1779; was admitted by the College a Licentiate in Midwifery 26th June, 1786. the army. ROBERT KNOX, M.D., was a native of Edinburgh, and a doctor of medicine of St. Andrew's, of 5th March, 1750. He was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 1st April, 1765, and was then physician to Dr. Knox was elected physician to the Middlesex hospital 10th February, 1769. In 1779 he was ordered to America, and obtained leave of absence from the governors of the hospital. He resigned his hospital appointment in October, 1782. On the 26th June, 1786, he was admitted a Fellow of the College, speciali gratiâ; and was Censor in 1790. He died at his house in Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square, 22nd May, 1792. JULIAN GARTNER HALL was admitted an Extra-Licentiate of the College of Physicians 27th June, 1786. He practised at Ludlow. ROBERT BLAND, M.D., was born at Lynn Regis, and was the son of Mr. David Bland, an attorney in that town. He was educated in London for a surgeon, in which capacity he practised for some years. He was created doctor of medicine by the university of St. Andrew's 4th December, 1778; and was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 30th September, 1786. Dr. Bland practised chiefly as an accoucheur, and contributed to Rees' Cyclopædia all the articles relating to midwifery. He died at his house in Leicester-square, 29th June, 1816, aged seventy-six. He was the author of— Some Calculations of the Number of Accidents or Deaths which happen from Parturition. 4to. Lond. 1781. Observations on Human and Comparative Parturition. Lond. 1794. 8vo. Proverbs, chiefly taken from the Adagia of Erasmus, with explanations; and illustrated by Examples from the Spanish, Italian, French, and English languages. 2 vols 12mo. Lond. 1814. WILLIAM HAMILTON, M.D., was born at Strabane, co. Tyrone, in 1758, and educated at Glasgow, where he passed through the curriculum of arts, and then proceeded to Edinburgh, where he graduated doctor of medicine 24th June, 1779 (D.M.I. de Sanguine Humano). He was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 30th September, 1786; was elected physician to the London hospital 5th December, 1787, and died at his house in Old Broad-street 5th May, 1807. JOHN HAMMAN, M.D., was born in Kent, and graduated doctor of medicine at Leyden, 22nd September, 1785. He was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 30th September, 1786; was elected physician to the Middlesex hospital 15th October, 1789; and died 23rd July, 1793. JOHN SQUIRE, M.D., was born in Suffolk, and educated at the grammar school of Lavenham, of which parish his father was for many years rector. He studied medicine at the London hospitals; was appointed surgeon to the army; and was present at the three important sieges of Louisburgh, Quebec, and the Havannah. He was created doctor of medicine by the university of Aberdeen 6th September, 1765; and, eventually settling in London, and devoting himself to the practice of midwifery, was elected physician to the Maternity Charity; and on the 30th September, 1786, was admitted by the College of Physicians a Licentiate in Midwifery. He died very suddenly on the 28th August, 1816, aged eighty-four. At the instant of his death he was engaged in the exercise of his profession, assisting a medical friend at the delivery of a patient, whose labour was attended with circumstances of much difficulty and danger, and whilst so occupied expired in an instant without a sigh or a struggle. He was buried in a vault at St. Andrew's, Holborn. Dr. Squire, in conjunction with his friend Mr. Chamberlaine, was the founder of the Society for the Relief of the Widows and Orphans of Medical Men in London and its vicinity.* THOMAS GALLEY, M.D., was born in Lancashire. Educated at Edinburgh, where he graduated doctor of medicine 24th June, 1785 (D.M.I. de Tussi Convulsivâ), he was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 22nd December, 1786. Dr. Galley must have died within a few months of his admission, as his name does not appear in the College list for 1787. WILLIAM BLACK, M.D., was born in Ireland, and received his medical education at Leyden, where he proceeded doctor of medicine 20th March, 1772 (D.M.I. de Diagnosi, Prognosi, et Causis Mortis in Febribus). He was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 2nd April, 1787, and died at Hammersmith in December, 1829, in the eightieth year of his age. He was the author of- Observations Medical and Political on the Small-pox, the Advantages and Disadvantages of general Inoculation, and on the Mortality of Mankind at every Age. 8vo. Lond. 1781. An Historical Sketch of Medicine and Surgery from their Origin to the Present time. 8vo. Lond. 1782. A Comparative View of the Mortality of the Human Species at all Ages. 8vo. Lond. 1788. Reasons for Preventing the French, under the Mask of Liberty, from Trampling on Europe. 