On the expediency of founding an Hospital for the diseases of children in Edinburgh, with notes on continental children's hospitals. [And Proposed hospital for sick children. A letter].

  • Wilson, Charles, 1804-1883
Date:
1859
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Credit: On the expediency of founding an Hospital for the diseases of children in Edinburgh, with notes on continental children's hospitals. [And Proposed hospital for sick children. A letter]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    lias its equal plea everywhere, and to become insensible to it is to resign our pre-eminence. All recent changes in medical educa- tion have taken the proper direction : not to induce a congress of students by slighter studies and easier honours, but to raise the value of a degree by higher requirements and severer tests. Whether we interpret the signs of the period, or its necessities, the establishment of a better system of investigation and instruction for the diseases of children is now a matter in which, in this country, we must either aspire to lead, or be constrained to follow.
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