78 MEMOIR OF CAMPER. 



least important and most unpromising, such as that 

 of making a shoe, would become interesting in able 

 hands. This led to a challenge that he should him- 

 self undertake it, which, being unwilling to decline, 

 he forthwith executed and published. He considered 

 the foot as an anatomist, a painter, a shoemaker, and 

 a shoe wearer (recommending rights and lefts, then 

 little known), and in each of these characters, it will 

 require no words of ours to convince that he could 

 say much to interest and delight. 



During the summer of 1782, Camper undertook 

 a journey to Maestricht, Liege, Spa, Aix-la-Cha- 

 pelle, and Dusseldorf, and had the pleasure of exa- 

 mining the Natural History Collection of the cele- 

 brated Hoffman. In 1783, he wrote a memoir on 

 the questions, Why is man more subject to disease 

 than, other animals ; and are there any hints sup- 

 plied by Comparative anatomy, which would assist 

 in restoring his health ? This was a subject entirely 

 to his taste. It led him to numerous statements 

 concerning the diseases of animals ; but we have no 

 room for particulars, and can only refer to it in the 

 work published by his son. It was translated into 

 German by Herbell. 



In 1785, Camper was elected a member of the 

 Royal Academic des Sciences of Paris, an honour 

 which, being confined to eight foreigners, was conse- 

 quently of the most flattering description. He this 

 year paid a fourth visit to England, renewing his 

 acquaintance with Sir Joseph Banks, Herschel, the 



