. Shane. , . 8^" 
tal in London ; and to each, after having 
given an hundred pounds in his life-time,, 
he left a more confiderable legacy at his 
death. He was ever a benefaftor to the 
poor, v^ho felt the confequences of his death 
feverely. He was zealous in promoting 
the eftablifhment of the colony of Georgia, 
ijti 1732 ; and formed, himfelf, the plan for 
bringing up the children in the Foundling 
Hofpital, in 1739. 
In the exercife of his function as a phy- 
fician, he is faid to have been remarkable 
for the certainty of his prognoftics ; and the 
hand of the anatomift verified, in a fignal. 
manner, the, truth of his predictions, relatr. 
ing to the feat of difeafes. . By his pradice,- 
he not only confirmed the efficacy of the 
Peruvian Bark inintermittents, but extend- 
ed its ufe in fevers of other denominations, 
in nervous diforders, and in gangrenes and 
hemorrhages. The fandion he gave to in- 
oculation, by performing that operation on 
fome of the royal family, encouraged, and 
much accelerated its progrefs throughout 
the kingdom. His ointment for the Leu^: 
. G 3 co??ia 
