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 152 BRITISH PHYSICIANS. " All Colleges and Halls are desired to toll a bell from twelve of the clock on Wednesday, and from twelve of the clock on Friday, till the great bell of St. Mary's ceases on each day." A few years ago, about 1820, the situation of his grave in St. Mary's Church was not very precisely known ; but on opening one near the supposed spot, a brick grave was discovered, which proved to be that of RadcliflFe, by the evi- dence of a gold coffin-plate ; the simple inscrip- tion of which was forthwith copied, and engraved on the marble pavement-stone immediately over the place. JOHN RADCLIFFE M. D. DIED NOV^. THE I^'^. 1714 IN THE 65™. VEAR OF HIS AGE. But where, and of whom, can it be said with so much propriety as of Radcliffe, in the classical city of Oxford, embellished, as it is, with buildings that bear his name ? Si nionumentum requiris, circumspice ? In the course of this memoir many instances have been given to shew that Radcliffe was bold, rude, and frequently wanting in the common cour- tesies of life, particularly towards his professional brethren, with whom he was always waging war. This trait of his character was happily ridiculed in the " Map of Diseases," given by Martin Scriblerus, which was " thicker set with towns than any Flanders' map ;" for there Radcliffe was painted at the corner, contending for the universal