December, 1792, aged sixty-eight. He was the author of A Review of the Venereal Disease and its Remedies. 8vo. Lond. 1767. A new Inquiry into the Causes, Symptoms, and Cure of Putrid and Inflammatory Fevers, with an Appendix on the Hectic Fever and on the Ulcerated Sore Throat. 8vo. Lond. 1773. The great Importance and proper Method of cultivating and curing Rhubarb in Britain for Medical Uses. 8vo. Lond. 1784. Fragmenta Chirurgica et Medica. 8vo. Lond. 1784. A Letter to Sir John Sinclair on the Virtues of Muriatic Acid in curing Putrid Diseases. 8vo. Lond. 1790. JOHN GRIEVE, M.D.-A native of Peebles-shire and a doctor of medicine of Glasgow of 2nd October, 1777; was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 10th April, 1786. He was admitted a fellow of the Royal Society 5th June, 1794. Dr. Grieve settled in Russia; and his name disappears from the College List in 1807. JOSEPH PHELAN, M.D.-A native of King's county, Ireland, and a doctor of medicine of Glasgow of 25th July, 1785; was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 10th April, 1786. GEORGE BUXTON, M.D., was born in Middlesex, 14th December, 1730, and was the son of Charles Buxton of Braxtead, co. Essex, by his wife Hannah, daughter of George Read of London, esq. He was educated at Edinburgh, where he took his degree of doctor of medicine 9th July, 1756 (D.M.I. de Amaurosi). He was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 26th June, 1786. Dr. Buxton was a fellow of the Royal Society, and practised for some time at Chelmsford, whence he removed to Greenwich, where he died, 1st January, 1805, in his seventy-fifth year. WILLIAM BUTTER, M.D., was born in the Orkneys in 1726, and educated at Edinburgh, where he gradu ated doctor of medicine 16th September, 1761 (D.M.I. de Arteriotomiâ). He was admitted a fellow of the College of Physicians of Edinburgh 1st November, 1763; and about that time settled at Derby, where he practised for several years, and acquired a moderate fortune. He removed to London in 1782; was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 26th June, 1786; and died at his house in Lower Grosvenorstreet, 23rd March, 1805. We have from his pen- A method of Cure for the Stone, chiefly by Injections; with Descriptions and Delineations of the Instruments contrived for those purposes. 12mo. Edinb. 1754. Dissertatio de Frigore quatenus Morborum Causâ. 8vo. Edinb. 1757. A Treatise on the Kink Cough, with an Account of Hemlock and its Preparations. 8vo. Lond. 1773. An Account of Puerperal Fevers as they appear in Derbyshire. 8vo. Lond. 1775. A Treatise on the Infantile Remittent Fever. 8vo. Lond. 1782. An Improved Method of Opening the Temporal Artery, and a New Proposal for Extracting the Cataract. 8vo. Lond. 1783. A Treatise on the Disease commonly called Angina Pectoris. 8vo. Lond. 1791. A Treatise on the Venereal Rose. 8vo. Lond. 1799. THEODORE FORBES LEITH, M.D., was the second son of John Forbes, esq. (who assumed as heir to his mother the additional surname of Leith), by his wife Jean, eldest daughter of Theodore Morrison of Bogny, and was born in the county of Aberdeen. He graduated doctor of medicine at Edinburgh 12th September, 1768 (D.M.I. de Delirio Febrili); and was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 26th June, 1786. He was a fellow of the Royal Society, and is represented as a person of extensive scientific attainments. After practising for many years at Greenwich he retired to Scotland. He succeeded on the death of his elder brother in 1806, to the family estate of Whitehaugh, in his native county, where he died 6th September, 1819, in the seventy-fourth year of his age, from lockjaw, consequent on fracture of the collar-bone. He had married in 1776 Marie d'Arboine, a French lady of ancient family, and had by her three sons and three daughters.