234 A Tribute to the Memory of 
and with a mind harassed by frequent and 
painful anxieties,—it will be granted, that 
he accomplished much more than might have 
been expected, from one so little favoured by 
external circumstances. 
The acquirements of Mr. Henry were not 
limited to that science, in which he obtained 
distinction. It was the habit of his mind, 
when wearied by one occupation, to seek re- 
lief, not in indolent repose, but in a change 
of objects. In medical knowledge, he kept 
pace with the improvements of his time, and 
he occasionally, by original publications,* 
contributed to its advancement. He hada 
share of general information, and a flow of 
animal spirits, that rendered him an instruc- 
tive and agreeable companion. To the rich 
sources of enjoyment, which are opened by 
the productions of the fine arts, he was ex- 
tremely sensible, not so much from an ac- 
quaintance with critical rules, as from a na- 
tural and lively susceptibility of those emo- 
tions, which it 1s the object of the poet and 
the artist to excite. By the native strength 
of his memory, unassisted by any artificial 
arrangement, he had acquired a knowledge 
* Chiefly in the periodical Journals, and in the Trans- 
actions of some Medical Societies to which he belonged. 
