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Anatomist; but which, -I regret to add, he could obtain no encouragement to publish.

But Mr. .Iennings's professional exertions now began to suffer grievous interruptions, against which he struggled with inconceivable fortitude, until his physical frame could endure no more. In the spring of IS34, he was unfortunately attacked with continued fevcr, in a very severe form, complicated in its course with icterus, erysipelas, and local inflammations. During this illness he was attended by his valued friend Mr. D'Arcy Boulton, and by myself. His recovery was long doubtful; and his sufferings were considerable, The' nervous and gastro-intestinal systems were most gravely implicated, and his convalescence was excessively protracted, if, indeed, it could 'ever be said to be complete. Yet before the meeting of the Association at Birmingham in that year, he had revised all his Experiments on the Chemistry of the Blood, as illustrative of Pathology, and had been able to draw up the greater part of the Report on that subject, published in the third vol. of these Transactions. Being too feeble to read it at the meeting, that friendly office was kindly undertaken by Dr. Streeten of Worcester. From this time, or almost from this time, until his