An address to the members of the Royal College of Surgeons of London : on the injurious conduct and defective state of that corporation : with reference to professional rights, medical science, and the public health / by John Armstrong.

  • Armstrong, John, 1784-1829.
Date:
1825
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Credit: An address to the members of the Royal College of Surgeons of London : on the injurious conduct and defective state of that corporation : with reference to professional rights, medical science, and the public health / by John Armstrong. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    creased, and Mr. Bennett having become very po- pular amongst them, he applied to the College of Surgeons in London to have certificates of attend- ance, on his lectures, recognized by the Court of Examiners; but that Body refused to comply with the request, on the grounds, first, that it would be contrary to their existing laws; and, secondly, that it would tend to discourage the English schools of Anatomy.* Whatever allowance we may be dis- posed to make for national associations, still this pub- lic Body ought to have known, that it deviated from the established precedent of other Colleges, which, in this respect, wisely act as if the Healing Art acknowledged no such partial feeling, no such dis- tinction of countries, but freely extended its in- fluence to all. So marked, however, is the infirmity of human nature, that while Mr. Bennett encoun- tered this repulse, on the one hand, he discovered, on the other, that he might probably meet with some serious annoyance from the French students, unless a separation could be effected between them and his own. Under this impression, he addressed our * Extract of the then President's [^Mr. Norris]] reply to Mr. Bennett's application, received through the medium of Mr. Gunning—August 1824—Paris. Their opinion [^Court of Examiners^j which was unani- mous, was, that the wish of Mr. Bennett could not be com- plied with, not only because it would be in opposition to their existing laws, but also because it would go to discourage mr own schools of Analomy, which, with our hospilals, most eminenily deserve the fostering care of every English man.