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illnefs. It originated from a fevere cold 

 caught by obeying the fummons of a pa- 

 tient in Derby, after he had himfelf taken 

 ftrong medicine. His {kill, his courage, 

 his exertion, ftruggled vehemently with 

 his difeafe. Repeated and daring ufe of 

 the lancet at length fubdued it, but, in all 

 likelihood, irreparably weakened the fyftem. 

 He never looked fo well after as before 

 hisfeizure; increafed debility of ftep, and 

 a certain wannefs of countenance, awak* 

 ened thofe fears for him which great num^ 

 bers felt who calculated upon his affiftance 

 when hours of pain and danger might 

 come. Jt was faid, that during his illnefs 

 he reproved the fenfibility and tears of 

 Mrs. Darwin A and bid her remember that 

 fhe was the wife of a philofopher. . ' /. f f I 

 The public papers and magazines record*- 

 ed, with tolerable accuracy, the nature of 

 his final feizure ; the converfation he held 

 in the garden of his new refidence, the 

 E 4 Priory, 



