The Medico-Chirurgical Review and Journal of Practical Medicine Volume 21 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1834 edition. Excerpt: ... become the Patroness of the Infirmary, and also for her promise of annual support. 5th. That the thanks of this Meeting be given to the President, John Underwood, Esq. for his exertions in the cause of this Charity. 6th. That the thanks of this Meeting be given to Dr. Harrison, for his noble donation of One Thousand Pounds. 7th. That the thanks of this Meeting be given to Drs. Harrison and Serney, and Messrs. Thornber and Hoyland, Esqrs. who have offered their gratuitous medical and surgical aid to the Charity. 8th. That Subscriptions be received by Messrs. Coutts and Co., John Underwood, Esq., and C. W. Hoyland Esq. N.B. All applications for the admission of patients to be made to the honorary Secretary, C. W. Hoyland, Esq. 15, Blandford Street, Portman Square. The Coxcours. This subject has been warmly discussed by some of our contemporaries; but we have not yet adverted to it ourselves. It does not seem to have worked well, or at least satisfactorily, in a neighbouring country; and we doubt whether it will ever work at all on this side of the Channel. We think that public trials of strength for appointments to medical institutions should be based on public reputation, and not upon the facilities of answering questions in the minute or recondite branches of medical science. Such a tentamen as this last is the proper one for the student, who has concluded his course of education, and seeks a diploma as a proof of his qualifications to practise his profession. But when a practitioner becomes a candidate for a public institution, his claims should rest on his past labours, and his merits should be weighed by his professional brethren alone, because they alone are capable of appreciating them. On this account we could wish, though we do...