Memorial of certain of the medical lecturers in King's College and University, to the ... Senatus of King's College. November 1850 / [William Templeton].

  • Templeton, W. (William), 1810?-1884.
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[1850]
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Credit: Memorial of certain of the medical lecturers in King's College and University, to the ... Senatus of King's College. November 1850 / [William Templeton]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    candidates who were not students at the school—the stu¬ dents coming forward being to the other candidates as one in ten. They were not to be paid for examining, as their colleagues were still to be, but were to do the work for the honour and satisfaction of doing it. They were not to exercise their new vocation at the immediately succeeding graduation term, nor at the following one, hut at the term subsequent to that; that is to say, not until the end of the session of 1849-50, or about sixteen months after the date of their memorial, while they were still, howrever, to submit cheerfully to be annually assessed to the same amount as their more fortunate brethren for the general expenses of the School—in this particular there was always a most im¬ partial equality. Such are the facts which require to be set forward, as an introduction to the representation which we have now to make, regarding the way in which the College has fulfilled its agreement. Since the above arrangement was concluded, some changes have taken place in our body. One of the paid Examiners has thrown up his office of Lecturer, and the University, instead of calling on one of his unpaid colleagues to occupy the post of Examiner, as was looked for and ex¬ pected, has chosen to advance the newly appointed Lecturer to the duty also of examining. Two of those who memo¬ rialized you on the last occasion, have since then been pro¬ moted to teach in other Schools of Medicine. One of the vacancies thus occasioned still remains to supplied. When the time indicated in Dr. Fyfe's letter at length came round, namely, the graduation examination of April, 1850, we received, to our surprise, no intimation whatever, either private or official, but thought it unnecessary to take any notice of this, as we had reason to suppose that none but practitioners from a distance had offered themselves for examination. We found afterwards, from the published list of graduates, that we were right in this supposition, 'i'he next examination of Candidates took place at the con¬ clusion of the Summer Session of the present year, in the end of July. Still no intimation was sent to us as Examin¬ ers, although now we observed the names of Students in the published list of Medical Graduates.