104. MEMOIR OF THE LATE DR. HENRY. 
ment and of fame. Of the salutary influence 
upon his character, of such intimate commu- 
nion with this learned and high-minded phy- 
sician, he was accustomed often to speak in 
after life with grateful remembrance; and was 
ever ready to pay his warm testimony to the 
varied and tasteful scholarship, the enlarged 
philosophy, and the pure and elevated moral 
bearing of his distinguished instructor. In 
a letter, many years ago, addressed to the 
writer, Dr. Henry speaks of Dr. Percival as ‘an 
illustrious pattern of every thing delicate and 
pure in sentiment, elegant and dignified in taste, 
and polished in address and manner :—a man 
who while he would have adorned a court by his 
gentlemanly demeanour, yet paid a tender and 
unceasing attention to the feelings of the hum- 
blest of those, by whom he was habitually sur- 
rounded.” 
In this improving residence, Dr. Henry re- 
mained during five years, which were devoted 
to the general culture of his mind, and to the 
preliminary studies of his profession. About 
the close of this period he first engaged in the 
practical observation of disease in the Manches- 
ter Infirmary, where he enjoyed the instructions 
of another of those eminent physicians, who 
