MEMOIR OF THE LATE DR. HENRY. 109 
fellow-labourers. Nor has the Metropolis of 
the North ever before or since assembled within 
its Halls of Science, either so many illustrious 
teachers, or so noble a company of hearers. 
Among the latter were numbered Marcet, Roget, 
De la Rive, Thomson, Allen, Scarlett, and Jef- 
fery ; and Lord Brougham, as a youthful dis- 
putant in the Speculative, and occasionally in 
the Physical and Medical Societies, was giving 
evidence of those native energies of genius and 
character, which have since borne himtothe high- 
est judicial and political station in this country. 
Breathing such an exciting atmosphere, and 
urged onwards by his own ardent spirit, Dr. 
Henry devoted his entire time and strength to 
mental improvement; and has often affirmed 
that the rest of his life, active as it was, appeared 
a state of inglorious repose, when contrasted 
with this season of unremitted effort. It was, 
therefore, with deep regret, that after a year 
thus spent, he quitted the University, in defer- 
ence to prudential considerations, with little 
prospect of ever revisiting it as a student; and 
engaged in association with his father in general 
medical practice. After a few years experience, 
however, the inadequacy of his delicate frame to 
bear up against the fatigues of this branch of 
