[74] This gentleman, who retired some years since from practice, died at Norwood, about a month ago, at the age of 73. Dr. Barnett was born at Malmesbury, and was an early pupil of Abernethy's, and a friend of Dr. Jenner's; he practised many years as a general practitioner in Charter-House Square, where he realized, we believe, a comfortable competency. He was distinguished by a singularly mild, gentlemanly, and inoffensive bearing, not less than by the confidence reposed in his skill and judgment by a large list of patients and friends.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM.
"——Non hæc sine numine Divum
Eveniunt."
Æneid, lib. ii, 1. 777.
If we would view any human institution dispassionately, we must distinguish the vices of System from the faults of those who administer it.