MEMOIR. XXIX 



gave up all study, not even reading the 

 magazines and pamphlets which had been 

 sent me by my father. I have already 

 said in what manner much of my time 

 had been employed ; I shall now add, that 

 another considerable portion of it was 

 spent in female society, which I had for- 

 merly much neglected. As soon as I re- 

 turned to London, I began to think se- 

 riously of studying my profession, to fit 

 myself for the exercise of it ; and in con- 

 sequence, cultivated the acquaintance of 

 medical persons. In this way I became 

 acquainted with the present Dr. Baillie, 

 and soon after contracted with him an in- 

 timate friendship, which now constituted 

 the fifth, and has been the last I have 

 ever formed. 



The next spring I spent three months 

 in Paris, more with the view however of 

 seeing the place, than for improvement in 

 my profession. 



