year on anatomy at Surgeons' hall, and physician to St. Bartholomew's hospital. His affairs becoming embarrassed, his spirits and his health gave way. In March, 1724–5, he took a journey to Bath, but had not been there many weeks before he relapsed. Growing progressively worse, he died in that city 5th May, 1725, in the fortieth of his age. Dr. Wagstaffe was twice married, first to the daughter of his relative, the Rev. Thomas Wagstaffe, and secondly to a daughter of Charles Bernard, esq., serjeant-surgeon to queen Anne. He edited Dr. Drake's "Anthropologia Nova," and was the author of a Letter to Dr. Andrew Tripe, at Bath, 8vo. Lond. 1719, and of a specious pamphlet against small-pox inoculation, entitled A Letter showing the danger and uncertainty of Inoculating the Small-pox. 8vo. Lond. 1722. All his other writings were satirical: they were collected into one volume, and published in 1725, under the title Miscellaneous Works of Dr. William Wagstaffe, Physician to St. Bartholomew's Hospital; with an Account of his Life and Writings. WILLIAM BARROWBY, M.D., was born in London, and educated at Trinity college, Oxford, as a member of which house he proceeded A.B. 15th June, 1703, A.M. 27th October, 1706, M.B. 13th April, 1709, and M.D. 18th July, 1713. He was admitted a Candidate of the College of Physicians 23rd December, 1717, a Fellow 22nd December, 1718. Dr. Barrowby was admitted a fellow of the Royal Society 9th November, 1721. He was Censor in 1721, 1730, 1734. He was elected physician to St. Bartholomew's hospital 28th March, 1750, and died suddenly "of a dead palsy," 30th December, 1751. Dr. Barrowby's portrait by T. Jenkins, was engraved by J. S. Miller. He was the author, conjointly, it is said, with Dr. Kirkpatrick and one of the Schombergs, of A Letter to the real and genuine Pierce Dod, exposing the Absurdity of a Spurious Pamphlet, ascribed to him by Dod Pierce. 8vo. Lond. 1746; and of Syllabus Anatomicus Prælectionibus annuatim habendis, adaptatus, 8vo. Lond. 1736. SIR EDWARD HULSE, BART., M.D., was the eldest son of Edward Hulse, M.D., a Fellow of the College of Physicians, by his wife Dorothy, a daughter of Thomas Westrow, esq. He was of Emmanuel college, Cambridge, and as a member of that house proceeded M.B. in 1704, M.D. 17th December, 1717. He was admitted a Candidate of the College of Physicians 23rd December, 1717, and a Fellow 22nd December, 1718; was Censor in 1720, 1721, 1735; Elect 5th June, 1736; and Consiliarius in 1750, 1751, 1753. He was physician in ordinary to queen Anne and king George I, and was created a baronet in 1739. Sir Edward, who had married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Richard Levett, lord mayor of London in 1700, withdrew from practice some years before his death, and retired to Baldwins, on Dartford Heath, co. Kent. He died on the 10th April, 1759, aged seventy-seven, and was buried at Wilmington, Kent, in the churchyard of which parish there is a vault of considerable dimensions, supposed to have been built in 1746, when the remains of lady Huise were brought from Essex, where she had been buried, and deposited in it. Over the vault is raised a monument similar in its design to that erected in the churchyard of Chelsea to the memory of Sir Hans Sloane, there being a marble urn entwined by a serpent. On a tablet of white marble fixed in the east front of the pedestal is the following inscription : Here lieth the body of First Physician to His Majesty George the Second. He practised in London forty years with reputation and success, and, retiring from business in the later part of life, died April 10, 1759, aged seventy-seven. Here also lieth the body of Dame Elizabeth, his wife, one of the daughters of A few years before Sir Edward Hulse's death he became childish, and was impressed with the idea that he should die in want. To obviate this feeling, his family were in the habit of putting some guineas into his pocket every day, which they made him believe he had taken as fees. He was probably aware of his approaching infirmities, for ten years before his death he declined visiting any patient unless accompanied by his intimate friend Dr. (afterwards Sir William) Wat son. Sir Edward Hulse, although not the first medical baronet, is the first of that order who left a son and transmitted the title, which is now borne by his descendant Sir Edward, the fifth baronet of Breamore, in Hampshire. The house and estate of Breamore was purchased by Sir Edward Hulse, M.D., in 1738. The house was burnt down some years since, but has been rebuilt in the same style. There is