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jjroFcfTor of medicine, he was eleftcd to that chair. But 

 about the year 1765, he 'eft Aberdeen, and went to Edin- 

 burgli. Soon after this he was appointed profefTor of the 

 practice of medicine in the univerfity there, in the room of 

 Dr. Rutherford, who refigncd in liis favour. The year 

 followinjj, upon the death of Dr. White, he was nominated 

 firft phytician to his majefty for Scotland. Thus at the time of 

 'lis death, whicli took place on the loth of February, 1773, 

 bcfides very extenfive pradlice, he enjoyed the higheft and 

 moll important profefllonal offices, which his native country 

 could afford him. 



His firil publication, entitled " A comparative view of 

 the ftate and faculties of man with thofe of the animal 

 world," made its appearance in 1765. This produiftion 

 combines many jufl and original reflections, with a liberality 

 ■of fentiment i'cldom equalled. It went through four edi- 

 tions in two years. In the year 1 770, a fecond work of 

 Dr. Gregory made its appearance ; but without his confent, 

 and even contrary to his inclination. This publication was 

 made from a fliort-hand manufcript taken at his introduclory 

 lectures on the practice of phyfic, and was entitled, " Ob- 

 fervations on the duties and offices of a phylician, and on 

 the method ofprofecuting inquiries in philofophy." Although 

 this publication contained fo much valuable matter, that, 

 had it appeared in a much worfe drefs, it could have done 

 him no difcredit, yet he was diffatisfied with its form ; and, 

 therefore, he foon after publidied an edition of it himfelf, 

 in which his former fentiments were pro[)Ounded with all the 

 advantages of a correft and elegant llyle. His lall pabli- 

 •cation, " Elements of the Practice of Phytic," was in- 

 tended as a fyllabus to his leftures ; but he only hved to 

 complete his account of the difeafes ufually termed febrile. 



He was fucceeded in his profefforfliip by the celebrated 

 Dr. Cullen. See Duncan's Med. Commentaries, vol. i. 

 p. 210. 



Gregory Bay, in Geography, a bay in the ftraits of Ma- 

 gellan, on the S. coall of Patagonia. 



Gregory's IJliinds, four fmall illands in the Mergui Ar- 

 chipelago. N.lat. 10' 36'. 



GregoRY'.s Sound, a paffage between two of the fouth 

 ifles of Arran, on the wellern coall of Ireland, being one 

 of the paffages into Galway bay. 



GREGOUE', a town of Africa, in tlie country of 

 Whidah ; four miles S. of Sabi. 



GREHWEILER, a town of Frai ce, in the depart- 

 ment of Mont Tonnerre ; feven miles N. of Creutznach. 



GREIFENBERG, a town of Lower Carinthia, on the 

 Drave ; 25 miles W. of ViUaco. 



GREIFFEN, a lake of Switzerland, in the canton of Zu- 

 rich, five miles E. of Zurich. It is about fix miles long 

 and a mili.- broad ; on one fide the (hores are flat or gently 

 rifiug, on the other fide are hills richly wooded. The vil- 

 lage of Greiffen is agreeably fituated on a fmall promontory, 

 cmbofomed in a wood. 



GREIFFENBERG, a town of Silefia, in the princi- 

 pality of Jauer ; 32 miles W. of .Taucr. N. lat. 50' 59'. 

 E. long. 15 30'. — Alfo, a town of Hinder Pomerania ; 28 

 miles N. of Stargard. N. lat. J2 53'. E. long. 15° 12'. 



GREIFFENBURG, a town ot Germany, in the Ucker 

 Mark of Brandenburg, on the Sernitz ; 45 miles N.N.E.of 

 Berlin. N. lat. 53 8'. E. long. 14° 3'. - 



GREIFFENHAGEN, a town of Hinder Pomerania ; 

 37 miles N. of Cuftrin. N. lat. 53° 20'. E. long. 14* 36'. 



GREIFFENSTEIN, a town of Germany, in the pro- 

 vince of Solms Braunfels ; feven miles N.N. W. of Braun- 

 feli. N.lat. 50' 37'. E. long. 8' 23'. 



