Professorial correspondence [of R. Christison & J.Y. Simpson] relative to the chair of General Pathology / reprinted ... from the public journals of Edinburgh.
- Robert Christison
- Date:
- 1841
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Professorial correspondence [of R. Christison & J.Y. Simpson] relative to the chair of General Pathology / reprinted ... from the public journals of Edinburgh. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![L E T T E R S. / From the ADVERTISER or the 17th, and from the SCOTSMAN of the 18th September. SIR I have addressed the following- letter to the Editor of the Scotsman. As I presume the report in question will also appear in your pa¬ per, may I request you will either take the trouble to introduce the neces¬ sary correction in any way you consider most suitable, or that you will do my colleagues and myself the favour of inserting the letter. I am, your obedient Servant, R. CHRISTISON. 15th September, 1841. Sir,—In the report] in this day’s Scotsman of the proceedings of the Town Council relative to the Chair of General Pathology, Mr Black is stated to have said, as to the question whether the Chair ought to be abo¬ lished or not,—“ Certain it was that the Medical Faculty were greatly di¬ vided upon this point themselves; but the fact was, that there was no set of men more apt to divide in opinion, and who were more virulent in their opposition, than medical men generally.” On a question of such consequence to the University, it is desirable that no misconception should arise as to important matters of fact. I am far from supposing that Mr Black was aware that the natural meaning to be attached to these expressions was so much at variance with the fact. But in my position in the University I feel called on to observe, that in 1837, on the occasion of Dr Thomson’s former proposal to resign, the Me¬ dical Faculty of the University, which can be the only body here referred to, as distinct from <£ medical men generally,” presented to the Town Council a representation signed by its whole members, twelve in number, (exclusive of Dr Thomson), expressing their sentiments, that the Chair was unnecessary and ought to be abolished; and I know that every member of the Faculty at that period, who is still in the body—and only one vacancy has occured since then—still retains the same opinion. The insertion of this correction will confer a favour on my colleagues and myself.— I am,your obedient servant, R. CHRISTISON, Dean of the Medical Faculty. 15th September, 1841. To the Editor of the Scotsman.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31902972_0003.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
