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was benevolently and wisely designed to bea 
process scarcely ever attended with danger. 
The year 1789 produced Mr. White’s “ In- 
quiry into the nature and cure of the swell- 
ing in one or both of the lower extremities, 
which sometimes happens to lying-in women.” 
To this occurrence Mr. White, whatever may 
be thought of the soundness of the opinions 
which he has advanced, or the propriety of 
the treatment which he has recommended, 
had, I believe, the merit of first drawing 
the attention of practitioners. 
About the year 1761, Mr. White was elect- 
eda Fellow of the Royal Society, and he 
afterwards became a member of several other 
‘societies, founded for the promotion of me- 
dical science. 
The Literary and Philosophical Society of 
Manchester, the origin of which had taken 
place some years before, as a private meeting 
held weekly at the houses of several gentle- 
men, was first organized in the winter of 
1781, and regular officers appointed. Mr. 
White was elected one of the Vice Presidents ; 
and the active part which he took in promot- 
ing the views of the institution, is evinced by 
the articles supplied by him to our printed 
Memoirs, Of these the following is a list: 
