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.
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[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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    No. 9, page 478. 11,510. llie Chairman.—Does Professor Spence, in Edinburgh, give a qualifying course?—No; he visits the wards and operates, but he does not compete with Professor Lister in giving the qualifying lectures. Dr. Macleod is Professor of Surgery, and I am Professor of Clinical Surgeiy in the University of Glasgow. If it be said that the systematic professor has hitherto given lectures on clinical sur- gery, it must be remembered—first, that formerly there was no clinical professor to do the duty; second, the systematic professor did not give clinical lectures ex officio^ but only as surgeon to the In- firmary when he happened to have that office, which was only occa- sionally ;* third, without that, the systematic professor already has the monopoly in the University of more courses and fees f than any other professor in the University, excej)t the Professor of Anatomy, who devotes his whole time to the duties of his chair, while the Professor of Sui-gery only meets his systematic class one hour a day. Each student who passes tkrough the University attends the systematic professor as follows \ :— Lectures on Surgery, 1st session, - - Fee 3 guineas. Lectures on Surgery, 2nd session, - - Fee 2 guineas. Operative Surgery, Fee 2 guineas. The last two courses are not enjoined in the Ordinances, and are called [The italics are Dr. Buchanan's.] optional; but the second course of lectures is really imperative, be- cause the professor divides his lectures into two sections, § each of which lie gives in alternate sessions; and the operative course is necessary, because all candidates for degrees are examined in opei'ative surgery. Besides the above courses, for which he obtains seven guineas from each student, the systematic professor is now claiming to share with the clinical professor the lectures and fees in clinical surgery. The Professor of Systematic Surgery should not be allowed to share with the clinical pi'ofessor the duty of conducting the clinical examinations of candidates for degrees, because the systematic pro- fessor already lias a greater share tlian any other pi-ofessor in the examination of candidates for degi-ees. Along with the surgical examiner appointed by the Court, he submits each candidate to three * See p. 20 of Narrative, t See Table of Emoluments, Report of Commission, vol. IV., p. 166, J This is quite inaccurate. § He does not, and never did.
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