The medical institutions of Glasgow : a handbook prepared for the annual meeting of the British Medical Association, held in Glasgow, August, 1888 / compiled and edited at the request of the local committee by James Christie.

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[1889]
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Credit: The medical institutions of Glasgow : a handbook prepared for the annual meeting of the British Medical Association, held in Glasgow, August, 1888 / compiled and edited at the request of the local committee by James Christie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    The Revolution brought better days. In 1698, the Uni- versity received £300 a year out of the Bishop's rents, and, in 1702, it is recorded that there were 402 students of Theology, Greek, and Philosophy. In 1706, the Chair of Humanity was re-established, and, in 1708, a sum of £213, payable annually, was granted by Queen Anne, part of which was given to found a Professorship of Anatomy and Botany, and part for a Chair of Oriental Languages. In 1712, the Chairs of Medicine and Law were revived by the College, and endowed, in 1714, by Queen Anne. In 1727, it was enacted that the occupant of the Chair of Anatomy and Botany, ]3r. Thomas Brisbane, should give a course of lectures on Botany, if at least five students desired instruction on that subject, and on Anatomy if ten students should present themselves. In 1744, William Cullen settled in Glasgow, and began to give courses of lectures on various branches of medical study, and his appointment to the Chair of Practice of Medicine, in 1751, added much to the importance of Glasgow as a Medical School, for his breadth of view, simplicity and clearness of style, and powers as a teacher of medicine, soon attracted students from all parts. Among these came Joseph Black, who afterwards became Professor of Anatomy and Chemistry, and, later, of Practice of Medicine, in Glasgow, and who by his discoveries as to the nature of carbonic acid gas, and the principle of latent heat, gained a distinguished place among the pioneers of modern science. In 1788, the Medical Faculty received from the Rev. Dr. Walton, of Upton, Huntingdonshire, the sum of £400 to found a bursary for a medical student, and also a bequest of £1,000, which by subsequent accumulations has been increased to £2,250, to support a lecturer in any branch of medical science which the University might deem desirable. The Waltonian Lectureship is now held conjointly with that