An Harveian oration [1819] and other remains of John Johnstone.

  • John Johnstone
Date:
1837
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Credit: An Harveian oration [1819] and other remains of John Johnstone. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ginning, another, for the best anatomical prepara- tions ; and finally, a gold medal is offered by John Meredith, Esq., for the best Essay on the Blood. To these honorary stimuli the pupils have ably responded; the treatises of Mr. James Wilkes and Mr. Hammond, which have been printed and given to the public, deserve, and would have received commendation from either of our Universities ; and the preparations of Mr. John Elkington could not fail to extort praise even exhibited to the expe- rienced eyes of London and Paris Anatomists. I have particularized the names of these students, because they have received the public honors of the institution. There are many other prepara- tions, from other hands, highly distinguished by their merit, and there are other works read amongst themselves which evince the ardour, the diligence, the originality, and the intelligence of the aspirants; but these exertions and these merits have been praised in better terms than I can express them in, by the celebrated men who have probed the quali- fications of the students annually, at the set ex- aminations. I wish the time would allow me to repeat them all, but we can none of us forget the emphatic commendation of Mr. Bransby Cooper, whose lecture on Hernia we listened to with so much admiration, at the first public meeting, in this very room. The fruits of the instruction re- ceived in the School have indeed manifested them-