The gold-headed cane . it imitate my example, and,inspired by the flattering notice of such distin-guished men, begin to talk again, and procure,as an amanuensis, the elegant scholar in whosepossession it now is, let it speak whatevertongue it may, I am afraid my memoirs wouldsoon be consigned to neglect. Dr. Heberden was always exceedingly lib-eral and charitable, therefore as soon as hefound he could support himself in London, hevoluntarily relinquished a fellowship which heheld in St. Johns College for the benefit ofsome poorer scholar to whom it might be ofuse. He was forward in encouragin
The gold-headed cane . it imitate my example, and,inspired by the flattering notice of such distin-guished men, begin to talk again, and procure,as an amanuensis, the elegant scholar in whosepossession it now is, let it speak whatevertongue it may, I am afraid my memoirs wouldsoon be consigned to neglect. Dr. Heberden was always exceedingly lib-eral and charitable, therefore as soon as hefound he could support himself in London, hevoluntarily relinquished a fellowship which heheld in St. Johns College for the benefit ofsome poorer scholar to whom it might be ofuse. He was forward in encouraging all ob-jects of science and literature, and promoting By Jacob Bryant, ego in terras nuper delata Britannas,Arbor eram iEgiferae maxima cura ab Ilisso Thamesina ad littora sistor,Hei mihi! dulce solum, patria terra, vale!Non tamen in fines cupio remeare priores;Omnia, quae amisi, reddidit una Musae atque artes, hie dignus Socrate sermo,Et, pro Pallade, me Pallade nata fovet. ASKEW. 169. all useful institutions. There was scarcely apublic charity to which he did not subscribe, orany work of merit to which he did not give hissupport. He recommended to the College ofPhysicians the first design of their MedicalTransactions; was the author of several pa-pers in them, also of some in the Philosophical * Dr. Heberden, from a portrait of him in the DiningRoom of the College. 170 ASKEW. Transactions of the Royal Society, as well asof Commentaries on the History and Cure ofDiseases. He was much esteemed by his MajestyKing George the Third; and upon theQueens first coming to England, in 1761, hadbeen named as Physician to her Majesty, anhonour which he thought fit to decline. Thereal reason of which was, that he was appre-hensive it might interfere with those connex-ions of life that he had now formed. In 1796he met with an accident which disabled him forthe last few years of his life; till then he hadalways been in the habit of walking, if hecould, some p
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