Testimonials in favour of David Johnston as candidate for the Chair of Materia Medica.

Date:
1832
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Credit: Testimonials in favour of David Johnston as candidate for the Chair of Materia Medica. 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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    9. The literary reputation I had acquired at an early age, both at home and on the Continent, joined to the full opportunities I have ever enjoyed of obtaining practical knowledge in my profession, have warranted me in taking the course I have pursued. After having completed my full course of medical and ge- neral study in Edinburgh, I took my degree of M. D. I then repaired to the Continent, where I spent four years in the Me- dical Schools of France, Italy, and Germany,—adding to my stock of knowledge, studying the literature, and making my- self familiar with the languages of these countries. On my return to Edinburgh, I entered as a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, and became connected with my father, Mr Henry Johnston, in general practice. Subsequently to this, I published several works, which were received in this country most honourably, and were praised in a very flattering manner by the various periodicals of the day. On the Continent they were more especially no- ticed, and the principal of them was translated into German, and I have been led to believe also into Italian. I may be al- lowed to add, that they attracted, in a particular manner, the notice of the illustrious Marquis de Pastoret, late Chancel- lor of France. With respect to that knowledge more immediately neces- sary for discharging properly the duties of the vacant Chair, I beg to state, that, having obtained a thorough chemical edu- cation in Edinburgh, I prosecuted the study analytically, and more in detail, in the great practical laboratories of Vauque- lin, and the other celebrated chemists of Paris. When resid- ing within the Jardin des Plantes, I had, from particular cir- cumstances, free access to the ateliers, where the distinguished