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wound I iifed flitches to keep the Ups together, which was hke- 

 ■wife affifled by bending up the thigh. This I look on as of 

 confequence in every operation for hernia, as the heahng the 

 parts by the firft intention over the ring mufl be of eifential fer- 

 vice in preventing inflammation in the abdomen ; and the only 

 objecflion that has been made to it, the rifk of the gut flipping 

 out, may be eafily prevented by a comprefs over the opening in 

 the tendon for a few days : And after this, as adhefions will 

 have taken place, unlefs great force is ufed, no protrufion can 

 happen." 



To thefe fpecimens others might be added, were not this me- 

 moir already too long, and were not thefe fufhcient to jullify 

 what has been faid of the unremitting attention and found judg- 

 ment of a gentleman, whofe premature death was regarded by all 

 his friends as a lofs to fcience and to fociety. His conflitution, 

 fomewhat enfeebled by early and intenfe application to fludy, 

 was worn out with the toil of bufinefs and thought, in which 

 he was continually engaged ; and, after a tedious illnefs, he ex- 

 pired, March 13. 1790, in the thirty-fecond year of his ag 



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leaving a widow and two fons. 



Having lived according to the laws of religion and virtue, 

 and being naturally of a placid, cheerful temper, he bore much 

 fuffering without complaint, looking forv/ard to death, which 

 for fome time he knew to be unavoidable, with thofe fenfibili- 

 ties indeed which every good man feels on the profpe(5l of lea- 

 ving his dearefl friends, and entering into an untried exiflence, 

 but without unmanly dejedlion or timidity. Befides the appro- 

 bation of his own mind, he was foothed with the affecflionate 

 attentions of all his family, and with the regrets of his brethren 

 and the public, who from day to day teflified the utmoft folici- 

 tude concerning his health ; uttering not the unmeaning lan- 

 guage of ceremony, or the mterefted one of flattery, but that of 



fincere 



A c :ount of 

 W. Hamilton. 



