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judgment. Holding in contempt all hypothefes unfupported by- 

 fad, and inapplicable to the improvement of pradice ; omitting 

 or paffing flightly over parts remarkable for curiofity more than 

 utility ; he demonftrated with great diftincflnefs and precifion 

 thofe parts which it is neceiTary to know accurately ; accompa- 

 nying his demonftrations with fpecimens of morbid parts, and 

 with every remark, phyfiological or pracflical, which he was able 

 to colled from extenfive reading, and careful refleclion on his 

 own pradice. To excite emulation among his fludents, and to 

 honour the memory of his friend, he gave a gold medal, bear- 

 ing the figure of Dr William Hunter, as a prize to the beft 

 diflertation on a furgical fubjed. By thefe means, he had the 

 fatisfadion of contributing to increafe the number of medical 

 {Indents in Glafgow ; and while his fludents became from year 

 to year more numerous, they began to difcover alfo that ardour, 

 which it is impoffible either to excite or maintain where the ftu- 

 dents are few. 



Account ot 

 W. Hamiltoti. 



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