* GEORGE SANDEMAN, M.D., was born in Perthshire, and received his medical education at Edinburgh, where he graduated doctor of medicine 12th September, 1769 (D.M.I. de Rheo Palmato). He was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 26th June, 1786; and died at his house in Red Lion-square 13th November, 1818, in the seventy-second year of his age. He was buried in Bunhill-fields. WILLIAM LOWDER, M.D., was born at Southampton, and graduated doctor of medicine at Aberdeen 6th March, 1775. He was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 26th June, 1786. Dr. Lowder practised midwifery, and was a well-known lecturer on that subject in St. Saviour's churchyard, Southwark. He died at his house in Upper East Hayes, 24th October, 1801. THOMAS DALE, M.D., was the son of an American physician, who was not only a member of the Upper House of Assembly, but also a judge and justice of the peace at Charlestown, in South Carolina. Dr. Dale left America at an early age, and received his preliminary education at St. Paul's school; whence he proceeded to Edinburgh, where, after a residence of five years, he took his degree of doctor of medicine 12th June, 1775 (D.M.I. de Erysipelate). He was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 26th June, 1786, and for a long series of years maintained a highly respectable position in the city of London. He died at his house in Devonshire-square, Bishopsgate, 21st February, 1816, aged sixty-seven, and was buried in Bunhill-fields. Dr. Dale was a good classical scholar, and was well acquainted with most of the European * Burke's Landed Gentry, sub nomine, Forbes of Tolquhon. languages. He was one of the eight persons who instituted the Literary Fund. In 1790 he accepted the honorary office of registrar of the society, the duties of which he performed with great zeal for many years. PHILIP PITT WALSH, M.D.-A native of Ireland, and a doctor of medicine of Edinburgh of 12th September, 1780 (D.M.I. de Luis Venerea Stadio confirmato); was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 26th June, 1786. He practised chiefly as an accoucheur, delivered lectures on midwifery, and was physician to the British Lying-in hospital. He was the author of Practical Observations on Puerperal Fever," 8vo. Lond. 1787; and died at his house in Ely-place 25th December, 1787. WILLIAM BLACKBURNE, M.D., was born at Richmond in Yorkshire, and was the son of the Rev. Francis Blackburne, rector of that town, and archdeacon of Cleveland. He was educated at Edinburgh, where he took the degree of doctor of medicine 24th June, 1781 (D.M.I. de Sale). He practised for a short time at Durham, but soon removed to London; and was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 26th June, 1786. He was elected physician to the Westminster hospital in 1791, but resigned that office in 1794. He died at Eastcot-house, near Wells, co. Somerset, on the 9th April, 1835, in the eightieth year of He was buried at Wookey, and in the north aisle of the church there is a mural tablet bearing the following inscription : his age. Sacred to the memory of WILLIAM BLACKBURNE, M.D., who was of an ancient family of Yorkshire, the last surviving son of FRANCIS BLACKBURNE, Archdeacon of Cleveland and rector of Richmond, in the county of York. He was born in that town on the 25th of October, 1755. After the successful practice of his profession in London for many years, he retired to this village, in which he dedicated his skill and experience chiefly to the relief of his poorer neighbours; and where he died on the 9th of April, 1835. SIR JOHN MACNAMARA HAYES, BART, M.D.-A native of Limerick, and a doctor of medicine of Rheims of 20th March, 1784; was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 26th June, 1786. He had served with distinction as a surgeon in the army, but at the time of his admission by the College was one of the physicians to the forces. He was appointed physician extraordinary to the prince of Wales in 1791; and was elected physician to the Westminster hospital in 1792, but resigned his office there in 1794. He was created a baronet in 1797; and at the time of his death, which occurred 19th July, 1809, from acute laryngitis, was inspector-general of the military department at Woolwich. Sir John Macnamara Hayes was buried at St. James's, Piccadilly. A small mural monument, on the north side of the church under the gallery, bears the following inscription: Sacred to the Memory of SIR JOHN MACNAMARA HAYES, Baronet, Inspector-General of the Medical Department in the Ordnance. in 1797, as a reward for his services, and His portrait, by Medley, was engraved by N. Branwhite. THOMAS SAVAGE, M.D.-A native of Staffordshire, and a doctor of medicine of Rheims, of 5th June, 1753; was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 26th June, 1786. He enjoyed a large obstetric practice, and died at his house in Conduit-street, 14th March, 1804, in the eightieth year of his age. JOHN COOPER, M.D.-A native of Kidderminster, and a doctor of medicine of St. Andrew's, of 21st June, |