An address upon laying the foundation-stone of the Queen's Hospital, Birmingham, June 18, 1840. With notes, and an appendix ... To which is prefixed, an account of the ceremony / [Vaughan Thomas].

  • Thomas, Vaughan, 1775-1858
Date:
1840
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Credit: An address upon laying the foundation-stone of the Queen's Hospital, Birmingham, June 18, 1840. With notes, and an appendix ... To which is prefixed, an account of the ceremony / [Vaughan Thomas]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    AN ADDRESS UPON LAYING THE FOUNDATION-STONE OF THE QUEEN’S HOSPITAL, BIRMINGHAM, June 18, 1840. WITH NOTES, AND AN APPENDIX. BY VAUGHAN THOMAS, B.D. VICAR OF STONLEIGH, WARWICKSHIRE, AND FORMERLY FELLOW AND TUTOR OF CORPUS CHRIST! COLLEGE, OXFORD. TO WHICH IS PREFIXED, AN ACCOUNT OF THE CEREMONY, AND THE LIST OF SUBSCRIPTIONS TO JUNE 20. PRINTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE COUNCIL OF THE ROYAL SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY. Many Hospitals, suggested by Piety and Devotion, have been wisely modelled into Schools of Science, and illustrate the excellence of Charity, whose immediate benefits have always an extended influence.Enlightened Charity will direct her gifts according to the views of Science. Sir William Bltzard, Knt. E.R.S. F.A.S. Hon. Prof.of Anat. and Surg. of the Royal Coll, of Surgeons. Hunterian Oration for 1815, p. 11. OXFORD, PRINTED BY W. BAXTER.