Sir Morell Mackenzie; physician and operator; a memoir compiled and ed from private papers and personal reminiscences . III. III. BOYHOOD. ^MoRELL^ Mackenzie was named after his uncle,who received his name from a respectedminister of St. Neots, where his father had onceresided. The Rev. gentlemans fame chieflysurvives through his brother Daniel, author of MorelFs Grammar, and his far more illustriousnamesake Sir Morell Mackenzie. A large head with some tendency to water onthe brain—a certain mental sluggishness, ac-companied by an emotional sensibility beyondhis years, occasioned his
Sir Morell Mackenzie; physician and operator; a memoir compiled and ed from private papers and personal reminiscences . III. III. BOYHOOD. ^MoRELL^ Mackenzie was named after his uncle,who received his name from a respectedminister of St. Neots, where his father had onceresided. The Rev. gentlemans fame chieflysurvives through his brother Daniel, author of MorelFs Grammar, and his far more illustriousnamesake Sir Morell Mackenzie. A large head with some tendency to water onthe brain—a certain mental sluggishness, ac-companied by an emotional sensibility beyondhis years, occasioned his parents much , his head seemed too heavy for his body,and had a tendency to roll about awkwardly, sothat for some years he was even forced to weara protective pad. The little picture of him atthe age of seven, still in existence, probably toneddown these personal peculiarities which as hegrew up entirely disappeared. He is there 28 BOYHOOD. represented, as his sister Agnes describeshim, with long curls of bright auburn generally wore a velvet suit (of the period)with a broad linen collar trimmed round wi
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