A letter to the President and Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians, London / by Edwin Lankester.

  • Ray Lankester
Date:
1847
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Credit: A letter to the President and Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians, London / by Edwin Lankester. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    for him, which I did, I have every reason to believe, to his satisfaction, and that of his pnpils and my colleagues; I may also add, that most if not all the pupils of my class are also clinical pupils of one of the gentlemen who sat at the Censors’ board, at the time of my exami¬ nation. Since my residence in London, it has been my happiness to make many friends amongst those members of your own College, and others who by their writings and labours, are justly esteemed as amongst the most enlightened members of their profession ; I have met them at the bedside of the sick, and in intimate professional intercourse, and when¬ ever I have needed their testimony to my professional skill and information, it has been given me in the most flattering terms. [Copies of some of these Testimonials I inclose.*] You cannot, I think, accuse me of allowing my feelings to influence my judgment, if I consider these circumstances as affording more abundant evidence of my competency to practise my profession, than the possession of a license from the College. I can conceive, however, that it might be urged that I had been engaged in other pursuits, and had neglected my profession ; this I can entirely deny. It is now eighteen years since I commenced the study of physic, and during the whole of that period I can produce abundant evidence of having been actively engaged either in the study of medical literature and the observation of disease, or in the teaching and practice of medicine. Dur¬ ing this period I have written on the subject of medicine, and many of my contributions to medical literature are extant with my name; I have not, however, written for * See Appendix. .2
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