2^S Nations lately become Literary. [Ch. XXVI. 



who received the degree of doctor of medicine at 

 Leyden in 1735*. He was followed by Mr. John 

 ^Moultrie, who received the same degree from a 

 university in Europe in 1749t- Both of these 

 were eminent for literature and medical science. 

 The literary foreigners who came to South 

 Carolina at this early period were numerous. 

 Dr. John Lining, a native of Scotland, and a man 

 of excellent education, came to that province as 

 early as 1725 or 1730. He was eminent as a phy- 

 sician and philosopher J. He corresponded with 

 Dr. Franklin on the subject of electricity, and 

 Avas the first person who introduced an electrical 

 apparatus into Charleston. t)r. Lionel Chalmers, 

 who came to the colony from Great Britain in 

 the former part of the century, was also much 

 distinguished for medical science, and for his va- 

 rious and extensive knowledge §. Dr. Alexander 

 Garden, also from Great Britain, about the same 

 time was deservedly celebrated as a physician 



■* The name of Dr. Bull was mentioned in a fomier chapter. 

 On occasion of his receiving a meijical degree at Leyden, he 

 ■wrote and defended an inaugural dissertation, De Culica Pictonunu 

 He was afterward lieutenant-governor of South Carolina. 



f. l)r. Moultrie wrote and defended a dissertation, De Fehre 

 Flava. lie was afterward lieutenant-governor of East Florida. 



X In 174-0 Dr. Lining prosecuted, and afterward published, a 

 series .of judicious statical experiments. And in 1753 he pub- 

 lished a Histoiy of the Yelloio Fever, which was the first account 

 of that disease that had been printed on the American conti- 

 nent. 



§ Dr. Chalmers published a valuable work on the Weather and 

 Diseases of South Carolina, London, 177(j. But his most respect- 

 able and useful work is an Essay on Fevers; published at Charles- 

 ton in 1707. Beside these, he Avrote several smaller publica- 

 tions. 



