Royal Society. 151 
It is needless for me to add what a severe loss his lordship’s death 
must be to those who are interested in oriental pursuits, and indeed 
to his country itself, when we reflect on the large empire held by 
England in the eastern regions of the globe. 
Lord Munster married Miss Wyndham in 1819, and has left a 
family to lament his death. He was elected President of the Asiatic 
Society only a short time before his decease. 
Joun YeEtioty, M.D., was born in 1773, at Alnwick in Nor- 
thumberland, and received his early education at a school in that 
town. He chose medicine as his profession; and at the age of 20, 
went to Edinburgh, and after going through the usual course of 
study in its University, graduated there in 1796. Four years after- 
wards, he settled in London, and became a Licentiate of the College 
of Physicians. In 1806, he married Miss Tyssen, heiress to a con- 
siderable landed estate ; and established himself in Finsbury Square. 
About this time, also, he was elected Physician to the Aldersgate- 
street Dispensary ; and, in 1817, succeeded Dr. Cooke as Physician 
to the London Hospital. He became a Fellow of this Society in 
1814. 
Endowed by nature with great activity of mind, Dr. Yelloly ap- 
plied himself with indefatigable industry to the acquisition and the 
extension of medical knowledge. His views were not confined to the 
narrow circle of his own individual advancement, but, embracing a 
wider range of utility, they extended not only to the improvement, 
but also to the general diffusion of science, and to whatever was cal- 
culated to raise the character and exalt the dignity of the profession 
to which he belonged. This liberal public spirit, indeed, was, 
throughout life, the main spring of his exertions ; and one of its prin- 
cipal fruits was the formation, in conjunction with his friend Dr. 
Mareet, of the Medical and Chirurgical Society of London. The 
objects contemplated by such an institution were to establish a closer 
bond of union than had previously existed among the several branches 
of the medical profession ; to collect a comprehensive medical library 
for their use; to read and discuss medical papers at the evening 
meetings ; to publish a selection of these papers in the form of Trans- 
actions ; to promote a free interchange of information, and to culti- 
vate liberal and kindly feelings among the members. Many of the 
most eminent practitioners, both in Medicine and Surgery, were in- 
Vited to join this new Society, which, from small beginnings, soon 
increased in numbers and in reputation, so as in the course of a few 
years to comprise a large portion of the professional rank and talent 
of the metropolis. It was to the active exertions and persevering 
_ zeal of its two founders that this Society was mainly indebted for its 
early success and its continued prosperity, amidst occasional difficul- 
ties with which it had to contend. Dr. Yelloly, in particular, de- 
voted himself to its welfare with the attachment of a parent. At its 
commencement he officiated as Secretary, in conjunction with Mr. 
Charles Aikin; and for many years he was scarcely ever absent from 
its meetings, taking a lively interest in all its proceedings, and an 
active part in the discussions of the evening. To its ‘Transactions 
