Annals of medical history . ach of a century ago,through the microor-ganismal of more re-cent times, and thepresent chemical atti-tude, one might, withadvantage, look backupon the history ofthe science as well asthe art of medicine,not onlj^ for the pur-pose of orientation butalso for the predictionof its ultimate devel-opment. Further, inthis age of essentialutilitarianism, whenmedical education isbecoming reduced to aclock-work procedurein many instances,one might do well tospeculate upon howbest to reconcile thetraining of a highly efTicicnt physician with the attributes of aman of culture.
Annals of medical history . ach of a century ago,through the microor-ganismal of more re-cent times, and thepresent chemical atti-tude, one might, withadvantage, look backupon the history ofthe science as well asthe art of medicine,not onlj^ for the pur-pose of orientation butalso for the predictionof its ultimate devel-opment. Further, inthis age of essentialutilitarianism, whenmedical education isbecoming reduced to aclock-work procedurein many instances,one might do well tospeculate upon howbest to reconcile thetraining of a highly efTicicnt physician with the attributes of aman of culture. The study of the life of agreat physician, philosopher, humanitarian,scholar, and classicist may assist us informulating a more satisfactory point oiview. Perhaps no man in English medicinestands out more prominently than doesWilliam Heberdcn for his versatility olaccomplishments and far-reaching behooves one, whether the interest be * Read at the Medical History Seminar, Univer-sity of Wisconsin, April, William lln;nnHnK\(1710-1801) 336 general or special history, medicine, phi-losophy or scholarship, to review the lifeof such a man and analyze in further detailthe importance of his productions, materialand ideal. William Heberdcn was born in London inI10, the youngest son but one of Richardand Elizabeth Cooper Heberdcn. The de-tails of his ancestry arc obscure, theearliest known ances-tor being his greatgrandfather, EdwardHeberdcn of IdsworthPark, Idsworth, whichestate was reportedto have been in thehands of the familysince the time of QueenElizabeth. No infor-mation can be foundconcerning his grand-father, Thomas Heb-erdcn, or his father,Richard Heberdcn,other t h a n thatThomas resided inChichester and Rich-ard in the parish ofSt. Saviours South-wark. Nothing isknown of his maternalancestors. He appar-ently was the next tothe youngest .son of a family of six, four .sonsand two daughters. One of his brothers,Thomas, boin in i~o3, attained the doctor-ate
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