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be paid to him by the Committee of Expenditure, and 

 that his letter of resignation should be preserved. Un- 

 fortunately this letter does not exist now. 



' Dr. G-arnett had long determined to apply himself 

 to medical practice, and at the same time to give 

 private lectures, to secure that income of which he 

 seemed fated to be disappointed.' 



In the summer of 1801 he removed to Great Marl- 

 borough Street, and brought his family to London, and 

 he sought for practice as a physician. He built a 

 lecture room ; he made arrangements for editing the 

 * Annals of Philosophy, Natural History, Chemistry, 

 Literature, Agriculture, and Fine Arts ' for the year 

 1800, intending to continue it yearly; and he prepared 

 himself to give not less than eight courses of lectures 

 during the winter. At his own house he gave two 

 courses on Chemistry, one on Mineralogy, one on 

 Botany, two on Experimental Philosophy, and a 

 private course on this subject also ; he gave a course 

 on Botany at Brompton, and in a room at Tom's 

 Coffee House, in the City, a course of popular lectures 

 on Zoonomia, or the Laws of Animal Life in Health 

 and Disease. This was for the convenience of medical 

 students and others in that part of the town. 



A return of ill health prevented him from com- 

 pleting some of these courses, but he used every 

 means to increase his private practice. In May 

 1802 he was elected physician to the Marylebone 

 Dispensary, which he thought would bring the success 

 which he seemed never able to obtain. Very weak in 

 body and not exempt from anxiety of mind, he begap 



