The other plan is not materially different from the foregoing, excepting that it is generally done by the anatomical assistant—technically, the "demonstrator." The parts, having been somewhat exposed, are left, as much as is consistent with clearness, in their natural and _relative_ positions; and the vessels, nerves, muscles, &c. which have been for the most part described _separately_ by the lecturer, are now "demonstrated" (as the phrase is) _together_. The relative positions of all parts are thus more especially impressed on the student. In these "demonstrations" there is the same attention to covering the body with a cloth, &c. as in the lecture. Lastly, the pupil is required to make out the parts by dissecting them himself, with such occasional assistance as may be at first necessary, and which is given by the demonstrator, who attends in the room for that purpose. Now these duties (the lecture only excepted) were early performed by Abernethy. We may safely infer from this, that he was distinguished by his industry and zeal in the pursuit of knowledge, and that he began thus early to cultivate that power of communicating what he knew to others; in the exercise of which he ultimately acquired a success, a _curiosa felicitas_, in which he excelled all his contemporaries. That special qualifications were already discernible, we may infer from the post he occupied being invariably filled by a pupil of the hospital to which the school belongs; whereas Mr. Abernethy was an apprentice of a surgeon of St. Bartholomew's. On the testimony of a contemporary and fellow-student, Mr. W. W. Cox, late of Wolverhampton, we learn that he began to individualize himself very early. That, at the London Hospital, "he was for the most part reserved, seldom associating with any of the other students, but sitting in some place or corner by himself, diligently intent on the business of the lecture." Sir William Blizard is known to have felt proud of him, and to have soon indulged in great expectations from his character and talents. I have already observed that Abernethy had the advantage of attending also the Surgical Lectures of Mr. Pott, at St. Bartholomew's. Mr. Pott was a gentleman, a scholar, and a good writer, and seems to have been a spirited and attractive lecturer. In an oration delivered by Sir William Blizard, in 1815, it is said that "it was difficult to give an idea of the elegance of his language, the animation of his manner, or the perceptive force or effect of his truths and his doctrines"—a character which is by no means inconsistent with Mr. Pott's more sustained compositions.