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PREFACE vii 



CHAPTER I 

 THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY . 



Brief outline of some leading features of British life in this 

 century, social, political, literary, religious, medical Dr. John 

 Fothergill's place in the century. 



CHAPTER II 



DR. JOHN FOTHERGILL BIRTH AND TRAINING 



Birth of Fothergill at Carr End, Wensleydale, 1712 The house 

 and scenery of the dale Fothergills of Ravenstonedale Dr. 

 Thomas Fothergill of Queen's College, Oxford ; Dr. J. Milner 

 Fothergill and other notable members of the elder stock John 

 Fothergill of Mallerstang, 1665 George Fox in Wensleydale, 

 1652 John Fothergill of Carr End, an austere Quaker, father 

 of Dr. John Fothergill His ministry in America He meets 

 Washington's grandfather A County Election at York, 1734 

 Fothergill's mother His brothers and their descendants Dr. 

 Samuel Fothergill of London Fothergill's education Sedbergh 

 School Apprenticeship to Benjamin Bartlett at Bradford, 1728 

 B. Bartlett, the younger Fothergill enters Edinburgh University, 

 1734 The journey thither on horseback Edinburgh of those 

 days Origin of the Medical School Dr, Archibald Pitcairne 

 Dr. Alexander Monro primus His colleagues, pupils of Boer- 

 haave at Leyden Fothergill's description of his teachers 

 His manner of study He takes his medical degree, 1736 

 Journey to London by sea Pupil at St. Thomas's Hospital 

 He settles in London as a physicina Visit to the Netherlands 

 and Germany, 1740 The Moravians. 



