4 MEMOIRS OF 



thence to his preeminent fuccefs in ef- 

 fefting their cure ; but they imprefled his 

 mind and tinctured his converfation with 

 an apparent want of confidence in man- 

 kind, which was apt to wound the ingenu- 

 ous and confiding fpirit, whether feeking 

 his medical affiftance, or his counfel as a 

 friend. Perhaps this pronenefs to fufpicion 

 mingled too much of art in his wisdom. 



From the time at which Dr. Darwin 

 firfl came to Lichfield, he avowed a con- 

 viction of the pernicious- effecls of all vi- 

 nous fluid on the youthful and healthy con- 

 ilitution ; an abfolute horror of fpirits of 

 all forts, and however diluted. His own 

 example, with very fe\v exceptions, fup- 

 ported his exhortations. From ftrong malt 

 liquor he totally abftained, and if he drank 

 a glafs or two of Englifh wine, he mixed it 

 with water. Acid fruits, with fugar, and 

 all fort of creams, and butter, were his 

 luxuries; but he always ate plentifully of 



animal 



