The Harveian oration : delivered before the Royal College of Physicians, October 18th, 1895 / by William Selby Church.

  • Church, William S., Sir, 1837-
Date:
1896
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Credit: The Harveian oration : delivered before the Royal College of Physicians, October 18th, 1895 / by William Selby Church. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    towneships in Staffordshire where he was home, both towards relieving of their priuat Estate as also to the reparing of their Bridges and amending of their high waies, for the commoditie of all the countrie. He left large sums of monie to be emploied by his executors at their discretion, where charitie rnoued; as also to the publishing of such learned bookes of physicke and surgerie (with sundrie chargeable formes graven in copper and finished in his life) as he meant (if he had lived) to see extant. “ Diverse good works in his daies he had doone, and hath left order to be doone after his death ; which was verie mild and still, not unlike the decease of a babe in the cradle ; hauing been assailed with no extremitie of sicknesse (his ordinarie infirmitie excepted which was intermissive) [Note His ordinarie infirmitie was the Colicke, which tormented him exceedinglie] that either might wring him : or wearie him to make him impatient: So that he died as sleeping, having left behind him both credit of learning, cunning, and other good ornaments, the very beautie of his age, which was exactlie found by true computation to be threescore and foureteene in which yeare he died; as may be gathered by his counterfet so naturallie conueied into colours, with his white beard, the lmllownesse of his cheekes, the wrinkels of his browes, the linelie sight of his eies, and other accessaries ; and all within a module, the circumference whereof exceedeth not six inches, if it amount to so much in exact measure, as a man beholding the said representation, would swere that it were not possible for art to draw more neere in imitation to nature. So that this Doctor being in so ripe an age, was committed to holie ground, where he rested in peace, his cote armour bearing witnesse of his ancestrie; for he beareth azure, a crosse forme fich or, within an urle of stars, or ; the second, argent, a fesse indented sable charged with foure lenses heads cirant rased or; the third as the second, and fourth as the first quarterlie. Also he beareth to his crest on a tosse or and azure, a cocks head argent, couped, mcmbred geules supporting a crosse forme fiche or, betweene two wings sable, and
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