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portrait was painted by D. Gardiner, and engraved by Bartolozzi. His published works are

A Syllabus of Lectures on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery. 4to. Lond. 1767.

Practical Observations on Childbed Fever; also on the Nature and Treatment of Uterine Hemorrhage, Convulsions, &c. 8vo. Lond. 1772.

A Lecture introductory to the Theory and Practice of Midwifery. 4to. Lond. 1773.

Practical Observations on the Acute Diseases incident to Women. 8vo. Lond. 1774.

The Description and Use of a New Forceps. 4to. Lond. 1773. Vindication of his Forceps against the remarks of T. Denman, M.D. 4to. Lond. 1774.

Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Midwifery. 8vo. Lond. 1777.

Medical Instructions towards the Prevention and Cure of Chronic or Slow Diseases peculiar to Women. 8vo. Lond. 1777.

A Dissertation on the Properties and Efficacy of the Lisbon Diet Drink in the Venereal, Scurvy, Gout, &c. 8vo. Lond.

A Practical Essay on Diseases of the Viscera, particularly of the Stomach and Bowels, the Liver, Spleen, and Urinary Bladder. 8vo. Lond. 1792.

ROBERT BROMFIELD, M.D.-A native of Hampton, and a doctor of medicine of Marischal college, Aberdeen of 25th May, 1766; was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 25th June, 1766. Dr. Bromfield was physician to the British Lying-in hospital. He was admitted a fellow of the Royal Society 22nd April, 1779; and he died 24th March, 1786.

ROWLAND JACKSON, M.D., was born in Ireland, and graduated doctor of medicine at Rheims 16th August, 1746. He was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 25th June, 1766; and then went to Calcutta, where he probably died in 1787 or 1788. He was the author of

De Verâ Phlebotomiæ Theoriâ Sanguinis Circulationis Legibus innixâ Tentamen. 8vo. Lond. 1747.

A Physical Dissertation on Drowning, in which submersion is shewn to be a long time consistent with the continuance of life. 8vo. Lond. 1747.

A New Theory of the Oblate Spheroidical Figure of the Earth. 8vo. Lond. 1748.

DANIEL BRIDGES was bred as an apothecary; but, ambitious of a higher position, he presented himself before the Elects of the College of Physicians, and on the 4th October, 1766, was admitted an Extra-Licentiate. He practised at Hull, and was the first appointed physician (1782) to the infirmary in that town. "With his more regular practice as a physician he combined that of an accoucheur, much against the wishes of the surgeons and contemporary apothecaries, so that he was obliged to connect himself with a dispensing druggist, then quite a new character; and thus, though well respected by a particular set of acquaintances, he never attained any eminence in the opinion of the faculty, or of the higher ranks in the town or country. He was a man of genius and a scholar, though rough in his manner. He it was who first discovered a method of converting spermaceti into a composition well adapted for burning as wax; and the Hull spermaceti candles, which he manufactured, were burned in almost every drawing-room in the kingdom. Had he had common prudence, and kept the invention secret, he might have died rich from this manufacture alone; but, being fond of company and shooting, he entrusted his secret to his workman, who soon found occasion to leave him and set up for himself, and thus to draw away most industriously the advantages of the invention. His family came to poverty, whilst his servant left a fortune behind him."* He died about the year 1792.

PETER SWINTON, M.D., was born in Cheshire, and obtained his degree of doctor of medicine from Marischal college, Aberdeen, 3rd October, 1764. He was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 22nd Decem

* MS. Sketches of some of his Contemporaries, by John AlderM.D. of Hull. Penes Jac. Alderson, M.D.

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ber, 1766; and dying in 1785, aged fifty-seven, was buried at St. Sepulchre's, Snow-hill.

WILLIAM FALCONER, M.D., was born at Chester, in February, 1744, and was the son of William Falconer, esq., recorder of that city, by his wife Elizabeth, a daughter of R. Wilbraham, esq., of Townsend,_near Nantwich. He received his medical education at Edinburgh, where he took the degree of doctor of medicine in 1766 (D.M.I. de Nephritide Verâ). He then proceeded to Leyden, and attended the lectures of Gaubius and Albinus. He was admitted an Extra-Licentiate of the College of Physicians 12th March, 1767; and, settling in practice at Chester, was the same year elected physician to the Chester infirmary, and on the 18th March, 1773, was admitted a fellow of the Royal Society. After a successful career in Chester, Dr. Falconer removed to Bath. His scientific reputation had preceded him, and at once introduced him into good practice. He was appointed physician to the Bath general hospital the 12th May, 1784, an office which he retained until the 10th February, 1819. He died at his house in the Circus, Bath, 31st August, 1824, aged eighty, and was buried at Weston, where he is thus commemorated:

Beneath are deposited the remains of

WM. FALCONER, M.D., F.R.S., son of Wm. Falconer, Recorder of Chester, and Elizth. Wilbraham, dau. of Randle Wilbraham, of Nantwich, Cheshire. Born Feb. 23 (N.S.), 1744, died Aug. 31, 1824. HENRIETTA, his wife, dau. of Thomas Edmunds of Wosboro' Hall, York.

