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he remained upwards of three years. During the 

 last year he attended also the practice of Doctor John 

 Jones, an eminent surgeon, who had left New York, 

 in consequence of its occupation by the British army. 

 It was the fortune of Wistar, to gain the esteem of 

 all his preceptors ; an infallible mark of his own good 

 conduct. The friendship of two such men as Red- 

 man and Jones, was a valuable acquisition ; and from 

 that of Jones in particular, very important conse- 

 quences resulted. Having gone through the usual 

 course of study, and attended the medical lectures, 

 Wistar oifered himself in the year 1782, as a candi- 

 date for the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine, in the 

 University of Pennsylvania. Previous to the ob- 

 taining of this honour, he underwent an examination 

 in the presence of the trustees of the University. It 

 is said that he acquitted himself, on that occasion, in 

 an extraordinary manner: answering the questions 

 proposed to him, with such uncommon promptness 

 and precision, as excited the surprize, and command- 

 ed the admiration of all who heard him. There was 

 a singularity in this examination of which I have 

 been informed by a gentleman who was present. 

 The faculty of medicine were not all of one theory, 

 and each professor examined with an eye to his own 



system ; of this Wistar was aware, and had the ad- 



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