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coma has not yet loft its credit with many 
reputable names in phyfic. 
Pofleffed of affluence, entirely the reward 
of his own merit. Sir Hans Sloane en-, 
joyed, through a long life, every fatisfaflioix 
that fcience could beftow ; and, in the Bfi- 
tijh Mufeuniy has not only erefted the no^ 
bleft monument to his own fame, but a 
temple alfb to the culture of learning and 
of fcience, which will tranfmit bis dona- - 
tion to future ages, as a fignal inftance of 
the munificence of a private individual. 
That the lift of Sir Hans Sloan e*s wri-, 
tings may be complete, I ftiall, in conform 
mity with my general plan in other in- 
ftances, recite thofe papers which wero 
printed in the Philofophical TranfaBiom. 
Many of thefe convey fuch interefting lite- 
rary information, and abound with fuch 
fa£i:s and obfervations, as will long give 
them a value, with all who rememiber the 
eminent abilities and fervices <5)f the author, 
and have a relifh for the like refearches. 
The firft of Dr. Sloane's papers in the 
Philofophical Tranfa5tio7is, is, a Defcriptiori 
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