to perform his duties during his absence. On Dr. Monro's return to London he published "An Account of the Diseases of the British Military Hospitals in Germany, from January, 1761, to March, 1863." 8vo. Lond. 1764. Dr. Monro was a man of varied attainments, of considerable skill in his profession, and was highly esteemed by his contemporaries. He was admitted a fellow of the Royal Society 1st May, 1766. Dr. Monro was admitted a Fellow of the College of Physicians, speciali gratiâ, 30th September, 1771; was Censor in 1772, 1781, 1785, 1789; and was named an Elect 10th July, 1788. He delivered the Croonian lectures in 1774 and 1775; and the Harveian oration in 1775. These he published in 1776, in one volume 8vo. with the title, "Prælectiones Medicæ ex Croonii instituto Annis 1774 et 1775; et Oratio Anniversaria ex Harveii instituto, die Oct. 18, 1775, habita in Theatro Coll. Reg. Med. Lond." He resigned his office at St. George's hospital in 1786. He had long been in illhealth, and he withdrew himself altogether from professional business and in great measure from society. He died in Argyle-street 9th June, 1792, aged seventyfive. In addition to the works already mentioned, Dr. Monro was the author of An Essay on Dropsy, and its different Species. 8vo. Lond. 1756. A Treatise on Mineral Waters. 2 vols. 8vo. Lond. 1770. Observations on the Means of preserving the Health of Soldiers, and of conducting Military Hospitals, and on the Diseases incident to Soldiers. 2 vols. 8vo. Lond. 1780. A Treatise on Medical and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, and the Materia Medica. 3 vols. 8vo. Lond. 1788. He contributed various articles to the "Essays, Physical and Literary," and was the author of the biographical memoir of his father, Dr. Alexander Monro, "In illa cui incubuit medicinæ parte gnarus fuit et expertus: valetudine infirmâ diu conflictato, nescio sane an ea lugenda esset mors quæ illi fuit ærumnarum requies."-Oratio Harveiana auct. Gulielmo Cadogan, Anno 1792, p. 20. prefixed to the quarto edition of that distinguished physician's collected works, published in 1781. ISAAC SCHOMBERG, M.D., is now remembered only for his lengthened contest with the College of Physicians. He was the eldest son of Meyer Low Schomberg, M.D., a Licentiate of the College, and received his early education at Merchant Taylors' school, but his medical studies were pursued at Leyden, where he took his degree of doctor of medicine. Returning to England, he commenced practice in London under the auspices of his father, and in February, 1745-6, was summoned by the Censors' board to present himself for examination as a Licentiate. This he declined to do; and in place of appearing, sent a letter of excuse, which (to quote the words of the Annals) was judged improbable and indecent. There can be little doubt that he was incited to this course by his father, who at that period was under the heavy displeasure of the College, having recently been convicted by the Censors of some very disreputable conduct to a professional brother, for which he had been fined and censured. My space will not allow me to give a full account of all the circumstances which ensued: suffice it to say, that in the early part of 1747, Dr. Isaac Schomberg was entered at Trinity college, Cambridge; and on the 3rd April in that year he appeared before the Censors to notify the fact, and at the same time request that he might be permitted to practise until he should have taken his degree at Cambridge. This, under the circumstances, was, not unnaturally, refused; and the College, to whom the matter had been referred by the Comitia Minora of 25th June, 1747, ordered that he should be formally interdicted practice "till he shall have given proper satisfaction to the President and Censors." On the 21st July, 1749, Dr. Schomberg was created doctor of medicine at Cambridge by royal mandate, and shortly afterwards applying for leave to be examined, it was resolved by the College "that the Censors be desired not to examine him until such time as his prohibition from practice be taken off, upon making proper satisfaction to the President and Censors." On the 1st December, 1749, he came before the Censors' board and proffered an explanation of his former conduct, with an apology, which, although deemed sufficient by some of the board, was not so regarded by all. He again attended on the 2nd February, 1749-50, and on this occasion demanded his examination for admission into the order of Candidates as a right derived from his Cambridge degree. The examinations were allowed-the Censors, however, reserving their opinion as to the right-and he was found fully competent for practice. At the Comitia Majora next ensuing, the College negatived his admission as a Candidate by a very large majority. The