Extra-Licentiate of the College of Physicians 29th April, 1783. He practised at Falmouth.

BENJAMIN CHANDLER, M.D., was admitted an ExtraLicentiate of the College 31st October, 1783. He practised at Canterbury; and, dying there on the 10th May, 1786, aged forty-nine, was buried in the church of St. Mary Magdalene, in that city. In the south aisle is a flagstone thus inscribed :

Here lie the remains of

Benjamin Chandler, Junr., M.D.,

a man of great erudition

and singularly eminent in his profession.
He died on the 10th of May, 1786,

deeply lamented by his relatives and friends.

He was the author of-

An Essay on the present Method of Inoculation. 8vo. Lond.

1767.

An Enquiry into the various Theories and Methods of Cure in Apoplexies and Palsies. 8vo. Canterbury. 1785.

ROBERT FREER, M.D.-A native of Perthshire, and a doctor of medicine of Aberdeen, of 23rd February, 1779; was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 25th June, 1783. He died in Scotland, where he had long practised, about the year 1827.

DEVEREUX MYTTON, M.D., was born in Montgomeryshire, and educated at Pembroke college, Oxford. He proceeded A.B. 2nd December, 1773; A.M. 5th July, 1776; M.B. 6th January, 1781; M.D. 13th December, 1781; was admitted a Candidate of the College of Physicians 30th September, 1782; and a Fellow, 30th September, 1783. He practised for a few years at Windsor, but at the age of fifty withdrew to his native county

and took to farming, in which he was very successful. He died at Varchoel, Montgomeryshire, on the 30th September, 1841, aged eighty-seven, and was buried in the parish church of Garth, in that county. His memorial is as follows:

Sacred to the Memory of
Devereux Mytton, Esq., M.D.,
of Varchoel, in this parish,
third son of Devereux Mytton, Esq.,
of Garth, and Anne his wife,
and grandson of Richard Mytton, Esq.,
of Pontyscowryd,

and Dorothy his wife, only child of
Brochwell Wynn, of Ġarth.

He departed this life Sept. 30th, 1841,
in the 87th year of his age.

JOHN MATTHEWS, M.D., was born in Herefordshire, and educated at Merton college, Oxford, as a member of which he proceeded A. B. 3rd March, 1778; A.M. 2nd June, 1779; M.B. 31st May, 1781; M.D. 6th July, 1782. He was admitted a Candidate of the College of Physicians 30th September, 1782; and a Fellow, 30th September, 1783. He delivered the Gulstonian lectures in 1784. Dr. Matthews was elected physician to St. George's hospital 20th April, 1781, but resigned that office in 1783, when he relinquished the practice of his

profession, and withdrew to his native county. He there became alderman and one of the magistrates of Hereford, chairman of the quarter sessions, and colonel of the first regiment of Herefordshire militia. He died at his seat, Belmont, Hereford, after a protracted illness of intense suffering, on the 15th January, 1826, aged seventy.

THOMAS DENMAN, M.D., was born at Bakewell, co. Derby, 27th June, 1733, and was educated at the grammar-school of that town. He was the second son of Mr. John Denman, a respectable apothecary, who died in 1752, when our future physician for some time assisted his elder brother, who succeeded to the business. In his twenty-first year he came to London, and attended two courses of lectures on anatomy, and the practice of St. George's hospital. He then procured the appointment of surgeon's mate in the navy. In 1757 he was made surgeon through the interest of the dowager duchess of Devonshire, and, after a cruise of seventeen months off the coast of Africa, was appointed to the Edgar, a new ship of sixty guns, commanded by captain (afterwards admiral) Drake, with whom he continued until the conclusion of peace in 1763, when he left the service. Repairing to London, he renewed his studies, and attended Dr. Smellie's lectures on midwifery. He was created doctor of medicine by the university of Aberdeen 13th July, 1764, and then endeavoured to establish himself as a physician at Winchester. This attempt proving unsuccessful, he returned to London, but his prospects were so little flattering, that he actually made an attempt to resume his situation as surgeon in the navy. Fortunately for his future career he was unable to procure a warrant. Under these circumstances, the surgeoncy to one of the royal yachts, which he obtained through the influence of lord George Cavendish, and the friendly recommendation of his former commander, captain Drake, bringing him a salary of seventy pounds per annum, without materially affecting

his London practice, afforded him an important addition to his small income. About this period he commenced lecturing on midwifery, in conjunction with Dr. Osborne. These lectures, which were continued for fifteen years, gave him a high reputation; and on the 5th October, 1769, he was appointed physician-accoucheur to the Middlesex hospital. Dr. Denman's progress as a practitioner was at first, however, slow. Dr. William Hunter then occupied the first place as accoucheur at the west end of the town, and Dr. Ford was in the enjoyment of an extensive and lucrative practice. On their removal Dr. Denman made rapid progress; he soon attained to the summit of his department of the profession, and maintained his position with a firmness of which there have been but few examples. In 1783 his private engagements had become so numerous that he was compelled to resign his office at the Middlesex hospital. He was admitted by the College of Physicians a Licentiate in Midwifery 22nd December, 1783.* In 1791 Dr. Denman purchased a house at Feltham, near Hounslow, and withdrew from the more harassing and laborious part of his practice, but he never quitted it entirely. He limited himself to consultations, and in that capacity was much esteemed and much resorted to. He died at his house in Mount-street, Grosvenorsquare, 26th November, 1815, aged eighty-two, and was buried at St. James's, Piccadilly, where there is the following simple inscription:

Thomas Denman, M.D.,

born June 27, 1733, died Nov. 26, 1815.
Elizabeth his wife

born Jan. 23, 1746, died Jan. 19, 1833.

"To a well-cultivated mind and sound judgment, aided by experience and enriched by reading the best authors, Dr. Denman added the more pleasing qualities of mildness, amenity of manners, patience, and unre

* "1783, Oct. 6. The College having taken into consideration the Practice of Midwifery resolved that Licences be granted to Practitioners in Midwifery." Annals, vol. xv, p. 35.