Medical and surgical establishments of the infirmary.

Date:
[1828?]
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Credit: Medical and surgical establishments of the infirmary. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Medical School. To some of the Managers it is possible this may require explanation. What I allude to, then, regards the pecuniary resources of the charity. We derive our reve- nue, it is well known, from various quarters; one of them is from the contributions of the Students, and they are the best of our annual subscribers, the amount of fees being from £300 to £500 yearly; a sum at the present rate equal to the interest of many thousand pounds. Now, it is clear, that the more our School flourishes, the more subscriptions will be obtained. We have a good example of the importance of such a fund in the Edinburgh Infirmary. The Medical School of that city is well known to be the most famous in the world, drawing Students from every quarter; the income to the Hospital from the pupils is benefited in proportion, amounting to the large sum of £2000 annually. Our charities in Glasgow every body feels to be numerous and heavy; and had we a like assist- ance from the same source, it would materially lighten the burden of the Infirmary among our citizens. The flourishing state of our Medical Seminaries might prove beneficial in another, though more circuitous, way. The more celebrated our School becomes, the more will be increased the emolu- ments of teaching, so as to tempt the most eminent of the Profession to settle here, and ensure to us the benefit of their superior knowledge and ability. Such, Sir, are some remarks concerning our Medical and Surgical Establishments, that have been suggested by the extraordinary proceeding that took place at our last Infirmary Board. They have run out to a length far beyond what I intended, and it is possible they may be imputed to motives that have no connexion with their origin. It has been said, for instance, that I am an enemy to all Surgery, and Surgeons, an imputation, at once, unfounded, and absurd. I have the honour to be President of the Surgeons, no less than the Physicians, of Glasgow, and I have, farther, the happiness to enjoy the intimacy of many among the former, both young and old, whose worth I esteem, and whose talents I respect. Besides, it is by no means my interest to quarrel with this class of Practitioners.—If the accusation is built on what I have said regarding the Surgical arrangements of the Infirmary,