Appeal to the University Court of the University of Glasgow / by Professor Macleod ; together with a narrative of the circumstances which led to said appeal.

  • MacLeod, George H. B., Sir (George Husband Baird), 1828-1892.
Date:
[1878]
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Credit: Appeal to the University Court of the University of Glasgow / by Professor Macleod ; together with a narrative of the circumstances which led to said appeal. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    appointment, bound to teacli Clinical Medicine and Surgery, not for their own exclusive benefit, and in their own private interest, but in the interest of the University, and under the direction of the Senate. 2nd. In the deed of institution of each of the two clinical chairs, a clause was specially introduced and assented to by the promoters of these chairs, as well as by the present incumbents, for the express purpose of reserving the claims of other professors, and particularly of the undersigned, to take part in the clinical instruction of the students of the University. 3rd. In consequence of this clause, and still more of private assurances received from the leading promoters of the Clinical Pro- fessorships (including the present incumbents), the undersigned, who had hitherto conducted a large part of the clinical instruction in the Royal Infirmary, and who regarded this privilege as one of the greatest importance, and one tending greatly to promote the nseful- ness and efiiciency of their own professorships, were induced to become assenting parties to the institution of the Clinical Chairs in the full belief and understanding that their new colleagues would co-operate cordially with them in details, dividing the work of clinical teaching in such a manner as not necessarily to bring about a separation. 4:th. The propriety, and even necessity, of arrangements to this effect were always admitted by the Medical Faculty, and by the Senate of the University, as part of the considerations involved in the constitution of the new chairs; but the details of the arrange- ments were postponed at the urgent request of the Principal, and on a representation to the undersigned that the Senate had full power to give eflTect to all regulations in regard to the teaching of the new Professors, which might appear necessary or expedient, in the general interest of the University, or of the previously existing chairs. *' 5th. The undersigned were thus led by the whole course of the negotiations for the institution of the Clinical Professors to regard their own claims to a share in the clinical instruction as being fully admitted ; and these claims appeared to have received a final sanction from the University when, at the exjiress desire of the Senate, the undersigned were induced to resign their appointments in the Royal Infirmary with the view of receiving conjointly with the Clinical Professors similar appointments in the Western Infirmary previous] v to its opening in November, 1874. 6th. On the opening of the Western Infirmary clinical courses of instruction in Medicine and Surgery weret* immediately instituted
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