Biographical sketch of the late Matthew Baillie, M.D / [James Wardrop].

  • Wardrop, James, 1782-1869
Date:
1824]
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Credit: Biographical sketch of the late Matthew Baillie, M.D / [James Wardrop]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tile public good, what some might have consi¬ dered his own personal interest. There is no profession, perhaps, in which the progress of even the best qualified is so slow as in the practice of physic: this necessarily arises from success depending entirely on individual exertion and assiduity; and it is a well knoAvn fact, that most of those medical men, who have had the greatest share of public confidence, have all previ¬ ously been considerably advanced in years. This was the case, in a remarkable degree, with Dr. Baillie; for, when the great celebrity of the latter years of his life is considered, it might have been expected that he would have early enjoyed no small portion of his fame. It was not, however, till he had reached his fortieth year, that he found himself fairly established in private prac¬ tice : but it should seem as if he had only required to be known ; for, from that period, he became at once completely engaged in the practical part of his profession, and, in a very few years rose to that eminence so universally acknow¬ ledged. It is curious to trace the variety of circum¬ stances which have led medical practitioners to