=Samuel Collins=, who was president of the College in 1695, was one of the earliest comparative anatomists, and wrote a work entitled “A System of Anatomy treating of the Body of Man, Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Insects, and Plants.” I am not acquainted with the work, but the title seems to indicate that he had enlarged views on the question of biology. =Nehemiah Grew=, who was secretary to the Royal Society in 1677, and an honorary Fellow of the College in 1682 (and possibly earlier), is said to have been the first who saw the analogy between animals and plants, and to establish the fact of sex in plants. In medicine he introduced Epsom salts, which he obtained by evaporating Epsom water, so that we owe him a great debt, and undoubtedly he is one of the greatest men who has been connected with the College. =Sir Edmund King= was surgeon to Charles II., and was made an honorary F.R.C.P. by command of His Majesty. Charles II. being seized with apoplexy on Feb. 2nd, 1684, King promptly bled His Majesty without consultation. His act was subsequently approved by his colleagues, and he was ordered £1,000 by the Privy Council, which was never paid. =Francis Bernard= was apothecary to St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, and when the staff of that institution ran away from the plague, Bernard stopped at his post and ministered to the wants of the patients. For this he was rewarded by being made assistant physician to the hospital, and became honorary F.R.C.P. in 1680. He died in 1697, and is buried in St. Botolph’s, Aldersgate. SECRET REMEDIES.