[ 125 ] 



that tended to the public benefit and honour of 

 his country, or was of ufe to particular mem- 

 bers of the community he lived in. In Ihort, 

 his generofity was fo diffufive, that he may be 

 juftly deemed a benefadtor to the whole com- 

 munity ; whilft, inftead of hoarding up that 

 great wealth his practice gained, to raife a vaft 

 eftate, as he might eafily have done, his public 

 Ipirit was unconfined, and he was contented to 

 leave behind him a moderate fortune only. The 

 worthy Dr. Afkew, from a laudable veneration 

 for the memory and public charadter of fo great 

 a patron of learning, &c. has caufed a fine 

 marble buft of him to be made by one of the 

 moft eminent fculptors of the prefent age, which 

 is placed in the College of Phyficians, London. 

 And, on this occafion, I cannot help informing 

 fucceeding generations, that they may fee the 

 real features of Dr. Mead in this faid buft ; 

 for I, who was as well acquainted with Dr. 

 Mead's face as any one living, do pronounce 

 this buft of him to be fo like, that, as often as 

 1 fee it, my mind is filled with the ftrongeft idea 

 of the original. 



Martin 



