. Annals of medical history. eat-grandfather of Francis Gal-ton, author of Hereditary Genius. Yet it has twice been written and eachbook is well worth ,reading, as a memorialof a man of an unusualsort, one who wouldperhaps have achievedgreater reputation asan inventor than hedid as a physician, forhis bent toward me-chanics was \- e r ystrong, as we shallhave occasion to showand, comment uponlater. He was born nearDerby, England, in1731 and died there in1802. In 1755 he tookhis degree in medicineat Cambridge andsettled at he was to remainfor twenty-five yearsand become very suc-
. Annals of medical history. eat-grandfather of Francis Gal-ton, author of Hereditary Genius. Yet it has twice been written and eachbook is well worth ,reading, as a memorialof a man of an unusualsort, one who wouldperhaps have achievedgreater reputation asan inventor than hedid as a physician, forhis bent toward me-chanics was \- e r ystrong, as we shallhave occasion to showand, comment uponlater. He was born nearDerby, England, in1731 and died there in1802. In 1755 he tookhis degree in medicineat Cambridge andsettled at he was to remainfor twenty-five yearsand become very suc-cessful in the profes-sion. Because of hisprofessional reputa-tion, George iii asked him to move toLondon and become court physician. Butthe charms of Lichfield prevailed over thoseof London, and he remained there until1781, when he moved to Derby. In the period covered by his life in Lich- Krausc, Ernest: Berlin, 1879. English transla-tion, New York, 1880. Dawson: Erasmus Darwin —Poet, Philosopher and Physician, London, i. Erasmus Dakwin, field the town was cjuite a literary center,and to one of his tastes must have been veryattractive. Though never a large place thesociety which centered around the Cathe-dral and its clergy was decidedly literary,and included a number of persons holding,if not a commanding, certainly a respectablerank in the republicof letters. Rev. ThomasSeward was a canonof the Cathedral, andhis daughter Anna—who was destined towrite a memoir ofDr. Darwin—was oneof the circle. Otherswere William Hauley,author of TheTriumphs of Tem-per, a now-iorgottenpoem, but so success-ful at the time as tobe illustrated byFlaxman the sculptor,and reach its twelfthedition; RichardLove 11 Edgeworth,who, in spite of hisown very respectablescientific attainments,is better known as thefather of Maria Edge-worth; the eccentricThomas Day, author of Sandford andMerton, at that time one of the six bestsellers and for a time a strong rival ofRobinson Crusoe—and a numb
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