A letter to the President and Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians, London / by Edwin Lankester.

  • Lankester, E. Ray (Edwin Ray), Sir, 1847-1929.
Date:
1847
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Credit: A letter to the President and Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians, London / by Edwin Lankester. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INTRODUCTION. From the circumstance of being refused a license to practise in London, after having been granted a license to practice in the country, by the College of Physicians, I felt that justice to myself, as well as the College, demanded that I should not only offer an explanation of my conduct on that occasion, but also that I should remove, if pos¬ sible, the mark of disgrace which such an occurrence would be likely to attach to me. The same motives which induced me to address the President and Pel- lows of the College, have prompted me to print that address for the purpose of circulating amongst my friends, so that at least my own justification may extend as far as the College condemnation. In doing this, I do not wish to place myself in a position of antagonism to the College: I am still one of its members, and though belonging to what some may regard as the humbler class of its licentiates, I am not the less anxious that anything I do should be no disgrace to a body which ought to be the embodiment of the moral as well as the intellectual deve¬ lopment of one of the noblest professions. I also hope that the publication of the circumstances under which