lingly to so liberal a proposal. Whether, in the course of building, the name of the illustrious benefactor transpired, we know not; but on the 22nd December, 1652, and while the works were in progress, the College testified their regard and gratitude to Harvey (who was the person alluded to by the President) by voting the execution of a statue in their hall in his honour, and with the following inscription: Gulielmo Harveio, Viro Monumentis suis immortali, hoc insuper Collegium Medicorum Londinense Qui enim sanguini motum ut et Animalibus ortum dedit, meruit esse On the 2nd February, 1653-4, by the invitation of Dr. Prujean, the President, and Dr. Edmund Smith, one of the Elects, the two persons to whom had been confided the superintendence of the works, the Fellows attended at the College, when the doors were thrown open, and Harvey, receiving his assembled colleagues in the new museum, in the most benevolent manner, and wishing all prosperity to the republic of medicine, made over to the College on the spot, the title deeds and his whole interest in the building, and all its valuable and curious contents. This important addition to the College was, as we learn from Aubrey, "a noble building of Roman architecture (of rustic work, with Corinthian pilasters), comprising a great parlour, a kind of convocation room for the Fellows to meet in below, and a library above." On the outside, on the frieze, in letters three inches long, was this inscription:-" Suasu et curâ Franc: Prujeani Præsidis et Edmundi Smith Elect: inchoata et perfecta est hæc fabrica A.D. MDCLII." The College, as before said, was situated in Amen-corner, on the site where the three houses of the canons residentiary of St. Paul's now stand; the College garden, of an irregular form, extended as far as the Old Bailey to the west, and reached to the church of St. Martin, Ludgate, towards the south, and the museum of Harvey must have been situated very near to the 1 spot upon which Stationers' hall now stands. The old library room was henceforth appropriated to the lectures, and the first public meeting of the College in Harvey's new building (in novo triclinio), was held 31st March, 1654. Here also, as in a state apartment, it was the custom to receive distinguished and illustrious visitors, for it was not uncommon in those days for the highest personages in the kingdom to attend the lectures. When Charles the Second condescended to be present at the anatomical prelections of Dr. Ent, in 1665, at the conclusion of the lecture, the royal party retiring from the theatre was received in the museum of Harvey, and on this occasion His Majesty was graciously pleased to confer the honour of knighthood upon the lecturer. Bequests and donations of money, books, surgical and other instruments, and varieties of various kinds soon came to enrich the museum of Harvey. On the 28th of July, 1656, Harvey attended at the College, resigned his Lumleian lectureship, the duties of which he had conscientiously discharged to the last, took his leave of the College, and at the same time put the crowning act to his munificence by giving to the College in perpetuity his patrimonial estate at Burmarsh, in Kent. Harvey was present at the College for the last time at the annual election of officers, on the 30th September, 1656. He died on the 3rd June, 1657, and on the 26th of that month a large number of the fellows met at the College, and wearing the gowns of their degrees, and other solemnities, attended the body of their benefactor to far beyond the city walls, on its way to Hempstead, in Essex, the place fixed on for its interment. In the ensuing year (1658) the marquis of Dorchester, always a well wisher to the College, and before and after this a liberal benefactor to it, was at his own request admitted a fellow. I may here remark that he was the first in order of three noblemen who have become fellows of our College, the two others being, the duke of Montague, admitted in 1717, and the duke of Richmond, in 1729. 'The Gold-headed Cane. 2nd Edition. 8vo. Lond. 1828, p. 129. Here, as elsewhere in this short account of the College, I follow, as nearly as I can, Dr. Macmichael's account. 2 1657. Jan. 25. "Monentur Socii, ut togati prosequi velint exequias funeris, Dris. Harvæi, postero die celebrandas." Annales. No efforts were wanting on the part of the fellows of the College to add to the adornment of the museum of Harvey, or to the public profession of their obligations to their several benefactors. A marble bust was erected in memory of Dr. Simeon Fox; a marble tablet in honour of Dr. Baldwin Hamey; tablets on which were to be inscribed the names of all benefactors, were placed in the museum; and lastly, an honorary tablet, setting forth much of the history, character, discoveries, and benefactions of Harvey,' was placed close by his statue there. The museum, besides medical books, contained treatises on geometry, geography, astronomy, music, optics, natural history, and travels, and was under the following regulations:-It was to be open on Fridays, from one till five o'clock in the summer, but only till four in the winter season; also during all meetings of the College, and whenever else the custos, being at leisure, should choose to be present; but no books were allowed to be taken out. All this had been accomplished, notwithstanding the funds of the College were low, and the condition of physic generally in the town unsatisfactory. In the civil commotions through which the country had but recently passed the College had suffered much. The treasury was well nigh empty; the lectures were suspended; a large number of physicians were living and practising within the liberty of the College without a licence, and