ry, tho end of 1749, and went for a few months to the con- 
inet ; Pr . a ae | 
_ After he returned to Scotland, he married, in 1752, 
Elizabeth, daughter of William Lord Forbes, who 
brought him a handsome addition to his fortune. This 
accomplished and amiable woman, who possessed the 
rare combination of great beauty and great intelligence, 
lived only nine years after her , and left her 
husband and six children to lament their premature 
of succeeding in Aberdeen 
loss. 
Perceiving little a a 
to the full axteot his wishes, Dr Gregory resolved to 
settle in London, where he arrived in 1754. He was 
‘chosen a Fellow of the Royal Society in the same year ; 
and, from the influence and attachment of his friends, 
as well as from his own professional talents, he had the 
best en of an extensive practice. The death of 
his elder send Merten Mos agermy Nog fhe the 
professorshi sic in King’s Co » Al een ; 
and being solicited ¢0 accept of this situsttony; he return- 
ed to his native country in 1756, and began to dis« 
-charge the duties of his new office. 
‘Among the eminent young men who at that time 
adorned the university, were Reid, Campbell, Beattie, 
Gerard, John Stewart, professor of mathematics in Ma- 
rischal College, and David Skene, a correspondent of 
the celebrated Linneus. These young men establish- 
ed a literary society or club, which met weekly at a 
tavern. A short essay was read by each member in ro- 
tation, and a literary or philosophical question was pro- 
yosed every night as a subject of discussion at the fol- 
owing meeting. The proposer of the question was 
obliged not only to open the discussion, but to digest 
the opinions of the different members in the form of an 
essay, which was engrossed in the album of the socie- 
ty. Several of those composed by Dr Gregory on phi- 
Tosophical, moral, and political questions, still exist, and 
contain some of his favourite opinions. Some of the 
_ separate essays which Dr ep contributed were 
afterwards corrected, and publis od in 1765, under the 
title of A’ oy spt View of the State and Faculties 
of Man with those of the Animal World. It was consi- 
bly enlarged by the author in a second edition, and 
has through other editions since his death. 
- About the end of the year 1764, Dr Gregory remo- 
ved from Aberdeen to dinburgh. In 1766, he was 
appointed professor of the practice of physic, on the 
resignation of Dr Rutherford ; and in the same year, 
he succeeded Dr Whytt as first physician to his Majes- 
ty for Scotland. His lectures on the practice of physic 
were delivered in the years 1767, 1768, and 1769 ; but, 
in consequence of an arrangement with Dr Cullen, pro- 
fessor of the theory of physic, these celebrated indivi- 
duals gave alternate courses of the theory and practice 
of medicine. The lectures of Dr Gregory were never 
committed to writing. Having made himself fully mas- 
ter of his subject by previous meditation, he required 
no other aid than a few notes containing the heads of 
his lecture. The introductory lectures, however, were 
aber f composed, and related principally to the du- 
ties and qualifications of a physician. Many copies of 
these lectures having been taken by his pupils, one of 
them was offered for sale to a bookseller. Te therefore 
became n to anticipate this fraudulent design, 
by the publication of a correct copy, which oes 
in 1770, and afterwards in a more enlarged and perfect 
form, in 1772. Inthe same year, Dr Gregory pub- 
lished Elements of the Practice of Physic, for the use of 
Students, a wor narra as a text-book for the use 
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of his pupils. He pro to embrace all the diseases 
of which he created | in his lectures ; but he did not live 
to bring the work farther down than to the end of the 
class of febrile diseases. 
After the death of his wife in 1761, Dr Gregory oc 
cupied his solitary hours in the composition of a Fa- 
ther’s Legacy to his Daughters. This admirable work, 
which every mother should study, and every daughter 
read, was written under the impression of an earl 
death. It is marked by a deep knowledge of the world 
and of human character, and abounds with the finest 
lessons of piety and virtue. 
From the eighteenth year of his age, Dr Gregory 
had been, at irregular intervals, attacked with the gout; 
a disease which he inherited from his mother, who died 
suddenly, in 1770, while sitting at table. Dr Gregory 
anticipated a similar event for himself, and often men- 
tioned this impression to his friends. In January 1773, 
when conversing with his son, the present Dr Gregory, 
the latter deiriatheed, that having had no attack for the 
three preceding years, he might expect a pretty severe 
fit of it that season. His father was displeased with the 
prediction, which was unfortunately too correct ; for he 
was found dead on the morning of the 10th of Febru« 
ary, although he had gone to bed in his usual health. 
« Dr Gregory,” says his friend and biographer Mr 
Tytler, “ was in person considerably above the middle 
size. His frame of body was constructed with sym-« 
metry, but not with a a His limbs were not ac« 
tive ; he stooped somewhat in his gait ; and his counte- 
nance, from a fulness of feature, and a heaviness of 
eye, gave no external indication of superior powers of 
mind or abilities. It was otherwise when engaged in 
conversation. His features then became animated, and 
his eye most expressive. He had a warmth of tone and 
of gesture, which gave a pleasing interest to every thing 
which he uttered. But, united with this animation, 
there was in him a gentleness and simplicity of man 
ner, which, with little attention to the exterior and re« 
P meree forms of politeness, was more engaging than 
e most finished address. His conversation flowed with 
ease ; and when in company with literary men, with- 
out affecting a display of knowledge, he was liberal of 
the stores of his mind. 
He possessed a large share of the social and benevo-~ 
lent affections, and which, in the exercise of his pro« 
fession, manifested themselves in many nameless, but 
important, attentions to those under his care; atten< 
tions which, proceeding in him from an extended prin- 
ciple of humanity, were not squared to the circumstan« 
ces or rank of the patient, but ever bestowed most li- 
berally where they were most requisite. In the care of 
his pupils, he was not satisfied with a faithful discharge 
of his public duties. To many of these, strangers in 
the country, and far removed from all who had a na« 
tural interest in their concerns, it was a matter of no 
small importance to enjoy the acquaintance and coun 
tenance of one so universally respected and esteemed.” 
Dr Gregory left behind him three sons and two 
daughters, the eldest of whom is Dr James Gregory, 
rofessor of the practice of medicine in the university of 
Edinburgh, who fully inherits the virtues and talents 
of his ancestors. The works of Dr John G 
were published at Edinburgh in 1788, in 4 vols. duo« 
decimo, and were enriched with a well written life of 
the author, by the late Mr Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee, 
to which we have been indebted for the preceding facts. 
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