A short statement of facts relative to the first appointment of a Professor of Surgery in Edinburgh / by a member of the College of Surgeons.

Date:
1806
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Credit: A short statement of facts relative to the first appointment of a Professor of Surgery in Edinburgh / by a member of the College of Surgeons. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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

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    ]6 of'their profession, received with pleasure the ♦ proposal of. Mr. • Rae, one' of their membersV'in the year 1769, to give a full Course of Surgery, founded on the practice of the Royal Infirmary, the proper School for Surgery, whererall chirurgical maladies are treated,’ and the different operations are executed and directed, by the surgeons alone. “ Mr. Rae’s proposal met with the un- animous approbation of the Managers'ot the Royal Infirmary,-as appears by their minutes of the 2d of October 1769, sigried by Principal Robertson. */ '***9 ‘‘ The motives of the Society for promot- ing this institution, were a full co'nvicti'on ■ that a separate Course of Surgery, properly executed. Would prove an advantage to the University, and tend to excite an emulation among the members of the Society,,by study and application, to qualify themselves • to teach the different branches of ‘ their profession ; and, from trial, satisfied of the utility of Mr. Rae’s Course, they resolve to , continue their assistance to promote, its ; success. , (Signed) ‘ ALEX^ HAMILTON.’