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Credit: Testimonials in favour of George Ballingall. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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![and hazardous operations on the field of battle, possibly under a scorching sun, or exposed to the utmost inclemencies of the weather, to say nothing of the difficulties and danger in trans- ]>orting those brave men afterwards over bad roads to consi- derable distances. * * ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ “ The professional attainments of such young medical gen- tlemen as are intended for the public service, ought to be of the highest order. The government seeing this, thought proper, about eighteen years ago, to establish a Regius Professorship, of Military Surgery in the University of Edinburgh ; and we may safely say, that no chair in that celebrated school has been more ably filled than that of military surgery. “ We say, unhesitatingly, of these lectures, that they ought to be in the possession of every medical officer in the king’s service, for they embrace subjects which never before formed part of a course of surgery in this country. “ The historical notice he has given of the rise and pro- gress of military surgery is interesting, nor are we aware that the same kind of information is to be found elsewhere ; nei- ther ought the author’s judicious remarks on the site of camps and hospitals, and on the transport of the sick and wounded, to be passed unnoticed.”—London Medical Gazette, vol. vi. p. 950. “ Dr. Ballingall’s \vork embraces a great num.ber of the topics which we have enumerated ; and we trust he will find an opportunity of further extending it, and of discussing some of the subjects, merely glanced at for the present, more in de- tail. Dr. Ballingall will recollect, that he fills the only chair of military surgery in this country, and that to him particu- larly, the army have a right to look for instruction upon the means of preserving the health of soldiers. His talents, his industry, his success as an author, and, perhaps above all,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21981139_0012.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
