MEMOIR OF DR WEIGHT. 33 



perspiration succeeded, and my patient was inclined 

 to sleep. Next morning he was perfectly free of all 

 complaint, and recovered without the use of any other 

 medicine." 



In the year 1774 Sir William Trelawney 

 was succeeded in the government of Jamaica by Sir 

 Basil Keith, in whom Dr Wright had the satis- 

 faction to find a man of congenial sentiments, who 

 could appreciate the value of his labours in the pur- 

 suit of knowledge. For his first introduction to the 

 new governor, Dr Wright was indebted to the late 

 Dr HorE of Edinburgh ; but soon after Sir Basil's 

 arrival in the island, on the occasion of his tour of 

 inspection of the territory of his government, Dr 

 Wright had the pleasure of making his personal ac^ 

 quaintance. He paid his respects to the governor at 

 all those points of the journey which were consistent 

 with his professional avocations, and he speaks of the 

 entertainments which were prepared, on this occasion, 

 by the principal inhabitants, for the reception of the 

 cortege, as placing the luxury and splendour of the 

 western world in competition with the extravagance 

 of oriental pageantry. 



In the month of September 1774, Dr Wright re- 

 ceived the appointment of surgeon -general of Jamaica, 

 an office of honour and distinction, but not connected 

 with any direct emolument or revenue, and important 

 only as it indicates the station to which Dr Wright 

 had been able to raise himself by his own unassisted ef- 

 forts, and as it marks the esteem in which he was 



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