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This town has recently lost a respectable mem- 

 ber of the medical profession in JOSEPH AYRE, 

 Esq., M.D., who is now practising as a physician 

 in the metropolis.* He was a native of Lynn, 

 in Norfolk ; and having settled here in 1808, he 

 continued to practise among us during a period 

 of about sixteen years. While a resident 'here, 

 he published, in 1818, his " Essay on Maras- 

 " mus;" and, in 1821, his " Practical Obser- 

 " vations on those disorders of the Liver, and 

 <f other Organs of Digestion, which produce the 

 " several forms and varieties of the Bilious Com- 

 " plaint;" this was, in fact, a second and enlarged 

 edition of the Essay on Marasmus. Dr. Ayre 

 quitted Hull in 1824 ; and, in the following year, 

 he published his " Researches into the nature 

 6i and treatment of Dropsy," which has conside- 

 rably increased his professional reputation. 



In concluding this part of my address, I may 

 remark, that if individuals, by the acquisition of 

 academic honors, can confer lustre on the places 

 to which they owe their birth, then may Hull be 

 justly proud of the names of three youths Tur- 

 ner, Cankrien,t and Cooper which were all 



* ]?r. Ayre has returned to Hull, since the above Address was delivered, 

 with the intention of resuming the practice of his profession in this town. 



f In Taylor and Phillips' Philosophical Magazine for November, 1830, 

 (vol.8, p. 321) there is an article " On the Problems of the Calculus of 

 " Variatioas j by Hugh-Ker Cankricn, Esq., M.A., Trinity College, Cam- 

 " bridge, communicated by the author ;" in which he lias simplified the 



