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 RA.DCLIFFE. 117 ployed the new luetliod, exposed the sick to the free access of the ah, gave them coolmg emulsions, and employed other approved antiphlogistic reme- dies, and thus rescued more than one hundred from the jaws of death. About this time also he had another piece of good fortune, in the case of Lady Spencer, at Yarnton, some few miles from Oxford. This lady had been under Dr. Lydal and Mr. Musgrave's hands, for some time, without deriving much be- nefit from their prescriptions, and with small hopes of recovering from a complication of disorders. In this dilemma, she was induced, at the entreaty of her son-in-law, Mr. Dormer, to send for Kad- clifFe, whose reputation was now beginning to spread. His advice was very successful; in a short space of time the patient was restored to health, and lived many years afterwards. The fame of this unexpected recovery, and the ex- tensive connexions of the lady's family, brought him into fashion, and he was patronized by the noble houses of Northampton, Sunderland, Caer- narvon, and Abingdon. Indeed, before he had been two years a bachelor of physic, there were few famihes of any credit, within reach of Oxford, who had not had occasion to appreciate his pro- fessional skill. Having received some affront, he quitted Lin- coln College, and resigned his Fellowship, but continued to reside in the University, and in the year 1682 took the degree of Doctor of Medicine, going out Grand Compounder — a circumstance which is supposed to indicate the possession, thus early, of at least 40Z. per annum in land. His