MEMOIR OP JOHN HUNTER. 
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®''ease, but on the contrary considerably abated; and 
Mr Hunter became more accustomed to their ef- 
less attention was paid to them. It is not to 
supposed that Mr Hunter was permanently laid 
^ide by this indisposition. Far from it. He bore 
J’P amidst its attacks with "great firmness, pursued 
Us round of duty with wonderful regularity, and 
"'as frequently the life, as he was the centre, of a 
Uuinerous circle of admiring friends. 
disease, however, continued steadily to ad- 
'’arice, and its reiterated attacks gradually shook his 
^-uustitution, and occasionally affected his memory. 
least degree of over-exertion, the excitement of 
'uuipany, or the slightest perturbation of temper, at 
hecaine sufficient to occasion an attack. As 
increased upon him, Mr Hunter found it ne- 
U-Ssary successively to withdraw himself from his 
U’ure laborious avocations, and to confine himself to 
Uarrower range of duties and engagements ; and 
'|®'y occasion of excitement was studiously avoid- 
* ’ Us hazarding an attack of the most perilous na- 
ture. 
incautious neglect, or rather defiance of this 
l|''®cauiion, proved the immediate occasion of his 
‘^ath. circumstances which it W'ould be te- 
uus to explain, he had unfortunately differed with 
of bis colleagues at St George’s Hospital, with 
e Ip*'? could not meet without the danger of a 
^ Sion. From motives of humanity, however, to 
Joung naan, whom he conceived to be aggrieved 
