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Tractatus ; Unus de Araneis ; alter de Cochleis, tarn terrestrihus 

 tarn fjiiviatilibus ; tertius de Cochleis Marinis. Adjectus est 

 quartus de lapidihus ejusdem Insulce, ad cochleaimininiagiriemjig- 

 watis. London, 1678. 4to. II. Historice, sive Synopsis Con- 

 chyliorum quorum omnium Pictura. ad vivuni delineatcB, exhihen- 

 tur. Lond. 1685-92, and a third edition at Oxford, 1770. This 

 latter edition consists of 1.059 plates, exclusive of the anatomical 

 ones ; but there is very little letter press connected with it. Mr. 

 Granger informs us that the drawings were executed chiefly by 

 his two daughters, Anna and Susanna, and some think that these 

 ladies engraved the plates likewise. 



III. Exercitatio Anatomica de Cochleis maxime terrestrihus et 

 Limacibus. 1694. 8vo. 



IV. Exer. Anat. altera de buccinis Jlaviatilibus et marinis. 

 1695. Svo. 



V. Exer. Anat. tertia Co7ichylorum bivalvium. 1696. 4to. 

 The plates are remarkable for their fidelity and excellency. In 



his first work he confines himself chiefly to the shells of the 

 northern counties, and describes sixty-three species. In his second 

 work a large number, not before noted, are added. His other 

 writings, some of which are upon medicine, are numerous ; but may 

 be said, in general, to be marked with a propensity to hypothesis, 

 and too strong an attachment to ancient doctrines. He now became 

 well known in the scientific world ; his practice as a physician 

 was constantly increasing ; and his fame was generally extended. 

 In 1684 he was persuaded to remove to London, in order that he 

 might enjoy the advantages which the metropolis alone could 

 afford him ; and in 1698 he was sent on an embassy, with the 

 Earl of Portland, to the Court of France. On his return he pub- 

 lished an account of his journey, which was severely satirized, 

 as containing some things which were supposed to be puerile and 

 frivolous. He was elected a fellow of the Royal College of Phy- 

 sicians; and in 1709 he was appointed Physician in Ordinary to 

 Q.ueen Anne. This honor, however, he did not long live to en- 

 joy; for he died February, 1711, — having reached the highest 

 point in his profession. When we read over the list of his nu- 

 merous writings, we are surprised at his great and unceasing indus- 

 try. He is a remarkable instance of what a person may do who 

 makes use of all his time ; for Natural History seems to have 

 been but a recreation to him ; and all he did on this subject he 



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