A letter to Dr. James Gregory of Edinburgh in consequence of certain printed papers intituled, "The viper and file"; "There is wisdom in silence"; "An old story"; &c., which have lately been distributed by him / by Andrew Duncan senior, M.D. & P. and senior censor of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh.

  • Duncan, Andrew, 1744-1828.
Date:
1811
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Credit: A letter to Dr. James Gregory of Edinburgh in consequence of certain printed papers intituled, "The viper and file"; "There is wisdom in silence"; "An old story"; &c., which have lately been distributed by him / by Andrew Duncan senior, M.D. & P. and senior censor of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    lege. I observed, Sir, that the College, by an unani- mous vote of thanks to Dr Spens, had in reality long since pronounced a decision on Dr Gregory’s Review and Censorian Letter : that they had virtually declared these publications of his to be false and scandalous li- bels. It is well known to all of us, that in these he had accused Dr Spens, without the shadow of proof, of ha- ving proposed a revisiori of our laws, merely as a blind to accomplish a dishonourable object, and of having ap- pointed a packed Committee to obtain his end by fraud and chicanery. This heavy charge, Sir, I firmly believe, Dr Gregory well knew to be a falsehood, when he wrote it. From my own personal knowledge, I knew it to be ground- less ; for I was one of the Committee whom Dr Gregory had most unjustly accused of being previously brought over by Dr Spens, to join him in chicanery and fraud. This to my certain knowledge was not true. Every Member of the College, excepting Dr Gregory himself, was, T firmly believe, convinced of my innocence. It was the opinion of every other Member, that the charge of ap- pointing a packed Committee was totally groundless. Hence, almost immediately on the publication of Dr Gregory’s Censorian Letter, the College came to an un- animous declaration, that Dr Spens had acted from the purest motives, and in the most honourable manner. This vote was indeed passed in the absence of Dr Gre- gory : But, according to his own confession, he was in- tentionally absent, because he suspected some strong t measure