g - THE BEE, OR Dec. 22, 



turer * in chemlftry m the Univeriity of Glafgow : and 

 in the month of Oaober began his leftures m that fcj- 

 ence. His Angular talents for arrangement, his dif- 

 tinanefs of enmiclation, his vivacity of manner, and 

 'his knowledge of the fcience he taught, rendered h.s 

 leftures interefting to the {indents, to a degree tl'.at had 

 been till then unknown at that unlverfity. He be- 

 came, therefore, in fome meafure adored by the ftu- 

 dents. The former profelTors were eclipfed by the 

 brilliancy of his reputation ; and he had to experience 

 all thofe little rubs, that envy and difappointed am- 

 bition naturally threw in his way. Regardlefs, how- 

 ever of thefe fecret Ihagreens, he prelTed forward wuh 

 ardour in his literary career ; and, fupported by the 

 hvom oi the public, he confoled himfelf for the con- 

 tumely he met with from a fe\v individuals. His prac- 

 tice as a phyfician increafed from day to day ; and a 

 vacancy having occurred in the year 1751..^? ^f^ 

 then appointed by the king profeffor of medicine m 

 that univerfity. This new appointment ferved only 

 to call forth his powers, and to bring to light, talerits, 

 that it was not formerly known he poflefied ; fo that 

 his fame continued to increafe. 



As the patrons of the Univerfity of Edmburgh are 

 ever on the watch to difcover the moft eminent men 

 in the medical line in Scotland, their attention was 

 foon direaed towards CuUen ; fo that on the death 

 of IDoftor Plumber, profelVor of chemiftry in Edin- 

 burgh, which h-ppened in the year 1756, Doftor 

 Cullen was unanimoully invited to accept the vacant 

 chair. This invitation he accepted : and havmg rc- 

 fiened all his employments in Glafgow f, he began his 

 academicalcareerinEdinburgh-in the month of Oc- 

 tober of that year ; and here he refided till his death. 



* A leaurer gives leffons like a profeffor ; but he is not a conftituent 

 member of the corporate body called an Univerfity. 



f March 2S. 1 756. 



