Memorial for Dr. Hamilton, Professor of Midwifery in the College of Edinburgh, respectfully submitted to the Right Honourable the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Town Council of Edinburgh, patrons of the said college.

  • James Hamilton
Date:
[1824]
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Credit: Memorial for Dr. Hamilton, Professor of Midwifery in the College of Edinburgh, respectfully submitted to the Right Honourable the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Town Council of Edinburgh, patrons of the said college. 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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    While the Memorialist can assure the Honourable the Patrons, that every subject lectured upon by the Professor of the Theory of ]\Ie- dicine is explained either by the Professor of Anatomy, or l)y the Professor of the Practice of Physic, or by the Professor of Matei'ia Medica, he does not object to those subjects being brought under one view by a distinct Professor; but he ventures to allege, that the Students can derive from that individual Professor no additional know- ledge which may enable them to cure diseases. Fifthly, As to the Practice of Medicine, the fifth necessary Class, it should comprehend a view of all the general diseases which afflict the human body. When the Honourable Patrons are informed that these amount to a great many hundreds, independent of the varieties which climate and constitution produce, it must lie self-evident, that in a Six Months Course it is quite impossible to give even a superficial view of so extensive a subject. It is well known that this has never been at- tempted, and that the Professor of the Practice of Physic for the last half century has confined himself to a description of the diseases most commonly met with, such as lever. General Inflammatory Af- fections, &c. At any rate, the Memorialist jiositively asserts, that, within his recollection, the Professor of the Practice of Physic has not entered into any details respecting Diseases of Women and Children, and for the plain reason, that the other subjects of his Lectui'es filled up all the time of the Course. Smhly, By Clinical Lectures is meant Lectures on the Cases of Patients admitted into tw'o wards of the Royal Infirmary, and placed under the charge of two of the jMedical Professors in rotation ; and it is an Institution of the greatest value, as illustrating the precepts of the Professor of the Practice of Medicine, por very obvious reasons, however, such Lectures cannot possibly relate to the Diseases of Wo- men and Children. c
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