STUDY XIII. 17^ 



pofitions, and of the foundeft intellect, they do 

 not fet their face agiinft irregularities which are 

 beneficial to their corps. 



Thefe inconveniencics are by no means defpe- 

 rate^ I am able to quote inftances to this effed:, 

 which no fophiftry can invalidate. On my enter- 

 ing into the fervice of Ruflia, the firft month's re- 

 venue of my place was flopped, as a complete in- 

 demnification for the expenfe attending the treat- 

 ment of every kind of malady with which I might 

 be attacked ; and this included, together widi my- 

 felf, my fervants, and my family, if I fhould hap- 

 pen to marry ; and extended to every poffible ex- 

 penfe.of Phyfician, Surgeon, and Apothecary. There 

 was farther flopped, for the fame objedl, a fmall 

 fum, amounting to one, or one and a half, per cenRr 

 of my appointnients ; this was to have been paid 

 annually ; and every flep higher I might have 

 rifen, I was to have given an additional month's 

 pay of that fuperior rank. This is the complete 

 amount of the tax upon officers, in confideration 

 of which they and their families are entitled to 

 every kind of medical advice and affiftance, under 

 whatever indifpofition. 



The Phyficians and Surgeons of every corps 

 have, at the fame time, a fufficiently ample reve- 

 nue arillng from thefe payments. I recoiled: that 



the 



