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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    standing. That, therefore, he was informed of the virtual decision of the College, vindicating Dr Spens from all his false calumnies, very soon after that decision took place, is, in my opinion, unde- niable. In short, Mr President, from the testimony of Dr Wright; from the facts which Dr Gregory has now acknowledged in his printed Defence; and from what I heard from his own mouth in this room, and in the presence of the College, it appears to me, that the charge brought against him, of being guilty of a wilful and deliberate vio- lation of truth, is as certainly proved as that one and two make three. I can, therefore, have no hesitation in agreeing to the motion before us, That such a violation of truth on the part of Dr Gregory, is highly immoral, and deserves the reprobation of the College. D
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