To the President & Governors of Addenbrooke's Hospital Cambridge / [Donald MacAlister].

  • MacAlister, Donald, 1854-1934.
Date:
[1884]
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Credit: To the President & Governors of Addenbrooke's Hospital Cambridge / [Donald MacAlister]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    XIII 15 Wimpole Street, Cavendish Square W July g, 1884 My dear MacAlister, Testimonials in your case I should have thought superfluous, and yet I am glad to have the oppor- tunity of expressing m3-7 own high admiration of your most unusual ability. I remember well the impres- sion you made upon all those with whom you came into relation at St Bartholomew's Hospital, and when you decided to return to Cambridge I felt that the profession in London had suffered loss, while Cambridge gained. Your election to Addenbrooke’s, which I hope is assured, will I am convinced add both to the reputation and attraction of the Cam- bridge Medical School and be to the advantage of the Hospital. I wish you success with all my heart. Yours ver)7 sincerely, SAMUEL WEST [■M.D. Oxo7i., late Casualty Physician, and Medical Tutor, to St Bartholomew''s Hospital, Assistant Physicia7t to the Royal Free Hospital, London] XIV 47 Park Street, Grosvenor Square W July 9, 1884 It is with the greatest satisfaction that I hear that Dr Donald MacAlister is a candidate for the office of Physician to Addenbrooke’s Hospital. His bril- liant career at Cambridge, and the sterling work he has