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years were here {pent in the clofett ftudy, 
at the expiration of which period, deter- 
mining on the purfuit of medicine, he 
proceeded to Edinburgh, and became a 
pupil of Dr. Brown, whofe fyftem he ever 
after defended and ated upon. A refi- 
dence of feveral years procured hima de- 
gree. He then vifited London, and ftu- 
died furgery with confiderable attention. 
Conceiving himfelf qualified to enter into 
the practice of his profeffion, and an op- 
portunity offering by the death of Dr. 
Wilfon, he began his public career at 
Harrogate, in Yorkthire. To thofe who 
have obferved the means which the medi- 
cal men of this place find themfelves under 
the neceflity of ufing, to obtain employ- 
ment, it willnot appear furprifing, that 
the delicate mind of Dr. Garnett received 
fevere and frequent fhocks, until, the irk- 
fomenefs of his fituation becoming infup- 
portable, although lucrative, he was com- 
pelled to abandon it. Hemnow formed a 
defign of emigrating to-America, but 
the perfuafion of his friends prevailed upon 
him to relinquifh this {cheme. It being 
fuggaiied in Liverpool, that a courfe of 
ectures on chemiftry and experimental 
philofophy would, in all probability, be 
well received, he embraced the idea, and 
was gratified by a fuccefs exceeding his 
moit fanguine expectations. The neigh- 
bouring town of Manchefter was the next 
theatre for the difplay of his knowledge, 
and he there repeated, with the higheft 
approbation, the courfe he had given at 
Liverpool. Encouraged by the flattering 
reception he met with, he became a can- 
didate, and a fuccefsful one, for the lec- 
turethip of Anderfon’s Inftitution, in 
Glafgow. The reputation which he ac- 
guired, while in this. fituation, induced 
the managers of the Royal Inftitution to 
_ offer him the place of lecturer in phyfics 
and philofophy, a feleCtion which was the 
more honourable to Dr. Garnett, as it 
was entirely unfolicited, and unexpeSted 
by him. The temptation was too firong 
to be refifted. He acceded to the pro- 
pofed terms, and, coming immediately to 
. London, delivered his leGtures during two 
feafons, to a crowded anid brilliant audi- 
ence. The publicity he had thus gained, 
added to_ other circumftances, influenced 
him to refign his feat in the Inftitution ; 
and the leafe of a houfe in Great Marlbo- 
rough-ftreet being on fale, he bought it, 
built a large and convenient leQure room, 
purchafed a quantity of philofophical ap- 
paratus, and had the pleafure, lat winter, 
to fee his forms filled with pupils. In the 
{pring, he began a new courfe, and was 
advancing. towards its clofe, when ill- 
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health, for a time, fufpended his labours. 
Refolutely ftruggling with difcale, in a 
few days he refumed his chair. and gave 
feveral leftures, when fuffering under the 
feverett indifpofition ; but, at length, his 
feeble limbs refufed to obey the digtates 
of his vigorous mind, and he was obliged 
to remain in his own apariment. His 
diforder every inftant affumed a more fe- 
rious afpect. The medical gentlemen, who 
attended him, declared it to be a typhus 
fever, caught in the gratuitous exercife of 
his profeffion, and increafed by anxiety and 
over-exertion ; and, in fpite of every effort 
of fkill, and every care of affection, on 
the 28th of June this amiable man ex- 
pired. 
As an author, Dr. Garnett is known 
to the world by his Tour through Scot- 
land; by his Analyfis of the Mineral 
Waters at Harrogate, Moffat, Horley 
Green, &c. by his Le&ture on Health; 
and by a number of papers inferted in the 
Memoirs of theMedicalsociety of London, 
the Royal Irith Academy,. and the Lite- 
rary and Philofophical Society of Man- 
chefter, of wh ch bodies he wasa member. 
The Monthly Magazine alfo is indebted 
to him for feveral valuable communica- 
tions, . 
As a leéturer, he was intitled to every 
praife for complete knowledge of his fub- 
ject, although, in explaining it, he did 
not ufe the rhetorical aftion and declama- 
tion, which fo frequently impofe upon the 
world, and which, in matters of icience, 
are perhaps worfe than ufelels. What he 
faid was eafily apprehended, and he never 
allowed an opportunity to efcape of il'ul- 
trating and confirming by experiment 
what he had advanced in theory. ~ © 
As a inan, he was generally admired 
and beloved. Attive and energe'ic, yet 
mild and unaffuming, the. fuperiority of 
his mind was difeulfed by the fimplicity 
and fuavity of his manners. His counte- 
nance was open and intelligent, fome- 
times hignly animated, but tov often over- 
caft with an expreffion of melancholy, 
which thofe who were fo happy as to be 
his friends mu ever lament thould have 
a caufe for exiftence. 
Before he quitted Harrogate, he mar- 
ried a Mifs Cleveland, a charming woman, 
who was fo fondly attached to him; as to 
participate in his ftudies. From the day 
of their union, it was her endeavour to 
affimilate her-mind to his. Sne attended 
all his Je&tures, paid particular attention 
to thofe fubje&s on which fhe found he 
was moft interefted, and even guaitfied 
herfelf to aft him in the correction of 
his manu‘cripts. He returned her affee- 
G tion 
