Two essays : one upon single vision with two eyes ; the other on dew : a letter to the Right Hon. Lloyd, Lord Kenyon, and an account of a female of the white race of mankind, part of whose skin resembled that of a negro ; with some observations on the causes of the differences in colour and form between the white and negro races of men / by the late William Charles Wells, with a memoir of his life, written by himself.

Date:
1818
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Credit: Two essays : one upon single vision with two eyes ; the other on dew : a letter to the Right Hon. Lloyd, Lord Kenyon, and an account of a female of the white race of mankind, part of whose skin resembled that of a negro ; with some observations on the causes of the differences in colour and form between the white and negro races of men / by the late William Charles Wells, with a memoir of his life, written by himself. 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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    insufficient barriers against the entrance of un- worthy persons into the corporation. But it seems to me more difficult to admit that this was in truth their opinion, than to believe, that the real object of the new regulation was very remote from the one exhibited; and what I shall immediately say, will probably incline your Lordship to form a similar conclusion. In the end of June 1798, Dr. Pitcairn, though much debilitated by a dangerous illness, under which he had lately laboured, attended at the college to give notice, that he should in the following September again propose me for ex- amination. To this notice he premised, that he conceived it to be unnecessary, since the merits of his first proposal had not yet been considered. But unfortunately for mankind and himself, he was shortly after again taken ill, and was in consequence obliged to leave London for the re- covery of his health, a few days before the time arrived for making his motion. Previously to his departure, however, he wrote a letter to Dr. Baillie, in which, after stating his own in- ability to propose me, he delegated that office to him. Accordingly, Dr. Baillie produced this letter at the meeting of the college in Sep- tember, and then proceeded to execute his trust. This was resisted by the same men, who had opposed the former motion for my being