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43 tact the divided muscles from the opposite sides of a stump immediately after amputa- tion, so that they occasionally unite by the first intention, are a few of the very many improvements that had taken place.

The great and increasing fame of the teachers of Anatomy, Physiology, and Sur- gery ; and indeed of all parts of medical and philosophical knowledge, had now brought to London multitudes of pupils, not only from every part of the British dominions, but some also from almost every civilized country of the world. This is not to be wondered at, for here all circumstances were favourable to the acquisition of such knowledge; and as they still continue, the celebrity justly acquired

by the great men lately mentioned, has been �