The gold-headed cane . a half she recovered her senses,but lost them again next day, and-died thefollowing morning. Radcliffe. Well, I will inquire nofurther. I see your own modesty will notallow you to find fault with the injudiciouspractice and fatal security of your cannot but applaud your good feeling andliberality of sentiment; and wish you mostheartily success in your future professionallife. Accept this cane. It has accompaniedme now for many years in my visits to the 50 RADCLIFFE. sick, and been present at many a it as a token of my friendship, andpros
The gold-headed cane . a half she recovered her senses,but lost them again next day, and-died thefollowing morning. Radcliffe. Well, I will inquire nofurther. I see your own modesty will notallow you to find fault with the injudiciouspractice and fatal security of your cannot but applaud your good feeling andliberality of sentiment; and wish you mostheartily success in your future professionallife. Accept this cane. It has accompaniedme now for many years in my visits to the 50 RADCLIFFE. sick, and been present at many a it as a token of my friendship, andprosper. f Te nunc habet ista Here a twinge of the gout interrupted thespeech of my old master; and Dr. Meadshortly after left for London, taking me withhim. Dr. Radcliffe died on the first of November,1714, three months after the Queen; and itwas said that the dread he had of the populace,and the want of company in the country vil-lage where he had retired, and which he didnot dare to leave, shortened his MEAD. CHAPTER II. From the possession of a physician whowas kind, generous, and social in the highestdegree, but who was certainly more remark-able for strong good sense and natural sa-gacity than for literary attainments, I passedinto the hands of an accomplished Mead was allowed even by his antagonists,themselves men of great erudition, to be artismedicce decus, vitce revera ndbilis, and onewho excelled all our chief nobility in the en- 52 MEAD. couragement he afforded to the fine arts, politelearning, and the knowledge of though I had changed masters, it was nosmall satisfaction to me to return to the oldHouse, for Mead not only succeeded Radcliffein the greater part of his business, but re-moved to the residence which he had formerlyoccupied in Bloomsbury-square *. My pres-ent master, on commencing his profession, hadfirst settled at Stepney, had then resided inCrutched, and afterwards in Austin Friers,for the purpose of being near
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