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Dr. John Hunter, The Late Justly Celebrated Anatomist.
Were not of that sordid nature ; his heart beat with philanthropy J and the good of mankind was the point to which his most ardent wishes , and all his laborious and arduous researches , were directed . Whilst he was occasionally obliged to take up money at five per cent , for the support of the establishment of his household , he was laying out upwards of six thousand pounds every yearin
experi-, ments and enquiries , which had the comfort and happiness of afflicted human nature for their sole object : Could he be but eyes to the blind , and feet to the lame , John Hunter ' s soul was gratified to the full . We must not omit his very candid and liberal behaviour to an ingenious Clergyman , totally unknown to him and unrecommended ,
who had discovered a solvent for the Stone , and applied to him for his patronage , assuring him , in the most solemn manner , that the menstruum was not only efficacious as a solvent , but highly beneficial to the general health . Dr . Hunter told him , that in a case of such magnitude , it was necessary he should proceed with great cautionbut thathoweverhe would furnish him with more Calculito
; , ^ , continue his experiments ; and promised to turn over to him a paV tient , whom he himself had previously examined ; provided the ^ event were uniformly the same . He kept his word ; and success to his great satisfaction was the consequence . He was so well convinced by this case , and another equally stron which immediately followedthat he recommended
g , ^ the Clergyman to all his patients who applied to him for the Stone and ' other similar complaints ; nayj he did more , for he declared , in confidence , to a Gentleman of probity and honour , that though he should lose a valuable yearly income , yet he would deposit a considerable sum , if the Solvent proved invariably
effi-. 4 These are Traits in the character of the late justly celebrated Anatomist , that add lustre to his great and well earned reputation 5 and prove that Dr . Hunter , though in exterior he mi ght appear somewhat rough , possessed a heart , which was a jewel of infinite price . sic ITUR AD ASTRA »
Traits In The Life Of The Late Unfortunate Queen Of France.
TRAITS IN THE LIFE OF THE LATE UNFORTUNATE QUEEN OF FRANCE .
T HIS unhappy Princess terminatedher life on the public Scaffold , on Wednesday the 16 th . Her firmness in the hour of trial , and her dignified deportment at the block , were truly cha- » tacteristic of her magnanimous soul . Whatever may have been said by moralistsrelative to the
un-, certainty of fortune , the precariousness of power , and the instability of human greatness , has been fully exemplified in the life of this unfortunate princess * " ^ t
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Dr. John Hunter, The Late Justly Celebrated Anatomist.
Were not of that sordid nature ; his heart beat with philanthropy J and the good of mankind was the point to which his most ardent wishes , and all his laborious and arduous researches , were directed . Whilst he was occasionally obliged to take up money at five per cent , for the support of the establishment of his household , he was laying out upwards of six thousand pounds every yearin
experi-, ments and enquiries , which had the comfort and happiness of afflicted human nature for their sole object : Could he be but eyes to the blind , and feet to the lame , John Hunter ' s soul was gratified to the full . We must not omit his very candid and liberal behaviour to an ingenious Clergyman , totally unknown to him and unrecommended ,
who had discovered a solvent for the Stone , and applied to him for his patronage , assuring him , in the most solemn manner , that the menstruum was not only efficacious as a solvent , but highly beneficial to the general health . Dr . Hunter told him , that in a case of such magnitude , it was necessary he should proceed with great cautionbut thathoweverhe would furnish him with more Calculito
; , ^ , continue his experiments ; and promised to turn over to him a paV tient , whom he himself had previously examined ; provided the ^ event were uniformly the same . He kept his word ; and success to his great satisfaction was the consequence . He was so well convinced by this case , and another equally stron which immediately followedthat he recommended
g , ^ the Clergyman to all his patients who applied to him for the Stone and ' other similar complaints ; nayj he did more , for he declared , in confidence , to a Gentleman of probity and honour , that though he should lose a valuable yearly income , yet he would deposit a considerable sum , if the Solvent proved invariably
effi-. 4 These are Traits in the character of the late justly celebrated Anatomist , that add lustre to his great and well earned reputation 5 and prove that Dr . Hunter , though in exterior he mi ght appear somewhat rough , possessed a heart , which was a jewel of infinite price . sic ITUR AD ASTRA »
Traits In The Life Of The Late Unfortunate Queen Of France.
TRAITS IN THE LIFE OF THE LATE UNFORTUNATE QUEEN OF FRANCE .
T HIS unhappy Princess terminatedher life on the public Scaffold , on Wednesday the 16 th . Her firmness in the hour of trial , and her dignified deportment at the block , were truly cha- » tacteristic of her magnanimous soul . Whatever may have been said by moralistsrelative to the
un-, certainty of fortune , the precariousness of power , and the instability of human greatness , has been fully exemplified in the life of this unfortunate princess * " ^ t