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and whofe chair he afterwards filled, with fo much 

 honour to himfelf and fatisfaftion to the public. 



Thus was diiTolved, in a premature manner, a co- 

 partnery perhaps of as Angular a kind as is to b- 

 found m the annals of literature : nor was Cullen a man 

 ot that difpofition to let any engagement with him 

 prove a bar to his partner's advancement in life 

 J he articles were freelj departed from by him ; and 

 t^u Hen and Hunter ever after kept up a very cor- 

 dial and friendly correfpondence ; though, it i« believ- 

 ed, they never from that time had a perfonal interview 

 with each other. 



During the time that Cullen praftifed as a coun- 

 tryiurgeon apothecary, he formed , another conneftion 

 ot a more permanent kind, which, happily for him, was 

 not diUolved till a very late period of his life. With 

 the ardour of difpofition he polTeffed, it cannot be 

 fuppofed he beheld the fair fex with indifference. 

 Very early m life, he took a ftrong attachment to an 

 amiable woman, a Mifs Johnaon f , nearly of his oivn 

 age, who was prevailed on to join ivith him in the 

 jlacred bonds of wedlock, at a time when he had nothing 

 elie to recommend him to her except his perfon and 

 difpofitions : for as to riches and poiTeffions. he had 

 little of thefe to boaft of. She was beautiful, had 

 great good fenfe, equanimity of temper, an amiable dif- 

 polnion, and elegance of manners, and brought with 

 ler a imle money, which, though it would be account. 

 ?d nothing now, was fomething in thofe days, to one 

 n h.s htuation in life. After giving to him a nume- 

 ous tamily, and participating with him the changes of 

 ortune which he experienced, (he peacefully departed 

 his life, n fummer 1786. . ^ 



Inthe year 1746, Cullen, who had now taken a 

 egree of Dodor in phyficS, was appointed a lee- 



t Daughter 10 a Ckr^-m^n in that neighbourhood. 



S H,s diploma bear, d.tc, GlaPgow 4 di September 1740. 



