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Sketch Of The Life Of The Chevalier Ruspini, G. S. B.
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF THE CHEVALIER RUSPINI , G . S . B .
IT is the province of'BIOGRAPHY to record the memory of those who have attracted general notice by superiority of talents ; but it is a part of moral duty , to keep alive the remembrance of those who have distinguished themselves , by improving the happiness , or lessening the evils of mankind . Upon the latter-principle ^ the subject of our present notice is
eminently entitled' to the attention of biography , since he has passed the greater part of a long life in administring relief to his fellow creatures , dnd has made some discoveries of considerable importance to society ^ There is another reason which renders it more immediately proper that he shtfUld find a place in this work ,. because he is the founder of a new Institution inFR . EE MASONRY , which not only displays benevolence in
the-individual ; but tends to increase , if possible-, that veneration- and esteem , in which the MASONIC ORDER has always been held by those who were really acquainted with its principles . BARTHOLOMEW RUSPINI was born about the year 1730 at Romacoto , near Bergamo in Italy . He descends from a very ancient and honourable family , and is allied to ' , many persons of distinction in the country from which his birth was derived . In the earl y part of life , he studied surgery at the great hospital in Bergamo , where he stood an examination in the year 1748 . In the diploma which
followed that examination , honourable mentionis made of his attention , abilities , and knowledge . As the general ptofession of surgery was practised . all over Europe * Mr . RUSPINI thought that fortune and fame wouldlie . more ' easily attainable , if he attached himself only to one branch of his-aft ; , and therefore he devoted himself peculiarly to the province of the dentist . In pursuit of this object he . went to Paris , and placed himself under the tuition of the celebrated Moris . CAPRAU , at that time
dentist to the King of France . Having profited as much as possible under the direction of that celebrated professor , Mr . RUSPINI came to England about the year 1750 , and practised with great success , occasionallyvisiting Scotland and Ireland , where his renown had preceded him . In the year 17 66 he fixed his residence in London , under the patronage of the late Princess Dowager of Wales , and several of the most distinguished persons of this country . At this period he married Miss OR . DEeldest
, daughter of Thomas Orde , Esq . of Langri ' age Hall , near Berwick-upon-Tweed , by whom he has had a very numerous progeny ; eight bfjwhom are still living . _ JJ 0 ' - - ' ' This gentleman may be considered as the . first in his profesmon who gave respectability to . the employment of a dentist , having ' made such discoveries in the art of preserving the teeth , that- he -has rendered it a
distinft branch , and conferred on it . a degree of / regularity , which it must always secure , while the professors pursue liis . ^ pflc ;| The faculty have » -vifiN ? -
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Sketch Of The Life Of The Chevalier Ruspini, G. S. B.
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF THE CHEVALIER RUSPINI , G . S . B .
IT is the province of'BIOGRAPHY to record the memory of those who have attracted general notice by superiority of talents ; but it is a part of moral duty , to keep alive the remembrance of those who have distinguished themselves , by improving the happiness , or lessening the evils of mankind . Upon the latter-principle ^ the subject of our present notice is
eminently entitled' to the attention of biography , since he has passed the greater part of a long life in administring relief to his fellow creatures , dnd has made some discoveries of considerable importance to society ^ There is another reason which renders it more immediately proper that he shtfUld find a place in this work ,. because he is the founder of a new Institution inFR . EE MASONRY , which not only displays benevolence in
the-individual ; but tends to increase , if possible-, that veneration- and esteem , in which the MASONIC ORDER has always been held by those who were really acquainted with its principles . BARTHOLOMEW RUSPINI was born about the year 1730 at Romacoto , near Bergamo in Italy . He descends from a very ancient and honourable family , and is allied to ' , many persons of distinction in the country from which his birth was derived . In the earl y part of life , he studied surgery at the great hospital in Bergamo , where he stood an examination in the year 1748 . In the diploma which
followed that examination , honourable mentionis made of his attention , abilities , and knowledge . As the general ptofession of surgery was practised . all over Europe * Mr . RUSPINI thought that fortune and fame wouldlie . more ' easily attainable , if he attached himself only to one branch of his-aft ; , and therefore he devoted himself peculiarly to the province of the dentist . In pursuit of this object he . went to Paris , and placed himself under the tuition of the celebrated Moris . CAPRAU , at that time
dentist to the King of France . Having profited as much as possible under the direction of that celebrated professor , Mr . RUSPINI came to England about the year 1750 , and practised with great success , occasionallyvisiting Scotland and Ireland , where his renown had preceded him . In the year 17 66 he fixed his residence in London , under the patronage of the late Princess Dowager of Wales , and several of the most distinguished persons of this country . At this period he married Miss OR . DEeldest
, daughter of Thomas Orde , Esq . of Langri ' age Hall , near Berwick-upon-Tweed , by whom he has had a very numerous progeny ; eight bfjwhom are still living . _ JJ 0 ' - - ' ' This gentleman may be considered as the . first in his profesmon who gave respectability to . the employment of a dentist , having ' made such discoveries in the art of preserving the teeth , that- he -has rendered it a
distinft branch , and conferred on it . a degree of / regularity , which it must always secure , while the professors pursue liis . ^ pflc ;| The faculty have » -vifiN ? -