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emoluments of that office ; but, because he would 

 not offer a precedent that might be injurious to 

 his successors, he punctually took the money, but 

 constantly applied it to the relief of those belong- 

 ing to the Hospital who were in greatest need. 

 This appointment he filled till 1730, when age 

 and infirmities obliged him to resign. As it is 

 as a naturalist and patron of science he is con- 

 nected with this work, we shall merely enumerate 

 his professional appointments and honours, which 

 were very numerous ; and it is sufficient to men- 

 tion, that, in the College of Physicians, he warmly 

 promoted the plan of a Dispensary for the sick 

 poor, which met with so much opposition from 

 the apothecaries, and which gave rise to Dr 

 Garth's well known satire. 



Although the Doctor does not appear to have 

 been in her Majesty's household,* we are told 

 that he was frequently consulted by Queen Anne, 



* It has been stated, in the " History of Europe for 

 1712," that '* Dr Hans Sloane was sworn physician to 

 Queen Anne in the room of Dr Shadwell ;" but we sus- 

 pect that this is a mistake, as we are not aware that Dr 

 Shadwell was displaced from that appointment, and he 

 held it both under George I. who knighted him, and 

 George II. ; indeed, till his death, which happened 

 December 4, 1747 ; unless it occurred in this way, 

 Dr Shad well's name stands in Chamberlain's ' Present 

 State of Great Britain for 1710" as Physician Extra- 

 ordinary to the Queen. Perhaps, by the death of one of 

 her physicians in ordinary, Shadwell might succeed to 



