Volume 1

Memoirs of the life and a view of the character of the late Dr. John Fothergill / Drawn up at the desire of the Medical Society of London.

  • Thompson, Gilbert, 1728-1803.
Date:
1782
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Memoirs of the life and a view of the character of the late Dr. John Fothergill / Drawn up at the desire of the Medical Society of London. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    be fuppoled that his motive was be- nevolence.; « -.i . ..-5 . I remember a friend of the Doctor’s, who had an early intimacy with him, obferving, that his progrefs in the bulinefs of his profeffion was not ra¬ pid, being retarded by a -natural re- ferve and modefty, which at that time appeared to himfelf to be invincible. But encreafing years and practice, and converfation with men, gave him cou¬ rage, and infenlibly formed his man¬ ners into an eafy familiarity. In the year 1746 he added confe- quence to his medical character, by obtaining the degree of licentiate of the Royal College of Phyficians, Lon¬ don, after having pafled the ufual examinations. Such were his gradual advances, till an event took place which fud-