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the fact was ascertained by a gen- 

 tleman of the faculty, or attested 

 by three creditable persons. The 

 doctor asserts, and no one who 

 knew him can doubt it, that his 

 view in incurring such heavy ex- 

 pences was the hope of exciting an 

 universal attention to the subject of 

 so much importance to mankind. 

 Some time in the year 1778, a more 

 active post in the management of 

 the affairs of the Humane Society 

 devolved on him, by his being cho- 

 sen register. This was still in- 

 creased in the year 1780, when Dr. 

 Cogan returned to Holland. On 

 this event Dr. Hawes greatly re- 

 gretted the loss of so able a col- 

 league, and laments that the task of 

 arranging and preparing the annual 

 reports of the society should have 

 " fallen into hands of such in- 

 ferior ability ;" but hopes that 

 his zeal will compensate for the 

 want of ability, that the important 

 cause then entrusted to his sole 

 care might not be permitted to lan- 

 guish. Those only who have wit- 

 nessed the labour and fatigue which 

 the multiplied concerns of the so- 

 ciety necessarily impose on him 

 who is entrusted with the entire di- 

 rection of them, can justly appre- 

 ciate the value and extent of his 

 unceasing exertions for promoting 

 a cause so near his heart, and with 

 which his own happiness as well as 

 the happiness of others, was inter- 

 woven. The doctor remarks, that* 

 soon after this lime the execution 

 of the reports of this institution, 

 became more complex and intri- 

 cate. As the instances of resusci- 

 tation multiplied, he observes that 

 new and improved nodes of treat- 



ment suggested themselves to skil- 

 ful practitioners ; and that other 

 species of apparent death than those 

 hitherto treated, were also brought 

 within the reach of art. These 

 circumstances arising from the libe- 

 ral spirit and unexampled fervour 

 manifested by the medical assis- 

 tants, in the prosecution of their 

 life-saving views, concurred to ren- 

 der the task operose and compli- 

 cated. But, he adds, all these 

 difficulties sunk before the pleasing 

 contemplation of the immensegood 

 that would result to mankind 

 from it. In 1781, Dr. Hawes pub- 

 lished " An Address to the King 

 and Parliament of Great Britain, 

 on preserving the Lives of the In- 

 habitants, and on regulating the 

 Bills of Mortality." To the third 

 edition of this work were made very 

 considerable additions; particular- 

 ly " Further Hints for restoring 

 Animation, and for preserving 

 Health against the pernicious Influ- 

 ence of noxious Vapours, or con- 

 taminated Air, by simple efficacious 

 Means," in a letter to him by Dr. 

 Fothergill. The mind of Dr. 

 Hawes was uniformly and ardently 

 employed in the general cause of 

 humanity. His views of benefi- 

 cence were by no means confined 

 to the object connected with the 

 institution of which he was the zeal- 

 ous advocate and unwearied pro- 

 moter. His whole hfe was a con- 

 stant exemplification of his motto ; 

 homo sum, humatii nihil a me alie~ 

 enum puto. He did not suffer 

 his exertions to abate, because he 

 could not succeed in the first, se- 

 cond, or third attempt, but perse- 

 vered with uncommon ardour till 



he 



• In the Transactions of the Society from 1774 to 178*, published in 1796, by 

 Dr. Hawes. 



