Social science and actual life : an historical narrative of a conflict between private interests and public duty, during the Social Science Conference, addressed to Lord Brougham / by Joseph Sampson Gamgee.

  • Gamgee, Sampson, 1828-1886.
Date:
1857
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Credit: Social science and actual life : an historical narrative of a conflict between private interests and public duty, during the Social Science Conference, addressed to Lord Brougham / by Joseph Sampson Gamgee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    rating on any subsequent separate proposition. It was no secret, it has not been for years, that Dr. Birt Davies has made every effort to fit his son for the per- formance of the duties of a hospital surgeon: and was it not one of the greatest evidences that could be given in favor of the unprejudiced character of the Profes- sorial 'report, that it took no cognizance of Mr. Ked- fern Davies as a candidate for the full Surgeoncy, be- yond recognizing him qualified and ehgible ; although his father has for well-nigh a third of a century been a most indefatigable officer of the Institution, and has additionally conferred lustre upon it as a Coroner and as a borough Magistrate, Individually, under the circum- stances, I cannot but feel grateful for and honored by Dr. Birt Davies' vote, almost more than by that of any other of my professional judges, if I except the founder of the Hospital and Dean of the College, Professor Sands Cox. Assuming that the facts of the case had been fully stated to a stout-hearted mechanic, a representative of the press, and one of the great landed proprietors of the county, it might be supposed that their opinion would be expressed somewhat after this fashion: firstly let the artizau'—the sinew of Birmingham's glory— speak. He has laid down the sledge hammer, wiped from his begrimed manly face the down-trickling sweat, and crossed his arms to listen to the facts, after which he remarks: The case seems a hard one; I say, let justice be done. I don't think John Ratcliff, Esq., of Widdrington House, our worthy Mayor, seems to