Dr. Thomas TFalmsley. 165 



Had he lived, he would, undoubtedly, have assumed 

 one of the most respectable stations, as a practitioner of 

 medicine, in the United- States. 



But the frequent lot of genius and of virtue is, in the 

 language of the poet, " an early grave." Dr. Walms- 

 ley's constitution was naturally delicate : it was not to 

 be improved by the sedentary habits of a student, or by 

 the active exertions of a physician. In the month of 

 February last, his health was visibly on the decline ; but 

 he continued to attend to his business, until about the 

 middle of July, when he was obliged to confine himself 

 to his room. 



He now laboured under a fever of the remitting form, 

 with an affection of his lungs. His friends and physi- 

 cians were not ignorant of the dangers of his case. He 

 had all the attention and assistance which talent and 

 affection could bestow upon him. But their attention 

 and assistance were fruitlessly applied. After a very 

 painful illness of four weeks, he expired on Friday, the 

 15th of August, in the twenty- fifth year of his age. 



Few young men have passed through life more gene- 

 rally beloved and esteemed, by those who knew him, 

 than Dr. Walmsley. The endowments of his mind 

 were of the higher kind. He was blessed with genius : 

 liQ was a stranger to the weaknesses or the vices which 

 too frequently accompany it. His imagination was vivid j 

 his judgment strong and correct ; his memory respecta- 

 ble. His zeal for the improvement of his profession, 

 and the sciences most inunediately connected with it, 



