Volume 1
Report from the Select Committee on Medical Education : with the minutes of evidence, and appendix.
- Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Medical Education.
- Date:
- 1834
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Credit: Report from the Select Committee on Medical Education : with the minutes of evidence, and appendix. 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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![and in consequence of a question being asked of me by this Committee during John Ydhly, Esq. my first examination, whether I was in possession of it, I have caused it to be “ searched for; but it has not been found. I thought I had written to Dr. Frampton; 28 A ril 18 ~ and if I sent a third person without a letter, I was not aware of it. I meant to ^ make the application in the most respectful manner, [Added by the Witness on correcting his Evidence.'] “ On referring to an old servant of mine, Mr.Thomas Gregory, a highly respect- able and trustworthy officer of the London Institution, I find, that he perfectly remembers delivering the letter I wrote to Dr. Frampton.” Algernon Frampton, Esq. m.d., further Examined. 4683. DID you ever endeavour to introduce any change in the mode of ap- Algernon Frampton pointing lecturers at the London Hospital ?—Yes. I object to the present mode Esq. m.d. of appointing lecturers. 4684. What is there in the present mode of appointing lecturers, to the London Hospital, that you disapprove of ?—I disapprove of the lecturers appointing each - other ; 1 claimed, as physician of the hospital, both for myself and my colleagues, that they should have the privilege each of electing, if they chose, in the order in which they stand. 4685. When was it that you made this complaint?— I have always objected to it. 4686. Does the practice of which you complained, continue to this time ?—It does, much to my annoyance, and with my continual opposition. 4687. Will you explain what is the present mode of appointing lecturers ?—It is begun in this manner; the anatomical and surgical lecturers have appointed other lecturers; and those conjointly appoint lecturers, as they see occasion, and whom they please. 4688. With whom does the election of the lecturers rest ?—Entirely with that body, the existing club of lecturers. 4689. Have the subscribers to the hospital anything to do with the appoint- ment?—Nothing at all. 4690. What disadvantageous results has this mode of appointment produced ?— I conceive it to be very unjust and unfair; and it forms a division in the medical • officers of the hospital, which is injurious, both to the harmony of the officers and to the whole school. 4691. Do you mean that the persons who appoint, are only a certain portion of the whole number of lecturers?—Yes; at present they may be the majority, but originally they were a very small portion. 4692. How is it that, unless they form the majority, they can keep the election in their own hands ?—Because they retain the power to themselves ; they admit no other consideration ; the medical officers are never suffered to consider how the lectureships shall be filled. 4693. What is the whole number of lecturers ?—I do not know exactly ; it will be stated in the Returns made to this Committee. 4694. Has each of the lecturers the same right of appointment?—They form a club, a committee of lecturers, among themselves, to the exclusion of the other officers of the hospital; and they themselves appoint, without reference to the other officers, what lecturers they please. 4695. What is it that gives to certain lecturers a greater right of electing than to the others ?—I do not conceive they possess any right; but they claim it on this ^ ground, that they built the theatre on hospital ground. 4696. Then you consider that this is a usurped power; and that the medical officers and lecturers have each an equal right of choosing?—Yes. 4697. Have they ever endeavoured to exercise the right ?~-They have claimed it; even lately it was claimed. 4698. Is the theatre private property ?—It is claimed as private property ; but the committee of the governors have come to the conclusion that they have no right : to it. 4699. Is](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28406680_0001_0339.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
