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 duties. At about this time he left the Province and most probably never returned, for Franklin in his autobiography speaks of his having met him "many years after at his native place, St. Andrews, Scotland."

Nearly contemporary with the first Dr. Kearsley, were Drs. Lloyd Zachary, William Shippen, and Thomas Cadwalader.

was born in Boston, in the year 1701. His mother was a daughter of Thomas Lloyd, the first Governor of Pennsylvania, and she dying soon after his birth, he was sent to the care of an aunt in Philadelphia for education. He entered on the study of physic with Dr. Kearsley, and in 1723 visited Europe to perfect himself in that science, from whence he returned in 1726. Though of a delicate frame and possessed of fortune, he on his return commenced the practice of his profession, and quickly rose to eminence in it. His skill and judgment are said to have been great, while the elegance and frankness of his manners engaged the love and esteem of his fellow-citizens. He was one of the founders of, and first physicians to, the Pennsylvania Hospital; was a founder also of the College of Philadelphia, and by his will, as well as during life, was a liberal benefactor to both.