He also said his uncle, possessed an inquiring and speculative intellect, and was an unwearied observer and experimenter in agriculture, medicine, and natural history.
Inquiring is focusing on the seven inquiries: chills and fever; perspiration; appetite, thirst and taste; defecation and urination; pain; sleep; and menses and leukorrhea.
This morning he was immediately besieged by a host of inquiring friends who were anxious to learn further details concerning the death of our lamented fellow citizen.