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of exiflcice ; nor is it in the power of man to arrell 

 the Itroke of death : But it is fometimes in his power 

 to preferve a few faint memorials of thofe he loved ; 

 and he finds a. pleafnre in attempting to perpetuate the 

 remembrance of thofe amiable qualities which have 

 contributed, in an effential manner, to augment his 

 own happinefs and that of others. Thefe are the mo- 

 tives wiliicli induce the writer of this memoir to take 

 up the pen on the prefent occafion. 



To fpeak of Do6lor Cullen in his profeffional qua- 

 lity as a phyiician, woul 1 require talents that do not 

 belong to the writer of thefe pages : His writings 

 are well known, and will be more juftly appreciated 

 by others. It is Cullen as a man ; as a member of fo- 

 ciety ; as a man of letters, and a promoter of fcien- 

 tific knowledge ; we mean here to contemplate. 



The mod ftriking features in the charafter of Doctor 

 Cullen were, as a man of letters, great energy of mind, 

 and vigour of enterprife, a quick perception, a reten- 

 tive memory, and talent for arrangement : as a man 

 — as a jne?!iber of fociety, beneficence and warmth of 

 heart, candour and fociability of difpofition, vivacity 

 of temper, politenefs and urbanity of manners. Thefe 

 peculiarities of charadler were perceptible in every 

 tranfatlion of his life ; had an influence on his condudt 

 on all occafions ; and gave a tinge to his fludies, his 

 reafoning, his purfuits, and his practice, through every 

 period of his life. 



To moft men who have made attainments that could 

 in any refpeft be compared with thofe of Doftor 

 Cullen, ftudy is a ferious, often a fevere, and feem- 

 ingly a burdenfome employment : To him, it never 

 I'eemed to be more than an amufement ; an amufe- 

 ment too of fuch a fort as never occupied his mind fo 

 much as to prevent him from indulging, with perfedl 

 freedom, thofe focial difpofitions whicli made him at 

 air times take particular delight in the company of 



