Papers relative to the question of providing adequate means for the study of anatomy. I. Introduction by Robert Ferguson. II. An abstract of the Bill recently passed in America to facilitate the study of anatomy. III. Report from the Select Committee appointed by the House of Commons to inquire into the manner of obtaining subjects for dissection in the schools of anatomy. IV. Address from the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons ... V. On the anatomical question, by B.C. Brodie / [Robert Ferguson].

  • Ferguson, Robert, 1799-1865
Date:
1832
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Credit: Papers relative to the question of providing adequate means for the study of anatomy. I. Introduction by Robert Ferguson. II. An abstract of the Bill recently passed in America to facilitate the study of anatomy. III. Report from the Select Committee appointed by the House of Commons to inquire into the manner of obtaining subjects for dissection in the schools of anatomy. IV. Address from the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons ... V. On the anatomical question, by B.C. Brodie / [Robert Ferguson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    III. REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Select Committee, appointed to inquire into the manner of obtaining subjects for dissection in the Schools of Anatomy, and into the State of the Law afiecting the Persons employed in obtaining or dissecting Bodies; and to whom several Petitions for the removal of Im¬ pediments to the cultivation of the Science of Anatomy were referred,* and who were empowered to report the Minutes of Evidence taken before them; Have pursuant to the Order of The House, examined the matters to them referred; and agreed to the following REPORT: The peculiar nature of the subject which the Committe were ap¬ pointed to investigate, has induced them to inquire principally into the practice of the Anatomical Schools of London, where, by personal communication with the most eminent surgeons and with the students and principal teachers of Anatomy, it could be fully ascertained that no detriment to their interests was to be appre¬ hended from the publicity to arise out of the present inquiry. With regard to the practice of the provincial schools, to avoid the expense of summoning witnesses from a distance, they have been satisfied with written communications from resident professors or practitioners of eminence, which will be found in the Appendix. The Committee have inquired into the nature of the difficulties which the Anatomists have here to contend with, whether arising out of the state of the law, or an adverse feeling on the part of the