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they were unavoidable, ariling from the im- 
practicability of procuring recent fpecimens 
in fome inftances, and from an almoft to- 
tal ignorance of the origin of others, defects 
ftill unfupplied in various articles. 
D E E R I N G. 
Charles Dee ring v^as a native of Saxony'i 
He took his degrees in phyfic 2XLeyde7i'y and, 
as Mr. Martyn informs us, came to Eng- 
land firft, in the train of a foreign ambafla- 
dor. This happened, I conjedture, before, 
or about the year 1720. He pradtifed phy- 
fic and midwifery in London ; and having a 
Itrong bias to the ftudy of botany, became 
one of the members of the fociety eftab- 
lifhed by Dr. Dillenius and Mr. Mar- 
tyn, which fubfifted from the year 1721 
to 1726. 
In the year 1736, he removed to Notting-- 
ham^ under the recommendation of Sir Ham 
Sloane. At this time he w^as married; 
but his wife did not long furvive the re- 
moval to that place. He was. at firft well 
received ; and is faid to have been very fuc- 
cefsful in his treatment of the fmall-pox. 
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