"With some difficulty the patient was got into bed, and Abernethy took the opportunity of giving us a clinical lecture about diseases and their constitutional treatment. And now commenced the fun. Every sentence Abernethy uttered, Pat confirmed. 'Thrue, yer honnor, divole a lie in it. His honnor's 'the grate dochter entirely!' While, at the slightest allusion to his case, off went the bed clothes, and up went his leg, as if he were taking aim at the ceiling with it. 'That's it, by gorra! and a bitther leg than the villin's that wanted to cut it off.' This was soon after I went to London, and I was much struck with Abernethy's manner; in the midst of the laughter, stooping down to the patient, he said with much earnestness: 'I am glad your leg is doing well; but never kneel, except to your Maker.'" The following letter, though containing nothing extraordinary, still shows his usual manner of addressing a patient by letter: "Sir, "In reply to your letter, I can only say what I must have said to you in part, when you did me the honour of consulting me. "Firstly. That the restoration of the digestive organs to a tranquil and healthy state, greatly depends on the strict observance of rational rules of diet. My opinions on this subject, which are too long to be transcribed, are to be met with at page 72, of the first part of 'Abernethy's Surgical Observations,' published by Longman and Co., of Paternoster Row. "Secondly. Upon keeping the bowels clear, yet without irritating them by over-doses of aperient medicine. "Thirdly. I consider the blue pill as a probilious medicine, and only urge that the dose be such as to do no harm, if it fail to do good, and then to be taken perseveringly for some time, in order to determine whether it will not slowly effect the object for which it was given. In gouty habits, carbonate of soda, &c., may be given, to neutralize acidity in the stomach, with light bitters; but the _prescription of medicines of this kind_, as also any advice relative to the cold bath, must rest with your medical attendant." Dated the 17th of September; as usual, with him, without the year, which was about 1824. It is obvious that very few professional letters are adapted for introduction. This was one kindly sent us by Mr. Preston, of Norwich, and was written to a gentleman in Yorkshire.