ber of his friends, are, Dr. E. Johnstone, and Dr. Mole, of Birmingham, Dr. Lambe, Dr. Bright, and Sir Anthony Carlisle, of London; the latter of whom he designates, as "a skilful surgeon, a profound philosopher, a most animated writer, and a most valuable friend." Among his friends, he also enumerates, Dr. Hill, of Leicester, Dr. Bourne, of Coventry, and his own medical attendants, Dr. J. Johnstone, Dr. A. Middleton, Mr. Blenkinsop, and Mr. Jones. In the same solemn registry, he has recorded the high value at which he prized the friendship of the very learned, scientific, and truly pious Dr. Falconer, of Bath; and of the eminently distinguished Dr. Holme, "who," says he, "in sincerity, in uprightness, in professional skill, in taste for reading classical authors, and in the knowledge of chemistry, zoology, and English antiquities, has few equals among his contemporaries."

How extremely gratifying it is to the members of a profession who have to struggle against the unreasonable prejudices of the world, to have this testimony in their favour pronounced by one of the most learned scholars of his day.

To be the instruments, however humble, of increasing the happiness of others, is of itself a sufficient reward to the right thinking man, and to have the commendation of those who are considered to rank among the great and good, to be praised by those whom all men exalt, affords an additional and a higher gratification to the conscientious and upright physician.

A wise and witty author has truly observed. " that

the hope of gain and lucre, and different employments of men, shape them into a variety of strange forms." In the sixteenth, and part of the seventeenth century, the learned professions were distinguished by a number of absurd customs, and carried the affectation of superlative wisdom to a ridiculous extreme: their garb, gait, and gestures were grotesque, and resembled those of magicians and conjurors: the physician was disfigured under a grave and solemn countenance: he was caparisoned in an enormous wig, a full-trimmed coat, buttoned to the bottom, and other extravagant paraphernalia. The introduction of more liberal ideas, above all, dramatic satire, enforced by stage exhibitions, have contributed to free the profession from this scholastic pedantry and stupid pomposity; to banish from science dunces and artful cheats, concealed under the mask of wisdom and cloak of gravity. The pensive look is now less studied, and the manners have become less stiff and supercilious.

Physic of old, her entry made,

Beneath the immense full bottom's shade,

While the gilt cane, with solemn pride,

To each sagacious nose applied,

Seemed but a necessary prop,

To bear the weight of wig at top.

The wig, in former times, was looked upon as no inconsiderable part of the insignia of a medical man, whose costume was completed by a full dress suit, &c.

Each son of Sol, to make him look more big,
Had on a large, grave, decent, three-tailed wig.

With the polished Reynolds departed the last silk coat among the doctors. The gentlemanly Samuel Howard, and the neat Dick Grindall, bore the last remnants of chirurgical costume; and, with Devaynes and Delmayhoy, expired the magnificent peruke which characterized the "Opifer per orbem." Even in the middle of the last century, so much importance was attached to it, that Dr. Brocklesby's barber was in the habit of carrying a band-box through the High Change, exclaiming, "make way for Dr. Brocklesby's wig!" But of all wigs the most renowned, was that of Delmayhoy, which was so celebrated in the song, beginning,

If you would see a noble wig,
And in that wig a man look big,
To Ludgate-hill repair, my joy,

And gaze on Doctor Delmayhoy.

This eccentric character gave rise to the following clever and humorous verses :

"Delmayhoy sold infusions and lotions,

Decoctions, and gargles, and pills;

Electuaries, powders, and potions,

Spermaceti, salts, scammony, squills.

Horse aloes, burnt alum, agaric,

Balm, benzoine, blood-stone and dill;
Castor, camphor, and acid tartaric,
With specifics for every ill.

But with all his specifics in store,

Death on Delmayhoy one day did pop ;
And, although he had doctors, a score,

Made poor Delmayhoy shut up his shop."

Much unjust odium has been thrown upon medical men, on account of their supposed adherence to atheistical principles. A more unfounded calumny never was invented. Many of our most distinguished medical men have been as eminent for their piety as for their medical and general learning. Even in the present day, some of the brightest ornaments of society, whether considered as members of our religious establishments, or as literary men, are to be found in the ranks of the medical profession.

It is not very apparent that the study of medicine, in its several departments, has any direct and remarkable tendency to render men irreligious and immoral, beyond the ordinary influence of many other studies. Young men, who have little or no tincture of piety, who do not regard the scriptural standard of religion as the true measure of moral conduct, when collected together, will probably encourage and embolden each other in irregular practices. A youth of some reading and reflection, into whose mind the principles of religion have been instilled at an early age, if he fall under the dominion of immoral propensities, will be uneasy, while his life is so much at variance with what he knows to be his duty; he must, therefore, either relinquish his evil habits, or live in the service of sin, under the continual reproaches of his conscience, or he must find some expedient by which the voice of conscience may be silenced.

The graceful and happy union of learning and philosophy, with a submission to revealed religion, has been frequently exhibited to the world by several of

the most illustrious characters that ever adorned the seats of science; and to these ingenuous spirits an appeal may be safely made, and the question securely rested, whence they derived their knowledge of God and of themselves. The volumes of Bacon, and of Newton, of Pascal, and of Boyle; of Leibnitz, Grotius, and Locke; of Arnauld, Malebranche, Clarke, Euler, Maclaurin, Ray, Derham, Hales, &c., concur in giving honour to the Holy Scriptures, in acknowledging them as the only sure guides to the knowledge of those divine truths which can make us "wise unto salvation."

As the following remarks of Dr. Gregory so fully demonstrate the falsity of the charge in question, we offer no apology for quoting them in full. He observes, with expressions of just and honest indignation, "that the charge is absolutely false; I will venture to assert, that the most eminent of our faculty have been distinguished for their regard to religion. I shall only mention, as examples, Harvey, Sydenham, Arbuthnot, Boerhaave, Stahl, and Hoffman. It is easy, however, to see whence this calumny has arisen. Men, whose minds have been enlarged by extensive knowledge, who have been accustomed to think and reason upon all subjects with a liberal and generous freedom, are not apt to become bigots to any sect or system whatever. They can be steady to their principles, without thinking ill of those who differ from them; but they are particularly impatient of the authority and controul of men who pretend to lord it over their consciences, and to dictate to them what they are to believe in every article where religion is