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Dr. John Hunter, The Late Justly Celebrated Anatomist.
The Doctor , about six 3 'ears ago , told a gentleman , that he felt himself subject to spasms of the heart , and that he was then apprehensive of death , which , happen when it would , he expected to be immediate . He also informed him , that he had described his own case nearly as the parts would be found on his dissolution . Whether the body has been openedor the state of the disordered
, parts were exactly as the Doctor represented , we have not yet learned ; but it is undoubtedly a case which deserves the investigation- of the curious in the physical science . ' This , however , is not a singular instance . The late justly celebrated Dr . Munro , the anatomist , in the college of Edinburgh , who lived to a pretty advanced age , used to say , when he found himself
decaying , that , in the course of nature , he might have survived a longer period—unless his good mother , from an over-kindness , had unfortunately let blood of him , when a child , every spring and fall . This custom so impoverished his blood as to affect him through life with alarming diseases . , Dr . Munro also gave an account of the state in which his body Would be found on dissection . By a careful inspection of the parts after his death , the case of this wonderful Anatomist was found to have been very accurately
felt and given . For the benefit of mankind , we are happy to find that this system of bleeding is now almost totally abolished . When we hear of the demise of one living solely to administer to agonizing mortality , who has voluntarily and cheerfully ,, from a sense of duty , suffered perils to " surround him as a Sea , " and passed the greater share of life amid putrefaction and decay , the dying and the deadit is reasonable to expect that remunerationas
, , far at least as fortune goes , has been had , and that his survivors are by his skill placed in affluence . We fear nothing of this sort is here the case—we cannot venture to say , that John Hunter was even entirely disembarrassed—we wish most sincerely it may have been otherways;—if , however , it has not , there will be an opportunity for public spirit to be grateful
to departed worth . Who are likely to inherit the healing powers of this excellent man is easily prognosticated—Who can they be but Cruikshank and Home ? They mingled minds in his lifetime ; and in his death , so far as mind can unite , they will not be divided . The general grief will naturall y on such occasions be great ; but When it is recollected that ages may pass before a man shall arise with equal powers , they who have real philanthropy will not check the si gh
That heaves alas ! though impotent to save , The general Saviour from the general grave . Dr . Hunter , from his very extensive and respectable practice , might have amassed a very considerable fortune : but his views
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Dr. John Hunter, The Late Justly Celebrated Anatomist.
The Doctor , about six 3 'ears ago , told a gentleman , that he felt himself subject to spasms of the heart , and that he was then apprehensive of death , which , happen when it would , he expected to be immediate . He also informed him , that he had described his own case nearly as the parts would be found on his dissolution . Whether the body has been openedor the state of the disordered
, parts were exactly as the Doctor represented , we have not yet learned ; but it is undoubtedly a case which deserves the investigation- of the curious in the physical science . ' This , however , is not a singular instance . The late justly celebrated Dr . Munro , the anatomist , in the college of Edinburgh , who lived to a pretty advanced age , used to say , when he found himself
decaying , that , in the course of nature , he might have survived a longer period—unless his good mother , from an over-kindness , had unfortunately let blood of him , when a child , every spring and fall . This custom so impoverished his blood as to affect him through life with alarming diseases . , Dr . Munro also gave an account of the state in which his body Would be found on dissection . By a careful inspection of the parts after his death , the case of this wonderful Anatomist was found to have been very accurately
felt and given . For the benefit of mankind , we are happy to find that this system of bleeding is now almost totally abolished . When we hear of the demise of one living solely to administer to agonizing mortality , who has voluntarily and cheerfully ,, from a sense of duty , suffered perils to " surround him as a Sea , " and passed the greater share of life amid putrefaction and decay , the dying and the deadit is reasonable to expect that remunerationas
, , far at least as fortune goes , has been had , and that his survivors are by his skill placed in affluence . We fear nothing of this sort is here the case—we cannot venture to say , that John Hunter was even entirely disembarrassed—we wish most sincerely it may have been otherways;—if , however , it has not , there will be an opportunity for public spirit to be grateful
to departed worth . Who are likely to inherit the healing powers of this excellent man is easily prognosticated—Who can they be but Cruikshank and Home ? They mingled minds in his lifetime ; and in his death , so far as mind can unite , they will not be divided . The general grief will naturall y on such occasions be great ; but When it is recollected that ages may pass before a man shall arise with equal powers , they who have real philanthropy will not check the si gh
That heaves alas ! though impotent to save , The general Saviour from the general grave . Dr . Hunter , from his very extensive and respectable practice , might have amassed a very considerable fortune : but his views