Address of Sir James Alderson, President of the Royal College of Physicians, to the Fellows on the 11th April, 1870.

  • James Alderson
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[1870?]
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Credit: Address of Sir James Alderson, President of the Royal College of Physicians, to the Fellows on the 11th April, 1870. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    sympathy; yet, at a certain period of his life he had enjoyed considerable success, having had the lead in English practice in Paris; and though he seemed latterly to have fallen out of reputation and prosperity, our charity demands that we should accord him an expression of kind feeling, and perhaps of some regret. I need scarcely detail the attendances on the various Trusts belonging to the College. The Fellows will, I hope, believe that this duty has not been neglected. In regard to the Tancred Trust, I may state that I went, as before, to York, to the Annual Audit, and I may report with some satisfaction, that the troublesome attempt to subvert the foundation of the Charity has altogether failed ; whilst, on the other hand, good has resulted in the enlarged power of the Trustees to carry out the Founder’s wishes ; one of the results being an increase in the number of Studentships. There is yet some work to be transacted in Parliament, for the favourable conclusion of which, we have every right to expect success. I now proceed to a most important topic, and propose to render a brief account of the labours of your Committee appointed to consider the possibility and propriety of establishing a single Board of Examiners for the whole of England. I need scarcely remind you that this College took the lead in this business, and solicited the co-operation of the English Univer¬ sities and the other Licensing Bodies, to establish a single minimum Examination through which all persons entering the Profession should be required to pass. I have the great satis¬ faction of stating that the whole scheme has been cordially
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