The introductory address delivered at the London Hospital School of Medicine on the 1st October, 1846 / by T.B. Curling.

  • Curling, Thomas Blizard, 1811-1888.
Date:
1846
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Credit: The introductory address delivered at the London Hospital School of Medicine on the 1st October, 1846 / by T.B. Curling. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    daily, I might say hourly, admitted, are so numerous, that during your attendance on the practice you will have opportunities of learning, and indeed of taking part in the treatment of all the more important, as well as of the minor cases in surgery. It may be known to many of you, that about two years ago the governors of the hospital, in order to afford more efficient assistance to urgent cases of accident immediately on their admission, determined on the appointment of three house surgeons, and likewise made alterations in the arrangements for the dressing pupils. It having been represented to the House Committee that these changes had lessened the advantages of this hospital as a school of instruction, by depriving the pupils of the opportunity of witnessing the casualties occurring in the night, the governors lately consented to restore to the dressing pupils the privilege of residence here during the night, as well as in the day-time, and to restrict the number of house surgeons to one. This last appointment, which cannot fail to be of great practical value, will be given to pupils who have proved their fitness for the office by exemplary conduct as dressers, and who have passed their examination and received their diploma at the College of Surgeons: and the dressing pupils will, I doubt not, cheerfully and gladly avail themselves of the advice of an officer whose instructions will be to superintend their duties, and render them every assistance without trenching on their privileges, or diminishing their opportunities of acquiring practical information in the management of the cases. Another change which has been made with