210 MEMOIRS OF 



be sought by the most elevated, as well as the 

 most hmnble, in the ranks of life. He died in 

 1824. 



The Count de Lacep^de is presented to us in 

 three different points of view ; first, as a prac- 

 tical and theoretical musician of considerable 

 skill; secondly, as a man of science; and, thirdly, 

 as a statesman ; and crowning the whole by 

 mingling the most invariable politeness, the 

 most amiable deportment and feeling, and high- 

 est moral excellence, with all his duties. He 

 died, at the age of sixty-nine, of the smallpox. 



The 61oges of MM. Hall^, Corvisart, and 

 Pinel, three great physicians, are united into 

 one. The first of these was the active promoter 

 of vaccination, was skilful in his treatment of 

 chronic disorders, and was equally celebrated for 

 his charity. M. Corvisart, wdio lost several oppor- 

 tunities of promotion because he would not wear 

 a bag wig, was at length appointed to the direc- 

 tion of the Hopital de la Charite, and afterwards 

 to a professorship at the Ecole de M^decine. 

 His fame spread through Europe, and, before he 

 died, he became head physician at court. M. 

 Pinel prepared himself for the study of medi- 

 cine by a knowledge of mathematics and natural 

 history, but, unable to express himself, in con- 



