BAILLIE, MATTHEW, M.D., ft distinguished physician and anatomist, was b. on the 27th Oct., 1761, in the Manse of Shotts,lanarkshire, Scotland. His father was descended from the family of B. of Jerviswood, so noted in the history of Scotland during the reign of Charles II.; his mother was a sister of the two celebrated anatomists, William and John Hunter; and one of his sisters was Joanna B., the poetess. Talent seems to have been both hereditary and abundant in the family. On account of his abilities, his father was appointed professor of divinity in the university of Glasgow, where young B. went through the usual curriculum, and afterwards proceeded to Bailin] college, Oxford. as an exhibitioner on the Such foundation. In 1780 lie commenced his anatomical studies In London under the care of his uncle, and was frequently employed as demonstrator to the latter in his theater at Great Windmill street. His success in this capacity was so great, that on the death of Dr. Hunter, in 1783, lie was found qualified to become his successor. In 1784, he began to lecture, and acquired a high reputation as a vigorous and lucid expositor of the science of anatomy. In 1795, he published a small work entitled rie Morbid Anatomy of Some of the _Yost Importtal Parts of the Haman Body. It
made an era in medical science. In addition to the information formerly scattered through the writings of Bonnetus, Lieutaud, Montagni, and others, it contained a multitude of ingenious observations made by his uncle and himself, and greatly enhanced our knowledge of the changes produced ion the human frame by disease. It had a remarkable influence on the study of medicine, and excited in a greater measure, perhaps than any other book, a spirit of cL2eful induction among professional men. In 1799, Dr. B. relinquished his anatomical lectureship, and in 1800, his appointment as physician to St. George's hospital, which lie had held for 13 years. He now devoted himself exclusively to his duties as a medical practitioner, and by his honorable assiduity succeeded in realizing a large fortune. In one of his busiest years, when lie had scarcely time to take a single meal, his professional income is said to have reached -.E10,000. In 1810, lie was appointed physician to the king, and offered a baronetcy, which, however, he declined. At last, worn out with incessant labor, he died on the23d Sept. 1823.