was esteemed a good chemist, and was an active member of the committee for the revision of the "Pharmacopoeia Londinensis" of 1809, a translation of which he published. He was for many years secretary to the Commissioners for regulating Madhouses, and from the documents which came before him in that capacity he deduced some valuable statistical results on the prevalence of insanity. Dr. Powell was the author of several papers in the "Medical Transactions," and ofHeads of Lectures on Chemistry. 12mo. Lond. 1796. Observations on the Bile and its Diseases, and on the Economy of the Liver. 8vo. Lond. 1800. A Case of Hydrophobia. 8vo. Lond. 1808. The Pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians, translated into English with Notes. 8vo. Lond. 1809. Observations on some Cases of Paralytic Affection. 8vo. Lond. 1814. Three Cases of Convulsive Affection. 8vo. Lond. 1815. Some Cases illustrating the Pathology of the Brain. 8vo. Lond. 1815. WILLIAM HEBERDEN, M.D., was the second but only surviving son of William Heberden, M.D., the distinguished author of the "Commentarii de Morborum Historiâ et Curatione," by his wife Mary, daughter of Francis Wollaston, esq., F.R.S., and was born in Cecilstreet, 23rd March, 1767. He was educated at the Charterhouse, and at St. John's college, Cambridge, of which house he was a fellow. He proceeded A.B. 1788 as first senior optime, and was the second Chancellor's medallist for that year. In 1789 he obtained one of the member's prizes for middle bachelors, and spargam flores.' Tu etenim de pathologiâ quædam optimè perpensa protulisti. Et in medicinâ administrandâ optimorum magistrorum vestigiis insistens naturam ducem semper secutus es, et quosdam nervorum morbos proprio Marte debellâsti. Hæc Acta nostra litteraria intuenti facile patent. Hæc nosocomii Seti Barthoolomei memorabilia testantur et confirmant. Tuus est honos igitur in ærarium nostrum, quicquid potuisti, conjecisse; tua laus, aliquantulùm de miseriis et doloribus humanæ conditionis dextraxisse. Nec levis est illa quidem, nam quorum ingeniis hæc referuntur accepta, ab iis, et Collegii nostri, et patriæ fama adaucta est." Oratio ex Harveii Instituto auct. Henr. Halford, Bart. in 1790 one of those for senior bachelors. He proceeded A.M. 1791; was incorporated on that degree at Oxford, as a member of Christchurch, 9th July, 1791; and then took his degrees in physic-M.B. 26th June, 1792; and M.D. 28th April, 1795. He was admitted a Candidate of the College of Physicians 30th September, 1795; a Fellow, 30th September, 1796; was Censor 1799, 1808; Harveian orator, 1809; and Elect, 1st November, 1823, in place of Dr. Baillie, deceased. Dr. William Heberden was elected physician to St. George's hospital 15th November, 1793, and resigned his office there in 1803. He was appointed physician extraordinary to the queen in 1795, physician extraordinary to the king in 1805, physician in ordinary to the queen in 1806, and in 1809 physician in ordinary to George III, "by whom he was more than once offered a baronetcy with a pension in the most gracious manner-distinctions which his own feelings induced him to decline. While thus in much prosperity, having attained in all periods of his life the highest honours to which his studies or profession could lead him, and being in the full enjoyment of the reputation they carried with them, he was suddenly, in 1812, left a widower with nine young children. Everything was at once sacrificed to the sense of duty by which he felt himself called upon to superintend the highest interests of the children committed to his charge. The charms of general society, the excitement of professional engagements, each having strong claims upon an intellectual and active mind, were abandoned cheerfully for the wearisome and unostentatious duties of watching over an infant family and administering to their comfort. His practice as a physician was now restricted to his attendance at Windsor castle, and this alone interrupted even for a day his devotion to his children. Under the suspension of the more bustling engagements of life, he retired to the little village of Datchet, Bucks, where he lived for fourteen years, surrounded by his books, and rather avoiding than courting society. During this period he printed and dedicated to his children a translation of Plutarch on Brotherly Love,' and he had previously written and published a little treatise on general education, which of themselves sufficiently attest the anxious occupation of his mind. As he obtained further leisure, he amused himself with translating Cicero's 'Letters to Atticus,' which he published in two vols. octavo. In 1826, having attained his purpose in absenting himself from London, he returned thither again, partly with the design of affording one of his sons, then entering upon the preliminary studies of a physician, that information and encouragement which he