Army Medical School, Netley.

Date:
[1879]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Army Medical School, Netley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    7 ARMY MEDICAL SCHOOL, NETLEY. The prizes were distributed at Netley on 3d February 1879, at the conclusion of.the thirty-seventh session of the Army Medical School, by Surgeon-General Sir J. Fayrer, K.C.S.L, LL.D., M.D., F.R.S., in the presence of Surgeon-General Massey, C.B., the P. M. 0., the Commandant, the Professors, and a number of military and medical officers and visitors. The following is a list of the successful candidates for com- missions as surgeons in Her Majesty’s Indian medical service, in- cluding the recipients of prizes :— No. Name Marks. No. Name. Marks. 1. Sweeny, T. H. * + . . 5171 9. Briggs, H. B. . 4246 2. Barry, D. F. ** . 5115 10. Carson, W. P. . . 4235 3. Harris, G. F. A. . 5093 11. Faulkner, A. S. . 3836 4. Anderson, J. . 5073 12. Mallins, C. . 3834 5. Bamber, C. J. . . 4618 13. Damla, E. M. . . 3236 6. O’Dwyer, M. . 4604 14. Allen, R. M. . 3186 7. Dumbleton, E. H. . 4415 15. Carruthers, H. St C. . 3089 8. Lowdell, O' G. W. . . 4264 * Gained the Parkes Memorial Bronze Medal. *t Gained the Herbert Prize. ** Gained the Martin Memorial Medal. The following were the successful candidates for commissions as surgeons in the medical service of the Eoyal Navy:— No. Name. 1. French, A. M. 2. Williams, E. H. 3. Fergusson, E. Marks. 3507 3504 3176 Sir J. Fayrer, after distributing the prizes, addressed them nearly as follows:— Having completed the agreeable duty of distributing prizes to those who have earned those honourable distinctions, I now turn to that of addressing a few words to you on the completion of your studies at Netley, and on the eve of your departure to com- mence the work of your professional life. I desire, first of all, to offer my congratulations to the Principal, the Professors, and the medical officers of the Army Medical School on the successful completion of another term, and on the very marked evidence afforded by the report that has just been read, that this institution continues to maintain its high standard of utility, and the candidates the discipline and conduct that becomes their position. I would also take this opportunity of warmly congratulating Surgeon-General M'Lean on his restoration to health, and express a sincere hope that his valuable services may long be continued to the institution, of which he has been for so many years its principal support, and a brilliant ornament. I feel sure that no one can have seen this school and hospital, with its splendid appliances and machinery for medical education of a special kind, without recognising the great power it must exercise for good on the sanitary welfare of our army and navy, the civil