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in a new volume. I have also something to say on the gout ; 

 and on insanity, hydrophobia, and diabetes : but these two' 

 last subjects may be discussed in some periodical work ; the 

 two former will require a separate publication. When I have 

 done all this, I will rest. I shall have performed my part. 

 I mention these intentions to you, that, should any thing oc- 

 cur, you may suggest it. For, notwithstanding my omis- 

 sions, the cause of which is removed, I have the confidence 

 to hope for a continuation of your friendship. 11 



It is deeply to be regretted, that, in the subsequent 

 years of Dr Currie's valuable life, he did not enjoy 

 the necessary health or leisure for executing the im- 

 portant tasks which he had thus assigned to himself. 

 With his enlarged and enlightened views, and with a 

 mind so free from prejudice or bias, there can be no 

 doubt of the great accession he would have brought to 

 the knowledge of any subject which he had chosen for 

 investigation. The topics, indeed, were such as re- 

 quired the firm grasp of a master mind ; and such was 

 that of Dr Currie. For many years after his death, 

 when a case of difficulty or danger occurred, in such 

 cases of gout, insanity, or fever, as fell within the range 

 of Dr Currie's projected publications, Dr Wright 

 was often heard to lament the loss which the world 

 had sustained, by the death of his friend in the midst 

 of his career. Dr Wright's next letter to Dr Cur- 

 rie, contains the following passages. 



" I shall rejoice to see any thing of yours on gout and in- 

 sanity. 



" In cases of tradesmen, who had no time to be sick; afflict- 

 ed with gout in the feet and ancles, accompanied by febrile 



