A letter in refutation of the aspersions cast upon the Court of Assistants and individual Members of the Royal College of Surgeons by a physician, in a late Address.

Date:
1825
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Credit: A letter in refutation of the aspersions cast upon the Court of Assistants and individual Members of the Royal College of Surgeons by a physician, in a late Address. 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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    G say, it must be some great and heinous offence, some crying and monstrous evil, that should tempt a respectable physician, one of a profession which rather affects reserve, to fall into such irre- gularities as this,—to attack a whole College,— to accuse them of ignorance and incapacity, of utter incompetency,—to accuse them of misrule from love of gain, and of exacting exorbitant fees for private distribution. That I may not be suspected of exaggeration, I give his own words: exorbitant fees exacted, the private distribution of the immense funds, the monopolizing by- law, &c. It is natural to ask, what could have tempted Dr. Armstrong to do this? or what could have in- duced him to attack the characters of the teachers of anatomy and surgery, who are so generally respected? In endeavouring to solve this, I was advised to examine the pages of a weekly publi- cation, where, in despite of truth, the most re- spectable establishments and the most meritorious members of the profession are abused. The con- tents of this work incontestibly prove, that Dr. Armstrong was, during the last year, one of its chief supporters. In the pages of that publica- tion we find him aver, that in this age a new sect of men has arisen in the profession. Among this sect I voluntarily place myself as a humble but a firm adherent. He continues, that he will, in the accumulated strength of this age,