Brief memoir of the late Thomas Bateman, Esq. M.D.F.L.S. Physician to the public dispensary, and to the Fever Institution, London, and formerly President of the Royal Medical Society, Edinburgh.

  • Rumsey, James, 1778-1856.
Date:
1822
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Credit: Brief memoir of the late Thomas Bateman, Esq. M.D.F.L.S. Physician to the public dispensary, and to the Fever Institution, London, and formerly President of the Royal Medical Society, Edinburgh. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    About this time he received an unexpected visit from a medical friend, whose piety and truly Christian charac- ter distinguish him still more than his eminent abilities and professional skill. This gentleman, with great dif- ficulty, succeeded in persuading him that he was by no means in that state of danger and debility which he had apprehended, and that he had the power of taking ex- ercise if he could but exert sufficient resolution to at- tempt it. Experiment convinced him that this opinion was correct. He was prevailed on to leave his bed, and in a few days wras able to be some hours daily in the open air, and to take considerable exercise. And it is remarkable, that from this time he had no return of languor after fatigue, except in one instance. Thus was he delivered by the gracious providence of God, from those overwhelming apprehensions of immediate death, which had been so instrumental in bringing him to Christ, as soon as they had effected that blessed pur- pose. He now rarely spoke of the state of his mind and feel- ings ; for such was the extreme reserve of his character, that it could only be overcome by deep and powerful emotions ; and when no longer agitated by these, he re- turned to his natural habits, and was silent on the sub- ject that most deeply interested him. Still it was a- bundantly evident, that it did interest him. The avidi- ty with which he listened to the word of God—his eagerness to attend public worship, (which for many years he had entirely neglected,) and the heartfelt and devout interest which he obviously took in the service —his enlarged and active benevolence—the change which had taken place in his tastes, inclinations, and pursuits—all testified that he was indeed “ brought out of darkness into marvellous light66 old things had pass- ed away, and all things had become new.”