HEBERDEN, WILLIAM, M, D. Beechey pinx. Died 1801. Ætat. 91. Private Plate. Ward sc. Dr. Johnson being asked in his last illness what Physician he had sent for, "Dr. Heberden," replied he, "ultimum Romanorum," the last of our learned physicians. Nichols's Lit. Anec. IX. 37. HEISTER, LAURENCE. Professor of Anatomy and Surgery at Altorf. Died 1758. His system of surgery first appeared in the German language, 1718; and in 1719 he was appointed by George I., to the Professorship of Anatomy and Surgery at the University of Helmstadt. HELCHERIUS, JO. HEN. M.D. HECQUET, PHILIP, M.D. Born at Abbeville, and practised there and at Paris. He was a great friend to bleeding and the good effects of warm water; this opinion has tended to immortalize him in Gil Blas, under the name of Doctor Sangrado. He was a man of great abstemiousness, and had not eaten meat or drank wine for 30 years before his death. He published some medical works, "On the Indecency of Men-midwives, and in favour of mothers suckling their own Children;""On the Plague," &c. HERARD, FRANCOIS. F. Sicre pinx. Fine impression. L. Cossin. A celebrated French Surgeon. He practised at Paris, and was esteemed a good operator, particularly for trepanning. He is represented with a skull and the trepanning instrument on a table. HEURNIUS, JOHAN. Born 1543. Medicinæ Professor. Died 1601. He is said to have been the first who taught Anatomy by lectures on dead bodies at Leyden. He was some time partner with Dr. William Hunter. An unfortunate dispute separated those able men, and Hewson read lectures in his own house. He published enquiries into the properties of the blood, and the lymphatic system, and had a literary controversy with Dr. Ab. Monro, about the discovery of the lymphatic vessels of oviparous animals. Hutchinson. Chalmers. The first in this country who wrote "A Systematical Treatise on the Structure of the Human Body." The cavity in the jaw, called Antrum Highmorianum, after his name, is one of his discoveries. Casserus, however, mentioned the cavity, under the name of Antrum Genc. Hippocrates may be considered the first who had any fair pretensions to the character of a Surgeon. Besides medical, he expressly treated on surgical subjects, and performed operations, though, for reasons known only to himself, he did not choose to perform the operation of Lithotomy. HIRE, DE LE, J. N. M.D. HODGES, NATHANIEL, M. D. The claims of philanthropy rescue the name of Hodges from oblivion. His patriotic and solitary courage emboldened him to remain the only Physician in London, during the whole course of the great plague, of which he lived to give the best and only authentic account. HOFFMAN, CÁSPAR, M.D. "Hortorum vitas qui in floribus excolit Hoffman Many of his name were distinguished literary characters, and Frederick had all the accomplishments and learning of a great Physician. HOLLAND, PHILEMON, M.D. H. H. invenit. Etat. 80, 1632. Marshall sc. Called the Translator General of his age. He made the following epigram upon writing a large folio with a single pen: |