DR. DARWIN. i 



Dr. Darwin, with the wifdom .ofUlyfles, 

 bound himfelf to the medical maft, that 

 he might not follow thofe delufive fyrens, 

 the mufes, or be confldered as their avowed 

 votary. Occafional little pieces, however, 

 Hole at feldom occurring periods from his 

 pen ; though he cautioufly precluded their 

 paffing the prefs, before his latent genius 

 for poetry became unveiled to the public 

 eye in it's copious and dazzling fplendour. 

 Moft of thefe minute gems have ftolen into 

 newfpapers and magazines, fince the im- 

 pregnable rock, on which his medicinal 

 and philofophical reputation were placed, 

 induced him to contend for that fpecies of 

 fame, which mould entwine the Parnaffian 

 laurel with the balm of Pharmacy: 



After this fketch of Dr. Darwin's cha- 

 racter and manners,4et us return to the dawn 

 of his profeffional eftablilhment. A few 

 weeks after his arrival at Lichfield, in the 

 latter end of the year 1756", the intuitive 

 B 4 difcern- 