had himself received with so much delight from a parent's lips." The death of this son in 1828 from a dissection wound; of another son in 1829; and subsequently of his eldest daughter, led him to devote the years of life yet remaining to him to the study of the Scriptures and the consolations of religion. In 1830 he published his "Reflections on the Gospel of St. John;" in 1836 a translation of the "Catholic Epistles," which was circulated among his friends: and in 1839, at their request, he published a translation and commentary on the whole of the Apostolic Epistles aud the Book of Revelation. Dr. Heberden died at his house in Cumberlandstreet, on the 19th February, 1845, aged seventy-eight, and was buried in the family vault at Windsor. He is commemorated by the following inscription : In memory of an excellent father, for many years physician to his late Majesty He was an elegant and an accomplished scholar and influenced in all his intercourse with the world To his children he was endeared by every claim * A Dialogue after the Manner of Cicero's Philosophical Disquisitions. 12mo. Lond. 1818. † Medical Gazette. that love or care or self-denial can make upon gratitude and affection. He was born 23 March, 1767, and died 19 February, 1845. Elizabeth Catherine, his amiable and beloved wife, who died 21 May, 1812, in her 36th year, leaving 9 children. She was the only child of Charles, son of Sir John Miller, Bart., formerly of Lavant, Sussex. Dr. William Heberden was a fellow of the Royal Society and the author of Observations on the Increase and Decrease of different Diseases, particularly of the Plague: 4to. Lond. 1801. Commentaries on the History and Cure of Diseases. 8vo. Lond. 1802. A translation of his father's celebrated work. Morborum Puerilium Epitome. 8vo. Lond. 1804. SIR ALEXANDER DOUGLAS, BART., M.D., was the only son of Sir Robert Douglas, bart., author of the Peerage of Scotland, by his wife Margaret, eldest daughter of Sir James Macdonald, bart. Of his history I can recover but few particulars. He was entered on the physic line at Leyden 17th September, 1759, being then twenty-one years of age, and was created doctor of medicine at St. Andrew's, 11th July, 1760. On the 10th May, 1796, he was admitted a licentiate of the College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and one week later on the 18th May, 1796, a fellow of that college. On the 30th September, 1796, he was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians of London. He lived at Dundee (whether he really practised physic I know not); and died there 28th November, 1812, although his name is retained on the College list until 1822.* ROBERT GRAVES, M.D., was born in Lincolnshire, 15th September, 1763, and received his medical education at Edinburgh, where he graduated doctor of medicine 24th June, 1788 (D.M.I. de Strabismo). He was admitted an Extra-Licentiate of the College of Physi * Anderson's Scottish Nation, vol. ij, pp. 49-59; Douglas and Wood's Peerage of Scotland, vol. ij. p. 14, cians 5th August, 1788; and a Licentiate 30th September, 1796. Dr. Graves practised successively at Northampton, Sherborne, Dorchester, Weymouth, Worcester, and Reading; but ultimately settled at Bridport, where he died at an advanced age, 9th September, 1849. He was the author of An Experimental Inquiry into the Constituent Principles of the Sulphureous Water at Nottington, near Weymouth; and Observations relative to its application in the Cure of Diseases. 8vo. 1792. Conspectus of the New London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Pharmacopoeias. 12mo, Lond. 1796. ROBERT WIGHTMAN, M.D., was born in Ireland, and educated at Edinburgh, where he took the degree of doctor of medicine 24th June, 1789 (D.M.I. de Hypochondriasi). He was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 30th September, 1796. He practised at Southampton, where he died on the 15th January, 1843. RICHARD BROWN, M.D.-A doctor of medicine of Edinburgh, of 24th June, 1795 (D.M.I. de Peripneumoniâ Nothâ); was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 30th September, 1796. He practised at Huntingdon, and died about the year 1800. SIR WALTER FARQUHAR, BART., M.D., was the son of a clergyman, and was born in the north of Scotland about the year 1738. He received his education chiefly in the university of Aberdeen, where he attended the general classes, and took the degree of master of arts. In 1757 he commenced the study of medicine at King's college in that university, and continued there until the end of 1759, when he repaired to Edinburgh; and on the 5th January, 1760, was admitted a member of the Medical Society of that city. He was appointed surgeon to the nineteenth or lord Howe's regiment, and in that capacity was present at the siege of Belleisle, after which he proceeded to Gibraltar, where the nineteenth were stationed for a lengthened period. Whilst |