the examination of apothecaries' apprentices, which for many previous years was vigorously enforced, had been discontinued. The president at this time (1664), Sir Edward Alston, a person of strong will and determination, with a view of bringing within the pale of the College those persons practising physic in London without its licence, and at the same time of improving the finances of the institution, suggested the creation of honorary fellows. Upwards of seventy physicians, many of whom, however, were resident in the provinces, and not in town, were within a few months elected, and admitted honorary fellows. The objects aimed at by the new regulation were fully attained. All physicians practising in London were thus brought into the College, its authority was vindicated, and the finances of the corporation were so much augmented, that they were then-as we know, on The Roll, vol. i, p. 143. the authority of Hamey-in a more prosperous condition than at any former period in the history of the institution. But misfortunes of a severe character were in store. In the following year, when the plague was raging in London, most of the College officers, and among them the custos, Dr. Merrett, retired for safety into the country. During their absence the College was broken into, and the treasure chest, containing the whole of the College funds, now greatly augmented by the contributions of the honorary fellows, was robbed of its whole contents. In the following year the College and the greater part of its contents was destroyed in the great fire. The fire commenced on the night between Saturday and Sunday, but it was not until Wednesday, the 5th of September, 1666, that the College of Physicians was actually fired. In that interval Dr. Merrett, the Harveian librarian and custos, had succeeded in removing to a place of safety the charters and annals, the insignia of the president, the portraits of Dr. Fox and Dr. Harvey (without their frames), the inscription to Harvey which had been placed by his statue, the case of surgical and anatomical instruments, and some hundred and forty printed books, chiefly folios from the library. The fellows of the College met for the first time after the fire on the 1st October, 1666, at the house of Sir John Langham, where they were permitted often afterwards to hold their comitia. Their losses had been too recent, and the distress and confusion in the city were as yet too great for the transaction of any business but the most pressing, and nothing more was done on this occasion than to elect the College officers for the ensuing year. Some time after this, on application being made to the judges who were appointed to settle the differences which unavoidably arose out of the fire, a new lease was obtained from the dean and chapter of St. Paul's (1668) the College undertaking to rebuild their premises in Amen-corner. That scheme, however, was never carried into effect; the lease was resigned, and, on the spot where once stood our Col lege, three houses were erected which are now the seats of the residentiaries of St. Paul's. It was not until 1669 that a suitable spot could be found for a new College. was finally fixed upon extended from the east in Warwick-lane That which westward to the city walls, and was purchased from Mr. Hollier, a surgeon, for twelve hundred pounds. Sir Christopher Wren designed the new College; Mr. Hook was named surveyor, and on the 20th January, 1670-1, the several tradesmen necessary for the work were appointed. The western division, which was to contain the several public rooms to be used by the College, was commenced; and this portion of the building was occupied for the first time, and as it would appear without any particular ceremony, on the 25th February, 1674-5. The southern and northern portions of the building, consisting of dwelling-houses, two on the south and one on the north, were successively begun and completed; and on the 13th May, 1674, it was announced to a very full College by Dr. Whistler that Sir John Cutler, bart., had it in contemplation to erect an anatomical theatre in the College at his own sole charge.' In compliance with the wish of Sir John Cutler this noble addition to our College was placed on the east and abutting on Warwicklane; and thus completing the four sides of the College. It was opened with an inaugural address by the president, Sir John Micklethwaite, on the 21st January, 1678-9, when Dr. Charlton delivered his anatomy lectures in it. The College as thus com 11674 Maii 13. "Retulit nobis Dr. Whistler, Joannem Cutlerum Baronettum in animo habere, Theatrum Anatomicum in Collegii nostri fundo, propriis sumptibus extruere. Quapropter optimum factu visum est, ut Dnus. Præses Dr. Goddard, Dr. Cox, Dr. Whistler, et D. Car Scarborough, die Veneris proximo eundem adeant, et ob nimiam munificentiam, gratias ei agant, quas possunt maximas. Factum, quod jussum erat; simulq. ab ipso lauto excepti prandio, quod alterius verbis promiserat, suis ratum esse velle; intellexerunt. "Mox sancitum est ut Dr. Glisson, Dr. Goddard, Dr. Whistler, et Dnus Carolus Scarburgh Edilem Regium Christopherum Wren et Mrum Hooke in Collegio conveniant; visuri quinam locus extruendo Theatro maxime idoneus sit; scitumq. est, ut, quod placeret pluribus, id ratum foret. Illi verò Collegii hortum ei usui maxime commodum judicarunt. Intellecto autem brevi post, nolle Dum Joannem Cutlerum, illud alibi quam in area ingressu, prope plateam extrui; tanti benefactoris voluntati judicii, fasces libenter submissimus." 21678 Jan. 21°. "Dr. Charlton jussus est anatomicam lectionem celebrare, Comitiis indictivis peractis præsentem terminum sequentibus. 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