IVritinga of the late Profesaor Blumenbach* 8 



ality, which possessed the power of giving all this its requisite 

 form, and of uniting it together with extraordinary sagacity 

 and consistence. For a long period he formed the chief centra 

 of attraction of Gottingen. Many first became acquainted 

 with Gottingen by means of his reputation, and, guided by his 

 star, came to the scene of his activity. 



In the summer of 1776, he gave, as a public course in the 

 great hall, vivisections and physiological experiments on living 

 animals. In the same manner, in 1777, he lectured on the 

 Natural History of Man. The same year he delivered lectures 

 on the zootomy of domestic animals. Although he lectured at 

 so early a period on comparative osteology, yet he did not give 

 a complete course of comparative anatomy till X785. He 

 taught for a long time pathology, according to Gaubius, medi- 

 cal literature, and physiology, and, in the winter session 

 1836-7, he gave the course of Natural History which he had 

 delivered no less than 118 times. 



The three English Princes who arrived at Gottingen on the 

 6th July 1735, attended his winter course of Natural History 

 in 1786. The present king of Bavaria, then Crown Prince, 

 occupied a place on the ordinary benches of his class-room ; 

 and in 1803 was accompanied by Blumenbacli to the Hartz, 

 as far as Magdeburg. That this royal patron of the sciences 

 was not forgetful of that period of his studies, and of his 

 teacher, is proved, not only by the transmission of presents, 

 viz. the cranium of an ancient Greek and the insignia of his 

 order of merit, but also more especially by his sending in 1829 

 his son, the present Crown Prince, as a pupil to the university 

 and to Blumenbacli. When the king of Hanover honoured 

 with his presence the festival commemorative of the hundredth 

 anniversary of the university, he did not neglect to visit his- 

 old master in the house which he had so often entered as a- 

 student. 



Blumenbach was born a professor ; in filling this office he 

 found his greatest happiness and his chief pride. The history 

 of modern science proves the influence he exerted, and the 

 contributions he made to knowledge, in that capacity ; innu- 

 merable individuals have bestowed their praises on him as? 

 their teacher, patron, and friend. Who could reckon the dcdi- 