a print of the old house in Prosser. All the family portraits were burnt. They were fixed to the walls, and could not be removed. Sir Edward Hulse's portrait was painted by F. Cotes, and engraved by J. Watson. THOMAS WADSWORTH, M.D., was born in Hertfordshire, and educated at Leyden, where he took the degree of doctor of medicine in 1699 (Theses Medico Inaugurales de Secretionibus in Genere, 4to.). On the 7th December, 1717, he was created doctor of medicine at Cambridge; was admitted a Candidate of the College of Physicians 23rd December, 1717; a Fellow 22nd December, 1718; and was Censor in 1721. Dr. Wadsworth was one of the physicians to St. Thomas's hospital, an office he resigned shortly before his death, which occurred on the 23rd June, 1733. THOMAS VINCENT was admitted an Extra-Licentiate of the College 13th March, 1718-9. He practised at Plymouth, and, dying there 23rd October, 1780, in the 89th year of his age, was buried in the south aisle of St. Andrew's church, where a floor stone is inscribed to his memory, and to that of several other members of his family. STEPHEN CHASE, M.D., was born in Buckinghamshire. Admitted at Magdalen hall, Oxford, he proceeded A.B. 4th May, 1697; A.M. 8th February, 1699; M.B. 27th April, 1703. On the 3rd December, 1713, he took the degree of doctor of medicine as a member of Merton college; was admitted a Candidate of the College of Physicians 24th April, 1718; and a Fellow 23rd March, 1718-9. He was Censor in 1722, and on the 10th December, 1724, was admitted a fellow of the Royal Society. Dr. Chase was twice married; first to Philippa Duncombe, who died 23rd July, 1721, in the forty-third year of her age: secondly, to Elizabeth, the daughter of Edmund Pye, of Farringdon, esq., who died 16th January, 1739, aged forty-seven years. Both are buried in the church of Great Brickhill, in his native county, to which place he retired, and where he himself was buried 13th January, 1742. SIR CONRAD JOACHIM SPRENGELL, M.D., a native of Leipsic, and a doctor of medicine of Angiers, of 12th March, 1710; was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 23rd March, 1718-9. He was admitted a fellow of the Royal Society 23rd March, 1720–1. He received the honour of knighthood from George I 1st May, 1725, and died, according to Dr. Thomson,* 14th March, 1740. He published a translation of the Aphorisms of Hippocrates and Sentences of Celsus. 8vo. Lond. 1735. JAMES JURIN, M.D., was born in London, and educated at Christ's hospital, whence he proceeded to * History of the Royal Society, p. xxxv. Trinity college, Cambridge, of which society he became a fellow. He took the two degrees in arts, A.B. 1705, A.M. 1709. On the 2nd November, 1709, he was entered on the physic line at Leyden, and on the 23rd January following was appointed master of the grammar school of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. During the period he was master there he published Burnhardi Varenii Geographia Generalis, in qua affectiones generales Telluris explicantur. Adjecta est Appendix, præcipua recentiorum inventa ad geographiam spectantia continens. Cantab. 1712. Dedicated to Dr. Bentley. Jurin's early attachment to those philosophical studies which he afterwards cultivated with so much success, was evident during his residence at Newcastle, where, according to Brand, he gave lectures on experimental philosophy, and saved a thousand pounds, which enabled him to prosecute the plans he had formed, namely, to resign his mastership-which he did in 1715-return to Cambridge, and take the degree of doctor of medicine. This he did in 1716, soon after which he settled in London, was admitted a Candidate of the College of Physicians 25th June, 1718; and a Fellow 25th June, 1719. He was soon elected a fellow of the Royal Society, and was appointed secretary 30th November, 1721, resigning that office on St. Andrew's day, 1727. In his capacity of secretary he edited the 31st and three following volumes of the "Philosophical Transactions." Dr. Jurin was appointed physician to Guy's hospital 21st April, 1725, but resigned it, on account of his steadily increasing professional engagements, 31st March, 1732. He was one of the Censors of the College in 1723, 1730, 1731, 1735, 1744; Elect, 17th July, 1744; Consiliarius, 1748, 1749; and finally, on the death of Dr. Tyson, was elected President 19th January, 1750. Dr. Jurin survived this honour for a few weeks only: he died at his house in Lincoln's-innfields, 29th March, 1750, in the sixty-sixth year of his age, and was buried at St. James's, Garlick-hill, on the VOL. II. F |