The mission to Siam, and Hué the capital of Cochin China in the years 1821-2. From the journal of the late George Finlayson ... With a memoir of the author by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, F.R.S / [George Finlayson].

  • Finlayson, George, 1790-1823.
Date:
1826
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Credit: The mission to Siam, and Hué the capital of Cochin China in the years 1821-2. From the journal of the late George Finlayson ... With a memoir of the author by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, F.R.S / [George Finlayson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    eldest, and subsequently George, were brought forward, were as follows :— During the late war, when the charge of the medical department of the army in Scotland was committed to Dr. Somerville, he had occa- sion for the assistance of a clerk, the nature of whose duties made it desirable that he should have some knowledge of medicine, and it oc- curred to him that the salary of the office might furnish the means to some meritorious person of prosecuting his studies at the same time. In order to find such a person he ad- dressed himself to Dr. Thomson, professor of surgery in the University of Edinburgh, well knowing the competence of his judgment, and his disinterested zeal in advancing modest merit; Dr. Thomson immediately named a young man who fulfilled every condition, and whose slender means arose from hours of pri- vate tuition. Donald Finlayson was accordingly sent and appointed. Assiduity in the discharge of every duty, blended with an earnest desire to please, were striking parts of his character. He was a good Greek, Latin, and French scho- lar, and an excellent botanist, besides being a good anatomist, and well versed in other branches of medical science. He showed an ardour in acquiring information on every subject which excited an interest in those from whom