APPENDIX. (6i) 



wcmnd I nfed ftltches to keep the lip's together, which was hke- <\' HTmiif<,„ 



wife affifted by bending up the tliigh. This I look on as of 



confequence in every operation for hernia, as the healing the 



parts by the firft intention over the ring mufl be of elTential fer- 



vice in preventing inflammation in the abdomen ; and the only 



objecStion that has been made to it, the ri£k of the gut flipping 



out, may be eaflly prevented by a comprefs over the opening in 



the tendon for a few days : And after this, as adhefions will 



have taken place, unlefs great force is ufed, no protrufion can 



happen." 



To thefe fpecimens others might be added, were not this me- 

 moir already too long, and were not thefe fufficient to juftify 

 what has been faid of the unremitting attention and found judg- 

 ment of a gentleman, whofe premature death was regarded by all 

 his friends as a lofs to fcience and to fociety. His conftitution, 

 fomewhat enfeebled by early and intenfe application to fl;\idy, 

 was worn out with the toil of bufinefs and thought, in which 

 he was continually engaged ; and, after a tedious illnefs, he ex- 

 pired, March 13. 1790, in the thirty-fecond year of his age, 

 leaving a widow and two fons. 



Having lived according to the laws of religion and virtue, 

 and being naturally of a placid, cheerful temper, he bore much 

 fuffering without complaint, looking forvv'ard to death, which 

 for feme time he knew to be unavoidable, with thofe fenfibili- 

 ties indeed which every good man feels on the profpe(fk of lea- 

 ving his deareft friends, and entering into an untried exiftence, 

 but without unmanly dejecHiion or timidity. Befides the appro- 

 bation of liis own mind, he was foothed with tlie affedionate 

 attentions of all his family, and with the regrets of his brethren 

 and the public, who from day to day teftified the utmofl; folici- 

 tude concerning his healtli ; uttering not the unmeaning lan- 

 .guage of ceremony, or the interefled one of flattery, but tliat of 



fincere 



