Opinion delivered by Dr Duncan senior, in the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, on the 13th of September 1808, upon a charge against Dr Gregory, for wilful and deliberate violation of truth.

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1808
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Credit: Opinion delivered by Dr Duncan senior, in the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, on the 13th of September 1808, upon a charge against Dr Gregory, for wilful and deliberate violation of truth. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [Read the Promiflory Engagement.—Regulations, feet. vi. art. 3 par. 5. p. 2i.] 4th, Does this obligation of fecrecy extend and apply to the ordinary bu- finefs of the College, fuch as granting licenfes, admitting fellows, electing office-bearers, reviling and reprinting our Difpenfatory, &c. all which things are ufually announced in the common newfpapers ? 5th, Does it extend to things done by this College out of the common courfe of bufmefs, but withal honourable to the College, and to the indivi- dual members who proposed them ; fuch as, the election of honorary mem- bers ; for example, Dr Jenner; and the very liberal encouragement, by money and otherwife, given by this College to various plans of public bene- fit : which things alfo ufed to be announced in the newfpapers ? 6th, Does the obligation of fecrecy extend and apply only to things po- sitively dishonourable, done by this College, or acted or spoken by any of us individually in the meetings of this College, or Council and Court thereof ? 7th, Does it extend and apply only to things dishonourable, or, as I fliould rather call them, indecorous? faid or done by any of us inadvertently, from miftake, or from sudden and great provocation, or from natural warmth or peevishness of temper, or from ignorance of the fubjed matter of dif- courfe, or from weaknefs of underftanding, or from any other infirmity of human nature ? 8 th, Does it alfo extend and apply to things dishonourable, deliberately done by this College, or deliberately aded and fpoken by any of us indivi- dually, in the meetings of this College ? 9th, Does it extend and apply to things dishonourable, as being morally wrong, or only to things disgraceful to us, collectively or individually, as being very fooliffi, but yet deliberately done by this College, or aded or fpoken by any of us individually ? 10th, Can the divulging of things neither foolish nor morally wrong, faid or done deliberately in, or by, this College, tend to the prejudice or defam- ation of the fame, or of any member thereof ? nth, Is it possible to divulge any thing aded or fpoken in this College, that may tend to the prejudice or defamation of the fame, or of any mem- ber thereof, unlefs such things, truly dishonourable, {hall previously have been acted or spoken in this College ? 12th, Do our office-bearers know of any intention, on the part of any of our members, to spealc, or propose, or do, in this College, any thing dis- honourable, either as being very foolish, or as being morally wrong, the divulging of which would tend to the prejudice or defamation of the fame, or of any member thereof? 13th, If they do know of any fuch dishonourable intention, whether only foolish or morally wrong, on the part of any of us, what is it ? Let us all know what that dishonourable thing is, that we may be on our guard againft it, and be prepared to oppofe it; and if we cannot prevent it from being f 2 spokens
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