296 STUDIES IN INSECT LIFE, ETC. 

 Theodore Beza), who settled in London in 1611, 

 has left us " Notes " of the diseases of the great 

 which, to the medically minded, are of the greatest 

 interest. He almost diagnosed enteric, and his 

 observations on the fatal illness of Henry, Prince 

 of Wales, and the memoir he drew up in 1623 on 

 the health of James I., alike leave little to be 

 desired in completeness or in accuracy of detail. 



Before bringing to a close these short notices 

 of those who studied and wrote on the human 

 body, whole or diseased, a few lines must be 

 given to John Mayow of Oxford, who followed the 

 law, " especially in the summer time at Bath/' 

 Yet, from his contributions to science, one might 

 well suppose that he had devoted his whole time 

 to research in chemistry and physiology. He it 

 was who showed that, in respiration, not the whole 

 air but a part only of the air breathed in takes 

 an active part in respiration, though he called 

 this part " by a different name, he meant what 

 we now call oxygen/'* 



Thomas Sydenham was one of the first physicians 

 who was convinced of the importance of constant 

 and prolonged observation at the bedside of the 



* Foster, Sir Michael, " The History of Physiology," 

 Cambridge, 1901. 



