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very agreeable pictures. We shall now present our readers 

 with a few specimens of this gallery, taken at random. 



EURICUS CORDUS. 



" Cordus, who was accustomed to receive his fees only at the 

 termination of his patieiit's disease, describes, in a facetious epi- 

 gram, the practitioner at three different times, in three different 

 characters. 



Three faces wears the doctor ; when first sought 

 An'angers— anda god's the cure half wrought: 

 But when, that cure complete, he seeks his fee, 

 • The devil looks then less terrible than he. 



" The epigram of Cordus is illustrated by the following con- 

 versation, whi^ch passed between Bovart and a, French marquis, 

 whom he had attended during a long and severe indisposition. 

 As he entered the chamber on a certain occasion, he was thus 

 addressed by his patient : ' Good day to you, Mr. Bouvart ; I feel 

 quite in spirits, and think my fever has left me.' ' I am sure of 

 it,* replied the doctor ; ' the very first expression you used con- 

 vinces me of it.' * Pray explain yourself.' ' Nothing more easy : 

 in the first days of your illness, when your life was in danger, I 

 was your dearest friend ; as you began to get better, I was your 

 good Bouvart ; and now I am Mr. Bouvart : depend upon it you 

 are quite recovered.* Bouvart's observation was grounded on a 

 knowledge of human nature : every day's experience shows, that 



* accipe dumdolet' should be the medical man's motto. 



JOHN CASE. 

 , " In one of the profound pieces of astrological bombast written 

 Xiy this singular genius, he gives an account of the creation of 

 Adam : * Thus Adam was created in that pleasant place Paradise, 

 about the year before Christ 4002, viz. on April 24, at twelve 

 o'clock, or midnight.' His name was latinized to Caseus, which 

 was occasionally interpreted Dr. Cheese. Granger says the fol- 

 lowing anecdote of Case was communicated to him by the Rev. 

 Mr. Gosling, in these terms : ' Dr. Maundy, formerly of Canter- 

 bury, told me, that in his travels abroad, some eminent physician, 

 who had been in England, gave him a token to spend at his 

 return with Dr. Radcliffe and Dr. Case. They fixed on an even- 

 ing, and were very merry, when Radcliffe thus began a health : 



* jfiere, brother Case, to all the fools your patients.' * I thank 

 you, good brotlier,* replied Case ; * let me have all the fools, and 

 you are heartily welcome to the rest of the practice.' 



THOMAS DAWSON. 



" The following anecdote is related of him : After he became 

 M.D. he attended his neighbour Miss Corbett, of Hackney, who 



