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" ductory Lecture and Syllabus to a Course, 

 " delivered in the University of Cambridge, on 

 " the Principles of Political Economy/' which 

 was published in the same year. 



I have frequently had occasion, in the course 

 of this address, to mention the late Dr. Alderson ; 

 I must now introduce the name of his fourth 

 son, JAMES ALDERSON, Esq. B.A., A.M., a native 

 of this town, and his father's successor here in the 

 medical profession. Dr. Alderson completed his 

 education at the University of Cambridge, where 

 he was distinguished by having the place of 

 sixth Wrangler assigned to him on his examina- 

 tion for his Bachelor's degree, in the year 1822 ; 

 and in November, 1823, he was admitted Fel- 

 low of Pembroke College. Soon after quitting 

 Cambridge, he commenced practice in London, 

 where he remained until his father's death, on 

 which occasion he returned to his native place. 

 He gave early proof of the zeal with which 

 he entered upon the duties of his profession, by 

 his communication, in 1825, of an essay " On 

 the Motion of the Heart/' to the " Quarterly 

 Journal of Science, Literature, and the Arts/'* 

 This treatise excited the attention of the pro- 

 fession, and is noticed by Dr. Bostock, who 

 defends the explanation given by Dr. William 

 Hunter, of the cause of the beating of the Heart, 



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