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. 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. mitting attention to his profession. He was of a cheerful disposition and peculiar simplicity of manners, remarkably temperate and regular in his habits of life, humble and unassuming in his deportment. To the poor he was ever attentive and a kind benefactor; not only privately relieving them and giving them advice, but also an active promoter of public charities. In the private circles of domestic life and the bosom of his family, he was always amiable and entertaining, and from his reading, experience, and having been much in the highest circles he was full of anecdote. But the best trait in the character of this excellent man was his religious principle; he not only had a firm belief in religion, but he adorned it by his practice, uniformly showing it by his life."* By his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Alexander Brodie, he left one son, Thomas, who became lord chief justice of England, and a peer of the realm; and two daughters, one married to Matthew Baillie, M.D., and the other to Sir Richard Croft, M.D. Dr. Denman's portrait by L. F. Abbot was engraved by Skelton in 1792. From Dr. Denman's pen we have A Letter on the Construction and Use of Vapour Baths. 8vo. Lond. 1768. Essays on the Puerperal Fever, and on Puerperal Convulsions. 8vo. Lond. 1768. Aphorisms on the Application and Use of the Forceps and Vectis in Preternatural Labours, or Labours attended with Hemorrhage or Convulsions. 18mo. Lond. 1783. An Essay on Uterine Hemorrhages depending on Pregnancy and Parturition. 8vo. Lond. 1786. An Essay on Preternatural Labours. 8vo. Lond. 1786. An Essay on Natural Labours. 8vo. Lond. 1786. A Collection of Engravings tending to illustrate the Generation and Parturition of Animals, and of the Human Species. 4to. Lond. 1787. An Introduction to the Practice of Midwifery. 8vo. Lond. Observations on Rupture of the Uterus, on the Snuffles in Infants, and on Mania Lactea. 8vo. Lond. 1810. Observations on the Cure of Cancers. 8vo. Lond. 1810. *Gent. Mag. for 1815, vol. lxxxv, part ii, p. 567. WILLIAM OSBORNE, M.D.-A native of London, and a doctor of medicine of St. Andrew's of 10th October, 1777; was admitted by the College of Physicians a Licentiate in Midwifery 22nd December, 1783. He was physician to the General Lying-in hospital in Store-street, and for many years delivered lectures on midwifery in conjunction with Dr. Denman. He died at his residence, Old Park, near Dover, 15th August, 1808, aged seventy-two. His portrait by J. Hardy, was engraved by J. Jones. Dr. Osborne was the author of An Essay on Laborious Parturition, in which the Division of the Symphysis Pubis is considered. 8vo. Lond. 1783. Essays on the Practice of Midwifery. 8vo. Lond. 1792. ROBERT HALLIFAX, M.D., was born in 1735, and was the son of Robert Hallifax an apothecary at Mansfield, by his wife Hannah, a sister of Samuel Jebb, M.D. Of his education, general or medical, I can recover no particulars. He had been apothecary to the king's household and to the prince of Wales; and having, on the 24th January, 1783, been created doctor of medicine by the archbishop of Canterbury, was, on the 5th April, 1784, admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians. In the following year he was appointed physician extraordinary to the prince of Wales, and physician to H.R.H.'s household; and in 1787, physician in ordinary to the Prince, an appointment which he retained to the time of his death, which occurred at Bath, 17th September, 1810. His brother was bishop of Gloucester. MICHAEL UNDERWOOD, M.D., was born in Surrey, and educated as a surgeon-apothecary, in which capacity he practised for several years. Eventually, however, he limited his practice to midwifery and the diseases of women and children, and was admitted by the College of Physicians a Licentiate in Midwifery 5th April, 1784. Shortly after this he obtained a degree of doctor of medicine from one of the Scotch universities. Dr. Underwood was physician to the British Lying-in hospital, and physician to the princess of Wales, whom he attended at the birth of the princess Charlotte. He died at Knightsbridge March 14, 1820, aged eighty-four, being the last surviving Licentiate in Midwifery of the College. Dr. Underwood was the author of Scrophulous Sores, and 8vo. Lond. 1788. A Treatise upon Ulcers of the Legs, Mammary Abscesses. 8vo. Lond. 1783. Surgical Tracts on Ulcers of the Legs. A Treatise on the Diseases of Children, with General Directions for the Management of Infants. 2 vols. 8vo. Lond. 1795. CHARLES COMBE, M.D.-This accomplished scholar and estimable man was the son of a respectable apothecary, and was born in Southampton-street, Bloomsburysquare, 23rd September, 1743. He was educated at Harrow under Dr. Thackeray; and, having risen to the sixth form, left the school when between sixteen and seventeen years of age, with the intention of proceeding forthwith to Queen's college, Oxford. His elder brother, who was then assisting his father in the business, being in a bad state of health, and soon afterwards dying, Dr. Combe remained at home; and, having gone through the usual education at the London hospitals, in 1768 succeeded to his father's business. His taste for antiquities, more especially numismatics, was early manifested, and introduced him to the notice of Dr. William Hunter, whose esteem and friendship he soon succeeded in obtaining. At his death in 1783, Dr. Hunter left him, jointly with Dr. George Fordyce and Dr. David Pitcairn, executor and trustee to his museum. Dr. Combe's attainments as a scholar and antiquary were by this time generally known and appreciated. He had been elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1771; and a fellow of the Royal Society in 1776; and in 1784 the university of Glasgow conferred on him the degree of doctor of medicine. Dr. Combe then commenced practice as an obstetric physician, and on the VOL. II. Z 5th of April, 1784, was admitted by the College of Physicians a Licentiate in Midwifery. He was elected physician to the British Lying-in hospital in 1789; and, on resigning that office in 1810, was, at a special general court convened for that purpose, unanimously appointed consulting physician. Dr. Combe died at his house in Vernon-place, Bloomsbury-square, 18th March, 1817, in the seventy-fourth year of his age, and was buried in Bloomsbury cemetery, Brunswick-square. His portrait was painted by Medley, and engraved by N. Branwhite. Dr. Combe had made a very valuable collection in Materia Medica, and this the College purchased shortly after his death. He contributed various papers to the periodical publications of the time, but the works by which he is best known, and on which his reputation now rests, are the following: Index Nummorum omnium Imperatorum Augustorum et Cæsarum, a Julio Cæsare ad Postumum, qui tam in Româ et Coloniis, quam in Græciâ, Egypto, et aliis locis ex Ære magni moduli signabantur. 4to. Lond. 1773. Nummorum veterum Populorum et Urbium qui in Museo Gulielmi Hanter asservantur Descriptio, figuris illustrata. 4to. Lond. 1782. In 1793 Dr. Combe brought out, conjointly with Mr. Homer, fellow of Emmanuel college, Cambridge, a splendid edition of Horace in two volumes, quarto, a magnificent specimen of typography, enriched with a judicious selection of notes, and the best index to the works of Horace which had ever appeared. This led to the publication of a pamphlet entitled— A Statement of Facts relative to the Behaviour of Dr. Parr to the late Mr. H. Homer and Dr. Combe. 8vo. Lond. 1793. A Catalogue of a Collection of Prints, formed with a view to elucidate and improve the History of Engraving from the earliest period of the Art till the year 1700. 8vo. Lond. 1803. JOHN GIDEON CAULET, M.D., was the son of John Caulet, late of Oporto, wine merchant, and Elizabeth (Page) his wife. Born in London and educated at St. Paul's school, he was admitted a pensioner of St. John's |