8vo. Lond. 1792. A new edition of General Monk's Observations on Military and Political Affairs. 8vo. Lond. 1796. A Dissertation on Insanity, extracted from between Two and Three Thousand Cases in Bedlam. 8vo. Lond. 1810. ANDREW THYNNE, M.D.-A native of Ireland, and a doctor of medicine of Rheims of 22nd August, 1775; was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 2nd April, 1787. He was in much esteem as an accoucheur, was lecturer on midwifery at St. Bartholomew's hospital, and physician to the Westminster Ly * Gent. Mag. for 1816, vol. lxxxvi, part ii, p. 285. ing-in hospital. He died in St. George's-fields towards the end of 1813, aged sixty-four. DAVID BAYFORD, M.D., was born in Hertfordshire, and educated as a surgeon. He became a member of the Corporation of Surgeons, and practised in that capacity for some years at Lewes. He was admitted a fellow of the Royal Society 10th May, 1770; was created doctor of medicine by the archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Cornwallis, 12th April, 1782; and, having been disfranchised as a surgeon, was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 2nd April, 1787. BENJAMIN MOSELEY, M.D., was descended from an ancient family in Lancashire, but was born in Essex. He received his professional education in London and Paris. On its completion he embarked for Jamaica, and soon after his arrival was appointed surgeon-general of the island. He remained there some years, attained a high reputation, and accumulated a considerable fortune. Returning to England, he obtained the degree of doctor of medicine from the university of St. Andrew's 12th May, 1784. In the following year he settled in London as a physician, and was admitted a Licentiate of the College 2nd April, 1787. On the death of Dr. Monsey, 1788, he was appointed, through the influence of lord Mulgrave, physician to Chelsea hospital, an office which he filled with the highest éclat for more than thirty years. Dr. Moseley died at Southend 25th September, 1819. His remains were interred at Chelsea. Though a shrewd practitioner, and undeniably a man of extensive mental capacity and very considerable attainments, Dr. Moseley was a violent opponent of vaccination. His communications on this subject to the periodical press were incessant. They did little credit to his medical penetration or his qualifications as a dispassionate searcher after truth, and, happily for his reputation, are now well-nigh forgotten. His published works are Observations on the Properties and Effects of Coffee. 8vo. Lond. 1775. A Treatise on Tropical Diseases; on Military Operations; and on the Climate of the West Indies. 8vo. Lond. 1785. A Treatise on Sugar. 8vo. Lond. 1799. A Treatise on the Lues Bovilla, or Cow-pox. 8vo. Lond. 1801. On Hydrophobia, its Prevention and Cure. 8vo. Lond. 1808. A Review of the Report of the Royal College of Physicians of London on Vaccination. 8vo. Lond. 1808. THOMAS SKEETE, M.D., was born in Barbadoes. After studying for six years with Mr. Farre, an eminent surgeon in the island, the father of Dr. John Richard Farre, a well-known London physician, to be subsequently mentioned, he was sent to England, and entered as a pupil at Guy's hospital. He then proceeded to Edinburgh, and after a two years' course of study in that university removed to Glasgow, and graduated doctor of medicine there on the 8th February, 1785. Dr. Skeete settled in London; was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 2nd April, 1787; and was elected physician to Guy's hospital in 1788. He died from disease of the liver 29th May, 1789, aged thirty-two. He was the author of 8vo. Lond. 1786, A Treatise on Peruvian Bark. A Representation of the Uncandid and Extraordinary Conduct of John Coakley Lettsom at the Election for Physician to the Finsbury Dispensary. 8vo. Lond. 1786. WILLIAM JAMES MACNEVEN, M.D.-An Irishman, and a doctor of medicine of Vienna of 2nd June, 1785; was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 2nd April, 1787. He practised in Dublin, and was the author of An Essay on the Use and Construction of the Mine Auger, from the German of Mr. Geise. 8vo. Lond. 1788. JOHN CLARKE, M.D., was born in 1758 at Wellingborough in Northamptonshire, and was the son of Mr. John Clarke, a surgeon of that town. He was educated at St. Paul's school, of which he rose to be VOL. II. 2 B |