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judgment. Holding in contempt all hypothefes unfupported by- 

 fad:, and inapplicable to the improvement of pradice ; omitting 

 or paffing flightly over parts remarkable for curiofity more than 

 utility ; he demonftrated with great diftindlnefs and precilion 

 thofe parts which it is neceflary to know accurately ; accompa- 

 nying his demonftrations with fpecimens of morbid parts, and 

 with every remark, phyfiological or pradlical, which he was able 

 to colleft from extenfive reading, and careful refleclion on his 

 own pradice. To excite emulation among his ftudents, and to 

 honour the memory of his friend, he gave a gold medal, bear- 

 ing the figure of Dr William Hunter, as a prize to the beft 

 didertation on a furgical fubje6l. By thefe means, he had the 

 fatisfadion of contributing to increafe the number of medical 

 ftudents in Glafgow ; and while his ftudents became from year 

 to year more numerous, they began to difcover alfo that ardour, 

 which it is impoflible either to excite or maintain where the ftu- 

 dents are few. 



Account oi 

 W. Hamiltcm. 



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