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not been for the skill and humanity of Dr. chap. 
Scott, Physician of the British Embassy ; who, , ^^' . 
although suffering himself under a violent 
chronic rheumatism, nevertheless bestowed 
unremitting attention upon his patient, and 
ultimately obviated the dangerous tendency of 
an inflammation that nothing seemed likely to 
subdue*. Constantinople is by no means a 
healthy place of residence, for persons who 
have not lived long enough there to become 
inured to the vicissitudes of its climate. The 
sudden changes of temperature, owing to the 
draught of wind through the straits, either of 
the Black Sea, or of the Sea of Marmora, render 
such persons liable to the most fatal effects of 
obstructed perspiration ; and what these effects 
are, few of the inhabitants of other countries 
(1) The same gentleman accompanied Lord Macartney to China. 
He is mentioned by Sir George Staunton, in his account of the Embassy, 
(vol. I. p.36. Lond. 1798,) as " a gentleman of abilities and experience." 
To his abilities, literary information, colloquial talents, liberal and 
upright mind, and to all the other excellent qualifications of his head 
and heart, all who had the happiness of knowing him will bear ample 
testimony. The author deeply laments that he has only the melancholy 
satisfaction of paying this tribute of respect and gratitude to his worthy 
friend, when he is no longer living. He had retired to a small estate in 
Scotland i and the news of bis death was lately announced in the public 
Papers. 
