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Li the bar, and was a member of the legis- lature. He was appointed United States senator from Kentucky, in place of George M. Bibb, resigned, serving from October lo, 1S14, till February 2, 1815. He died in Xicholasville. Kentucky, in 1819.

DunglisoD, Robley, born in Keswick, Cumberland, England. January 4, 1798. He leceived the degree of Doctor of Medicine in London in 1819, and again, after further study, at the University of Erlangen, Ger- many, in 1823. He settled in London in the practice of his profession, engaging in medi- cal writing as editor of the "London Medical Repository" and of the "Medical Intelli- j;encer," but after two years he was sum- moned to America by Thomas Jefferson to take the professorship of medicine in th^ University of Virginia, in which he also became the first secretary of the faculty, and its second chairman. He remained un- til 1833, when he removed to the Univer- sity of Maryland, in Baltimore, the incum- bent of the chair of materia medica and therapeutics, which, in turn, he resigned in 1836 to become professor of the institutes of medicine in Jeflferson Medical College of Philadelphia. Here he continued until his death, more than thirty years later, during a great part of the time being dean of the faculty. Under his management the institu- tion made notable progress, and probably then received the impetus which resulted in its later success. He was an eminent scholar in several branches of learning; a benevolent, public-spirited character ; and an active supporter of charitable institutions. Much of his time was spent in the service of the Philadelphia Institution for the Blind, of which he was vice-president, and

he will long be remembered for his efforts i'l promoting the printing of books in em- bossed letters for the use of the blind. He was president of the Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia, and vice-president of the American Philosophical Society. In 1825 he received the degree of Doctor of Medi- cine as a mark of honor from Yale, and was granted the degree of Doctor of Laws else- where. P»esides translating and editing a large number of works in foreign languages, he published many original works which have been widely popular. His bibliography hicludes: "Commentaries on Diseases of the Stomach and Bowels in Children," Lon- don. 1824; "Introduction to the Study of Grecian and Roman Geography," in asso- ciation with George Long, Charlottesville, 1829; "Dictionary of Medical Science and Literature," Boston. 1833, fifteenth edition, 1858; "Elements of Hygiene," Philadelphia, 1835 ; second edition entitled "Human Health," 1844; "General Therapeutics," 1836; sixth edition, 1857; *The Medical Student, or Aids to the Study of Medicine," Philadelphia, 1837; "New Remedies," 1839; The Practice of Medicine," 1842. His most monumental work, however, was his "Human Physiology," of which is extant copies of the third edition, Philadelphia, 1838, and which first appeared in 1832. This work held a most important position in the history of American medical science. It was first published before the author had left the University of Virginia, being de- signed as a text-book for his students. It v/as dedicated to ex-President Madison, who v.-as rector of the institution during a por- tion of Professor Dunglison's service. It elicited fervent approbation from foreign as

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