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MEMOIRS OF JOHN ABERNETHY.

Sir Tho^s. Lawrence P.R.A. Cook. Y^rs. most sincerely John Abernethy

MEMOIRS OF JOHN ABERNETHY, WITH A VIEW OF HIS LECTURES, HIS WRITINGS, AND CHARACTER; WITH ADDITIONAL EXTRACTS FROM ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS, NOW FIRST PUBLISHED;

BY GEORGE MACILWAIN, F.R.C.S. AUTHOR OF "MEDICINE AND SURGERY ONE INDUCTIVE SCIENCE," &c. &c. &c. "The evil that men do, lives after them: The good is oft interred with their bones." Shakspeare.

Third Edition. LONDON: HATCHARD AND CO. PICCADILLY. 1856.

The Author reserves the right of publishing a Translation of this Work in France. LONDON: PRINTED BY J. MALLETT, WARDOUR STREET.

TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN ABERNETHY, THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED BY ONE OF HIS NUMEROUS AND GRATEFUL PUPILS, THE AUTHOR.