A testimony of veneration for the memory of Dr. Mathew Baillie, of London : read at the forty-fourth annivaersary festival of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh, on the 12th of April 1825 / by Andrew Duncan sen. M. D. & P. (First Physician to the King for Scotland, President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, &c.

  • Duncan, Andrew, 1744-1828.
Date:
MDCCCXXV. [1825]
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Credit: A testimony of veneration for the memory of Dr. Mathew Baillie, of London : read at the forty-fourth annivaersary festival of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh, on the 12th of April 1825 / by Andrew Duncan sen. M. D. & P. (First Physician to the King for Scotland, President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    > I Merrily pass ve the i-osy wine, Fill to our patron of nectar and song. Hekvey ! to please thee, we drink and dine. To urge thy favourite stream along. And who would not bow to the lord of the blood ; The friend of good humour and innocent glee ? All find that good living does wonderful good. In making the current of life cii-cle free. 2 <tIUEm, our Preses, would look rather sober and blue, Could he find e'en a Cabbage in this point to fail. A Cabbage has life, ^ve the Cabbage his due. He circulates blood fiom the head to the tail. Oh ! give him some dink, in his own private way, Never mind though he drink hf the tail, or the head ; A Cabbage confesses our great Hervey's sway, And drinks what he can till he's dying, or dead. 3 Barclay, our friend, not of song, but of jest. Vitality holds in the blood to reside ; Well does he know that there's nought Uke a feast. With a tale of his own, to hasten its tide. Old Duncan still thrives on a similar plan, He has age on his side, so believe him we must; Laugh away, says our Duncan, replenish your Can, Keep the polish of Life, from the dulness of Rust.