. Annals of medical history. nowledge ormere obstinate conceitthat prevented himfrom taking the neces-sary examinations isnot now of very muchinterest. One thing isplain, namely, thatSydenham, though aconsiderably olderman than GideonHarvey, took the ex-amination and wasadmitted a licentiatein the usual it is toSydenham, to whomhe bore an inveteratemalice, that he referswhen speaking of onewho had a forged diploma from Oxford.^His violence against Sydenham is not easyto account for, since, great though he was,Sydenham had an unreasonable prejudiceagainst the minute study of ana
. Annals of medical history. nowledge ormere obstinate conceitthat prevented himfrom taking the neces-sary examinations isnot now of very muchinterest. One thing isplain, namely, thatSydenham, though aconsiderably olderman than GideonHarvey, took the ex-amination and wasadmitted a licentiatein the usual it is toSydenham, to whomhe bore an inveteratemalice, that he referswhen speaking of onewho had a forged diploma from Oxford.^His violence against Sydenham is not easyto account for, since, great though he was,Sydenham had an unreasonable prejudiceagainst the minute study of anatomy, physi-ology and microscopy. Research on thesesubjects caused Harvey to pour forth hiswrath at a later date upon Lower, Willis,and other eminent investigators, though, olcourse, without harming any one but himseli. ^Sydcnhani was liorn in 1624; Gideon Harvey,aljout 1640? CKving to some irregularities in tlie records,tliere was some difficulty aljout establishing Syden-hams degrees. Payne: Life of Sydenham, 98(footnote).. The Earl of Ossorv. I do not think we shall be wrong inassuming that he lived on for some years inthe hope of getting the fellowship of thecollege bestowed upon him honoris causa,until finally the disappointment culminatedin such a series of aflfronts to commondecency and professional etiquette, that thebreach was irreparable. In 1665 appeared Harveys Discourseof the Plague, a thin quarto consistingof only twenty-ninepages. The style isgenerally fair and notdisfigured by vulgar-ity, while the subjectmatter is much thesame as in other con-temporary worksupon the same sub-ject. The title pagebears the arms of theCity of London andthe inscription, Pub-lished for the benefitof the Great City ofLondon, and use of the citysarms was almost un-doubtedly unauthor-ized. Mr. Kettle, theGuildhall librarian,and Mr. Thomas, the Records Clerk ofthe City of London, have most kindlyinvestigated the matter for me, and thereis no mention in the City archives ofHa
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