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none has equalled him, in the extent of his original researches in 

 pathology ; and although his fame as a discoverer is founded chiefly 

 on his researches into the pathology of renal disease in connexion 

 with dropsy, his minute and unwearied investigation into the mor- 

 bid anatomy of the kidney, and his detection of the albuminous state 

 of the urine as pathognomonic of disease of that organ, yet a perusal 

 of his writings abundantly convinces us that he brought the same 

 sagacity and industry to bear upon many other problems in patho- 

 logy and practical medicine. His labours in this country, as those 

 of Andral and Louis in France, of Hufeland, the two Franks, and 

 others in Germany, and Abercrombie in Edinburgh, contributed 

 greatly to establish a more practical mode of investigation than had 

 previously prevailed a more direct attention to the connexion 

 between the symptoms during life and the post-mortem appearances 

 a more constant and extensive application of animal chemistry and 

 of the powers of the microscope to the elucidation of morbid conditions. 

 Regardless of systems, a maxim laid down by him in early life, in the 

 preface to his ( Travels in Hungary,' as applicable to the traveller, 

 Seems to have guided him throughout his distinguished career : 

 "correct observation," says he, "and faithful statement are the 

 cardinal virtues on which his character must depend." 



WILLIAM JOHN BRODERIP, Esq., was the son of an eminent 

 medical practitioner in the city of Bristol, where he was born on the 

 2 1st of November, 1789. Having received a sound training in 

 classical knowledge at a provincial seminary, he proceeded in due 

 time to Oxford, where he entered as a student at Oriel College. At 

 Oxford he made the acquaintance of Dr. Buckland, who at that time 

 (1809) was Fellow and Tutor of Corpus Christi College, but had as 

 yet scarcely turned his mind to that study in which he afterwards 

 became so distinguished. Young Broderip, on the other hand, 

 carried with him to the University a considerable knowledge of 

 Natural History, and especially of Conchology, with which he had 

 from his earliest years been more or less familiar through means of 

 a collection belonging to his father. Such as it was, the zoological 

 acquirement of the student became of service to the future Professor, 

 who in after-years of well-earned fame, was happy to acknowledge 

 that he got his first practical lesson on fossil shells, and gathered 



