The oration delivered before the Medical Society of London, President, Henry Clutterbuck, Esq., M.D., at their sixty-ninth anniversary, March 8, 1842 / by Henry Hancock.

  • Hancock, Henry, 1809-1880.
Date:
1842
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Credit: The oration delivered before the Medical Society of London, President, Henry Clutterbuck, Esq., M.D., at their sixty-ninth anniversary, March 8, 1842 / by Henry Hancock. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    munerating professional attendants on the Poor Law Unions, and for doing away with the deroga- tory system of tenders; this alteration must be hailed with satisfaction by all, for nothing can be worse ; nothing more injurious to the character and dignity of the Profession, than the fact of Gentlemen, men of talent and learning, entering into competitions of this nature, under-bidding each other, until in some instances their emolu- ment might almost be summed up in the figure 0. I may be told itis very true that the emolument is small, but the appointment leads to something. It does indeed lead to something—to the degrada- tion of the Profession, and therefore ought never to have been practised. I trust, however, from the letter in question, that this grievance Avill soon be removed, and that the Members of the Medical Profession will henceforth be treated with that liberality and consideration, which as men of talent, and Gentlemen, they have every right to demand; particularly, as there is no class of men from whom so much gratuitous assistance is expected, nor by whom, I will fearlessly assert, that assistance is more liberally and cheerfully rendered. Sir, I cannot compliment the Council of the Medical Society of London on the selection they have made in the person of their Orator, but not being a member of that body I had no voice in the matter. Believe me, Sir, nothing could have been