GRELFSWALD, or Gkh'swald, a feaport t^wn «f 



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Anterior Pomerania, on the river Rik, which is navigable 

 to the Baltic. This town has an univ:-rfity founded ia 

 1456. It was formerly one of the Hanfeatic towns ; 

 15 miles S.E. of Stralfund. N. lat. 54^ 41'. E. fong. 

 13- 22'. 



GREIFSWALDE Oie, a fmall ifiand in the B^hic, off 

 the mouth of the Oder, near the S.E. coaft of the ifiand 

 of Ufcdom. N. lat. 54' 13'. E long. 14- 3'. 



GREIN, a town of Auftri;;, on the N. fide of tlie Da- 

 nube ; C2 miles W. of Vienna. N. lat. 48 16. E. lontr. 14' 

 45 . — Alfo, a town of the Arabian Irak, on the Euphrates ; 

 36 miles N. of Sura. 



GREITZ, or Grev/itz, a town of Saxony, in the 

 Vogtland, fituated en a riNer which runs into the Elfl;cr. In 

 this town there arc fome ii»{f manufaftures. It contain* 

 about 450 houfes ; 12 miles S.W. of Zwiakau. N. lat. jo' 

 3j'. E. long. 12-' 10'. 



GREKSAKER, a town of Sv.-eden, in the province of 

 Weftmanland ; 48 miles W. of Stroem.fholm. 

 GREMSA. See Graemsay. 



GRENADA, Lewls de, in Biography, a Spani!h Do- 

 minican monk, in the flxtecnth century, was born in the year 

 1504. He was probably intended for a civil hfe, and edu- 

 cated with that view, but embracing the ecclefiaftica! pro- 

 feffion, he acquired a high character for fani^ity and virtue, 

 and was chofen to till the nioft honourable polls of his order. 

 He was held in much ellimation by the kings of Portugal 

 and Caftile, and was made confeflbr to queen Catherine of 

 Portugal, filler to the emperor Charles V. who was dt'irous 

 of appointing him to the archbiftopric of Braga, an honour 

 which he refijlutely declined : he uniform.ly refufcd all tlie 

 offers of ecclefiailical preferment, and devoted his davs to 

 the aullerities of monatlic difcipline, and the compofition of 

 pious and desotional treatifes. He died in the year 1588. 

 His works are theological, confifling of " A Catechifm," 

 in four volumes ; " A Treatife on Prayer,"' in two volumes ; 

 " Sermons," in the Latin language, in fix volumes ; and 

 other pious and praftical pieces. The greater part of them 

 has been tranllated from the Spanish and Latin into French 

 by father Girard, and pubhlhed in two volumes folio, and 

 eight volumes 8vo. 



Grenada, in Geography, an idand in the Weft Indies* 

 about 20 miles in extent from north to fouth, and about 

 10 miles in medial breadth ; the extremities gradually 

 contrafting northward and fouthwnrd, and particularly 

 towards the S.W. corner. It was difcovered and named 

 by Cliriilopher Columbus in the year 1498 ; who found 

 it inhabited by a numerous and warlike people, called 

 Charaibes or Caribbees, among whom the Spaniards do 

 not feem to have ever attempted to force a fettlcment. 

 Thefe original inhabitants remained happy and peaceful 

 until the year 1 650, when the avarice and ambition of a 

 relllefs individual devoted them to deilruiflion. This per- 

 fon was Du Parquet, the French governor of Martinico, 

 who putting himfelf at the head of upwards of 2C0 hardy ruf- 

 fians, wantonly attacked and determined to difpoffefs the un- 

 offending natives. This atrocious a<?l was perpetrated under 

 the uiafk of religion, and with a mixtiu-e of fanaticifm and 

 knavery which no honell mind can contemplate without 

 indignation and horror. Notwithtlanding the injullice of 

 this invafion, the commanders adminiilercd the holy facra- 

 ment, in the mod folenin manner, to all the fi'ldiers on their 

 embarkation ; and again on their landing, Du Parquet, cauf- 

 ing a crofs to be ereCleJ, compelled tliem to kneel down 

 before it, and joiu in devout prayer to Almighty God for 

 fuccefs to their wicked enterprife. Checked, however, in 

 the progrefs of this nefarioi;s bufir.cf« by Ibuie fcruples of 

 5 E 2- coafcieRce, 



