SIR WALTER SCOTT AND DR. COLLINS.. Clovenford, a village on the Tweed ..... The Tweed apt to swell rapidly. Arrival of Mr. Scott at Clovenford.. "War Song," written by Scott, for the Royal Edin- Men's characters usually formed at the age of thirty.. 88 Anecdote of Sir Walter ... 89 Letter to him communicating the Death of Dr. Collins 91 93 ...... Sir W. Scott's Journey to Italy, after a succession of paralytic attacks, unavailing His Return to Abbotsford, and Death ..... 94 95 Testimony of a learned American to his equanimity Wordsworth's beautiful lines on his Departure for Italy Striking and unexpected testimony to it, from the pen MR. ABERNETHY. CHAPTER I. 98-101 INTRODUCTORY NOTICES OF MR. ABERNETHY. 103 His natural talent for Lecturing, and great disin terestedness 104 Anecdote of his losing a dinner to attend to an im MR. ABERNETHY-continued. The Healing Art one and indivisible... Page 109 Abernethy an advocate for Post Mortem examinations 111 112 Necessity inculcated of "Keeping the Heart with all diligence". 113 Abernethy's familiar mode of Lecturing, illustrated by ...... .... 114 115 Anecdote of a Madman who fancied he had a living 120 120 Abernethy, equally with J. Hunter, favourable to the study of Comparative Anatomy.. Abhorrence of unnecessary cruelty. CHAP. II. THE SUBJECT OF DIGESTION ENTERED UPON. 121 Experiments of the late Sir B. Harwood... 121 122 Caution necessary in its application The removal of one principal cause of Apoplexy ac- ..... 124 Mode of living in Queen Elizabeth's day, compared with the present 124 No country in which the gradations of rank are more 125 Habits of social life in England better than they were a century ago ..... 126 Still wretched state of the lowest orders 126 Provisions better, as well as Cookery, in the present day..... 128 Great advantage of Temperance.... 128 A first-rate Cook nearly as rare as a first-rate Musi cian 130 Quality as well as quantity to be attended to Extract from "The Choice of Hercules," by Prodicus 133 135 ...... 137 138 Such maxims to be adopted in spirit, rather than letter 142 143 The subject of "Injuries of the Head" resumed, 1804 156 Fatal case from Concussion.... 157 Queen Dowager, when ill, recommended to take all 161 162 164 .... 166 manner of medicines by strangers to her, Note 166 168 Interesting case of Tuberculated Sarcoma CHAP. VII. ON THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS ..... Abernethy's and Dr. Baillie's mode of prescribing, very 172 174 CHAP. VIII. LECTURES DELIVERED AT THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS 176 Sir Wm. Blizzard, A.'s earliest professional instructor.. 177 177 |