Address on the origin and early history of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow; delivered at a conversazione held in the Faculty Hall, 11th March, 1864 / by William Weir, M.D.

  • Weir, William
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[1864]
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Credit: Address on the origin and early history of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow; delivered at a conversazione held in the Faculty Hall, 11th March, 1864 / by William Weir, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of fortie pimds money (£3 Gs. 8cl.), partlio for his fey, and partlie for the espensis maid by him in bowelling [inspecting or perhaps embalming] of the Laird of Honstoun, lait Provest. And fur- ther, a warrant is directed to the clerk to pay Mareoun Stewart 371b. 10s. (£3 2s. 6d. sterling), as for vyne and uther expensiss furnist and maid be hir the tyme of the said Provestis bowelling.* The tomb of Dr. Lowe still remains in the old burying-ground of the High Church, and the following inscription, although not very legible, can with some difficulty be made out:— 1612. M. P. L. Stay, passenger, and view this stone. For under it lyes such a one V^ ho cured muny while he leived So gi'atious, he no man grieved ; Yea, when his Physick's force oft failed, His pleasant purpose then prevailed: For of his God ho got the grace To live in mirth and die in peace. Heaven has his soule—his corpse this stone; Sigh, passenger, and soe begone. Ah me! I gravel am and dust, And to the grave deshend I must: Oh! painted piece of living clay. Man, be not proud of thy short day. This is now the property of the Faculty, having been acquired thirty years ago from Mr. G-ray of Carntyne, to whom, or to his father, it had been bequeathed by the last male decendant of the Doctor. Some further information in regard to Dr. Lowe, I have received througli the kindness of our present Visitor, Dr. Fleming, which was communicated to him by the same gentleman, now the Eev. John Hamilton Gray, Kural Dean of Chesterfield. From this gentleman's letter to Dr. Fleming I quote a few sentences:— * Up to the end of the seventeenth century, the embalming of the dead seems to have been sometimes practised in Scotland; for of date 13th March, 1(588. .John Millau, apothecary, from Kilmarnock, is licensed to practise the opening of veins by the advice of Physicians, the application of cauteries, and the embalming of corpses. B