Born March 22, 1739; died Sept. 10, 1803.

Dr. Falconer was a fellow of the Royal Society, and a man of varied attainments, general as well as professional. He occupied a prominent position among his contemporaries; and his writings, which were very numerous, are still deservedly esteemed. They are— An Essay on Bath Waters. 8vo. Lond. 1772.

Observations on Dr. Cadogan's Dissertation on the Gout and all Chronic Diseases. 8vo. Lond. 1772.

An Essay on the Bath Waters: on their External Use. In Two Parts. I. On Warm Bathing in General. II. On the External Use of the Bath Waters. 8vo. 1774.

Observations and Experiments on the Poison of Copper. 12mo. Lond. 1774.

An Essay on the Water used in Diet at Bath. 12mo. Lond. 1776.

Experiments and Observations. In Three Parts. 8vo. Lond.

1776.

Observations on some of the Articles of Diet and Regimen usually recommended to Valetudinarians. 12mo. Lond. 1778. Remarks on the Influence of Climate, Situation, Country, Population, Food, and Way of Life. 4to. Lond. 1781.

Account of the Epidemic Catarrhal Fever called the Influenza. 8vo. Lond. 1782.

On the Influence of the Passions upon the Disorders of the Body. 8vo. Lond. 1788.

Essay on the Preservation of the Health of Persons Employed in Agriculture, and on the Cure of Diseases incident to that Way of Life. 8vo. Bath. 1789.

A Brief Account of the newly-discovered Water at Middle Hill, near Box, in Wiltshire. 8vo. 1789.

Practical Dissertation on the Medicinal Effects of the Bath Waters. 8vo. Bath. 1790.

An Account of the Efficacy of the Aqua Mephitica Alkalina in Calculous Disorders and other Complaints of the Urinary Passages. 8vo. Lond. 1792.

Miscellaneous Tracts and Collections relating to Natural History, selected from the Principal Writers of Antiquity on that subject. 4to. Camb. 1793.

An Account of the Use, Application, and Success of the Bath Waters in Rheumatic Cases. 8vo. Lond. 1795.

Observations respecting the Pulse. 12mo. Lond. 1796.

An Essay on the Plague; also, a Sketch of a Plan of Internal Police. 8vo. Lond. 1801.

An Examination of Dr. Heberden's Observations on the Increase and Decrease of Different Diseases, and particularly the Plague. 8vo. Bath. 1802.

An Account of the Epidemic Catarrhal Fever, commonly called the Influenza, as it appeared at Bath in the Winter and Spring of 1803. 8vo. Bath. 1803.

A Remonstrance addressed to the Rev. Richard Warner on the subject of his Fast Sermon. 8vo. Bath. 1804.

A Dissertation on the Ischias; or, the Disease of the Hip-joint, commonly called a Hip Case. 8vo. Lond. 1805.

Arrian's Voyage round the Euxine Sea, with a Geographical Description; and three Discourses. 4to. Oxford. 1805.

Observations on the Words which the Centurion uttered at the Crucifixion of our Lord. 8vo. Oxford. 1805.

Dissertation on St. Paul's Voyage from Cæsarea to Puteoli; on the Wind Euroclydon; and on the Apostle's Shipwreck on the Island of Melite. 8vo. Oxford. 1817.

Dr. Falconer's portrait, by Daniel, was engraved by J. Fittler.

ALEXANDER HAY, M.D.-A native of Edinburgh, and a doctor of medicine of Leyden, of 14th December, 1765 (D.M.I. de Affectionibus Hystericis et Hypochondriacis); was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 13th April, 1767. He was admitted a fellow of the Royal Society 25th June, 1778.

ROBERT THOMLINSON, M.D., was born in London, and educated at Trinity college, Cambridge. He proceeded M.B. 1740; M.D. 1766; was admitted a Candidate of the College of Physicians 30th September, 1766; and a Fellow 30th September, 1767. He was Censor in 1769, 1773, 1779, 1784; Treasurer from 1780 to 1787 inclusive; and was named an Elect 30th September, 1784. Dr. Thomlinson was physician to Guy's hospital, to which he was elected 10th August, 1764. He died of gout in the stomach 5th June, 1788.

JOHN LEWIS PETIT, M.D., was descended from a respectable French family that fled to this country on the revocation of the edict of Nantes. He was the son of John Petit, esq., of Little Aston, in the parish of Shenstone, Staffordshire, by his wife Sarah, daughter of John Hayes, of Wolverhampton, esq.; and was educated at Queen's college, Cambridge, as a member of which house he proceeded A.B. 1756, A.M. 1759, M.D. 1766. He was admitted a Candidate of the College of Physicians 30th September, 1766; and a Fellow 30th September, 1767. He delivered the Gulstonian lectures in 1768; and was Censor 1768, 1774, 1777. Dr. Petit was elected physician to St. George's hospital 2nd February, 1770;

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