pleasing sight attracted my notice—his four children sitting
round the fire at their needlework and books. Not far off was their mother
sewing and attending the baby.—
30th. Whatever cause it may be owing to I have been uncommonly
harrass’d with disagreeable feelings.—The death of Mr. A. and the dangerous
condition of Gowdie perhaps contributed to excite this state of mind. If
to this is added the influence of the weather and the want of a steady
employment, I believe I shall have enumerated the circumstances which have,
for this day, made life rather burdensome to me.—
April 1st. A very pleasant day.—
I spent part of the forenoon with Saltonstall, concerting
measures for our examinations.—
I sent to Dr. Mitchill’s room half a gallon of wine from Huggett’s.’’
I applied myself closely to nothing to-day, with the hope
of being prepar’d for answering the questions.
Between 3 and 4 in the afternoon I went to the College
to await my ordeal, but was obligh’d to run back for my Dissertation which
I forgot to bring along. None but Drs. Post, Hamersley and Hosack met;
but these were sufficient to employ me for
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near an hour.—Saltonstall was next call’d down. After his examination
we receiv’d permission to print the Dissertations.—
Another task was then impos’d.—We each received an Aphorism
of Hippocrates to comment upon, and a question to be answer’d in writing.—
The Question was this:
“What changes does the blook undergo in passing thro’
the lungs.”—
The Aphorism was the following:
“In omni morbo mente valere, et bene se habere ad ea qua
afferuntur, bonum est: contrarium vero malum.” Hipp. Aph. sect. 2 Aph.
33.
7th. I met Dr. Hosack in the street, who informed me of
the intended establishment of a Botanical Garden.—Enquir’d if Dr. Anderson,*
at St. Vincent, was my uncle, and requested me to interest myself in procuring
plants form him.—
I sat awhile with Saltonstall.
I began to comment on the Aphorism.—
12th. I call’d at Dr. Hamersley’s and got one of the Histories
of Diseases, in order to comment upon it; this being the next step in the
graduation business.
* He visited this uncle in 1799.
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