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and to his practice, which was considerable for a stranger, 

 he erected an apparatus for sulphurous fumigation, and 

 translated and published a French pamphlet on that 

 remedy ; he read medical books, and many current works 

 of general literature ; prosecuted the study of the German 

 and Spanish languages ; and labelled the ancient coins 

 and medals of the Western Museum. In the midst of 

 the whole, he found time to cultivate his social relations ; 

 and every day added a new friend to the catalogue of 

 those, who loved him for his simplicity and frankness, 

 not less than they admired him for his genius, vivacity, 

 and diligence. Thus, to use an idiomatic expression, 

 he was a growing man, and might have remained with 

 us and done well. But the hand of destiny was upon 

 him. He had left the banks of the Patapsco, to be a 

 public teacher : the same object had drawn him from 

 Philadelphia to Cincinnati ; and that object, at length, re- 

 stored him to the great emporium of the medical sciences. 

 Contrary to the wishes and importunities of his western 

 friends, in the autumn of 1822, with his young family, he 

 set off for the theatre of his future glory; which he 

 reached in safety, though not without some of the 

 many difficulties, at that time connected with a journey 

 across the state of Ohio ; of which, in a letter from 

 Wheeling to one of his friends in this city, he gave a 

 familiar account, in all respects so characteristic, that 

 we hope to be excused for extracting it : 



" We arrived last night, after a journey which exceeded 



