Report of a rehearsal of an Hunterian Oration, at the Royal College of Surgeons, read to a committee of undertakers / by William Woeful, of Fleet-Market, with the curate of Black Fryars at his elbow.

  • Woeful, William, pseud.
Date:
1822
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Credit: Report of a rehearsal of an Hunterian Oration, at the Royal College of Surgeons, read to a committee of undertakers / by William Woeful, of Fleet-Market, with the curate of Black Fryars at his elbow. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    improvements proper to himself, in anatomy and surgery, be distinctly laid down, and not give indiscriminate praise without a founds- j tion, by fulsome adulation ; and lastly, if we do not see the usurpation of Genius without Learning in the present possession of all medical influence in this Metropolis, then, until a majority, after what has passed, shall decide otherwise, let it go on. Let the London Colleges be so many banks, and one Scotch company be the firm of all of them.” Quorum omnium interpretes ut grammatici, poetarum proximo ad eorum quos interpretantur divi- nationem videntur accedere.”—Cic. de Divin. “ Vale.” Printed by J. Nichols and Son, 25, Parliament-street, Westminster.
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