interdict on his practice still continued. He made repeated applications for admission as a Candidate, but was as frequently refused; he was told, however, that if he required a licence to practise, he was at liberty to apply to the College for that purpose. This he declined to do; whereupon he preferred his appeal to the Visitors appointed under the charter of Charles II, which they at first entertained, but afterwards dismissed, on the ground that they had in reality no jurisdiction. The doctor, thus foiled in his endeavours to enforce admission as a right, then expressed himself ready to solicit it as a favour, on the terms which the College had previously offered; but they, having incurred the expense of a protracted litigation, now refused to concede it. On the 23rd December, 1765, he was admitted a Licentiate of the College. It was not until after the lapse of many years that the feeling engendered by these occurrences was removed. In the meantime, the elder Schomberg had died; many of the fellows who had been most concerned had also departed; and Dr. Isaac Schomberg's conduct had, it would seem, been correct and conciliatory; and with the view, doubtless, of marking their approval, the College eventually determined to admit him to the much-coveted Fellowship. He was admitted a Fellow 30th September, 1771; was Censor in 1773 and 1778; and died at his house, in Conduitstreet, on the 4th May, 1780. His portrait, by Hudson, was engraved by Sherlock. JAMES GREIVE, M.D., was educated at Edinburgh, where he took the degree of doctor of medicine 31st April, 1752 (D.M.I. de Calculo Vesica). He was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 30th September, 1762. Dr. Greive was physician to St. Thomas's hospital, and to the Charterhouse; to the former he was elected in 1764, to the latter in 1765. He was admitted a fellow of the Royal Society 2nd March, 1769, and a Fellow of the College of Physicians, speciali gratiâ, 30th September, 1771, but did not long survive; and died at his official residence in Charterhouse-square, 9th July, 1773. Dr. Lettsom, who knew Dr. Greive well, and as a pupil attended his practice at St. Thomas's hospital, describes him as an amiable man and unassuming scholar. He is still remembered as the translator of "Celsus, with Notes critical and explanatory." 8vo. Lond. 1756. JONATHAN BINNS, M.D.-A doctor of medicine of Edinburgh, of 12th September, 1772 (D.M.I. de Exercitatione); was admitted an Extra-Licentiate of the College of Physicians 21st October, 1772. He practised at Liverpool, but after a time withdrew from the exercise of his profession, and superintended a school belonging to the society of Friends (of which body he was himself a member) in Yorkshire. He subsequently removed to Lancaster, where he resumed practice as a physician, and died in the early part of 1812.* EDWARD WALLIS, M.D., was admitted an Extra-Licentiate of the College of Physicians 14th July, 1773. He practised at York, where he was held in high estimation. He filled the office of sheriff of York in 1758, * Liverpool Medico-Chirurgical Journal, vol. i, p. 151. was elected an alderman of that city 29th August, 1770, and was lord mayor of York in 1771. He died in that city 13th October, 1782, aged seventy-three. He was the author of "Remarks on Henry's Magnesia." 8vo. 1777. EDWARD WHITAKER GRAY, M.D., a well-known philosopher and naturalist, was born in 1748. He was librarian of the College of Physicians; and while yet holding that office was admitted an Extra-Licentiate, namely, on the 6th August, 1773. He was subsequently appointed keeper of the departments of natural history and antiquities of the British Museum. Dr. Gray was a fellow of the Royal Society, and was appointed secretary to that learned body on St. Andrew's day, 1797. He died in 1807, aged fifty-nine. His portrait, by Callcott, is at the Royal Society. NATHANIEL HULME, M.D., was born in Yorkshire in 1732, and educated at Edinburgh, where he took the degree of doctor of medicine in 1765 (D.M.I. de Scorbuto). He was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 28th March, 1774, and in the same month was appointed physician to the Charterhouse. He was also physician to the London Lying-in hospital. Dr. Hulme was admitted a fellow of the Royal Society 10th July, 1794. He fell from the top of his staircase to the basement, and surviving the accident a few days only, died on the 28th March, 1807, aged seventy-five. Conceiving that the church is adapted for the living and the churchyard for the dead, he was interred at his own request in the pensioners' burial-ground of the Charterhouse, where a gravestone presents the following inscription : Here lie the remains of who was born on the 17th June, 1732, He was elected physician to the Charterhouse |