A complete collection of the medical and philosophical works of John Fothergill, M.D. F.R.S. and S.A. ... : with an account of his life ; and occasional notes / by John Elliot M.D.

  • Fothergill, John, 1712-1780.
Date:
1782
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Credit: A complete collection of the medical and philosophical works of John Fothergill, M.D. F.R.S. and S.A. ... : with an account of his life ; and occasional notes / by John Elliot M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    cafes, he united himfelf with a felecc number of _ ingenious Phyficians, for the moft part men of ex- tenfive public or private practice, in collecting materials for a work of which five volumes have appeared under the title of Medical Obfervations and Inquiries, a performance known and efteemed in every country where medical fcience is fuccefs- fully cultivated. By the contents of the prefent volume the reader will perceive how largely ouf Author contributed to that excellent collection. A man of his diftinguiflied abilities and mild difpofition could not fail to acquire the efteem of his peaceful brethren, the Quakers; and ac- cordingly h.e was for many years looked up to as one of their moft valuable members, and was fre- quently appointed by the Meeting to which he belonged, to draw up and fign the annual letter* to the Friends at their general affembly at Whit- fun tide. He likewife drew up and prefented the congratulatory addrefs of the Quakers to his pre- fent Majefty on his accefllon to the throne, which he managed very ingeniouQy, avoiding the peculia- rities of fpeech to which thofe of his fed are fo much addicted. * The laft letter which he wrote on an occafion of this fort, drew upon him a fevere attack from a Writer in the Gentleman's Magazine.