An address, delivered at the Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery, on Monday, October 6, 1834, on the occasion of the passing of the appended laws and regulations / by John Johnstone.

  • Johnstone, John, 1768-1836.
Date:
1834
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Credit: An address, delivered at the Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery, on Monday, October 6, 1834, on the occasion of the passing of the appended laws and regulations / by John Johnstone. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ]1 And now it only remains for this general meeting to take into consideration those laws which may secure to our successors the School of Medicine, not only sound and inviolate, but advancing in usefulness and prosperity. The Committee, to draw up the rules, has had all the advantages to be derived from gentlemen distin- guished in the law, in consultation with the Rev. and Worshipful the Chancellor of the Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry, (another of our munificent patrons,) and other gentlemen of judgment and discretion. It is your part, my Lords and Gentlemen, to set a seal upon their labours, and to enact such a code for the institution as shall correspond with what I know to be their most earnest prayer and devout wish. Esto Perpetua ! At the conclusion of the Address, the following Laws and Regulations were unanimously passed: EDWARD JOHNSTONE, M. D., Phesident, in the Chair. LAWS AND REGULATIONS. I—Of the Objects of the Institution. 1— The Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery has been institut- ed for the purpose of giving full and requisite instruction in all the depart- ments of Medicine and Surgery, and the auxiliary sciences. II—Of the Puivileges of Donous. 2— Donors of five guineas and upwards to be considered Governors, with power to vote at General Meetings and with free admission for them- selves, families, and strangers to the Museums and library. 3— Original Donors of two guineas, and under five, to have access for themselves and strangers to the Library and Museums; and also annua Subscribers of one guinea, who, after having made seven payments, shall