Dr. Blundell's reasons for his retirement from the Medical School of Guy's Hospital : addressed to his medical friends.

  • James Blundell
Date:
1834
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Credit: Dr. Blundell's reasons for his retirement from the Medical School of Guy's Hospital : addressed to his medical friends. 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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    o of engagement which I could scarcely have deemed possible, if the proofs which I now bring had not been before me. On the 2nd of June last I had a loose prepara- tory conversation with Mr. Harrison, the individual whom it becomes my unpleasant duty to rebuke, respecting the admission of a gentleman (whom he t seemed desirous to patronise) to assist me in the labour of the lectures; and as we parted after- wards at the door of my study, he asked me, not without a little surprise on my part, whether the name of the individual referred to should be im- mediately inserted in the forthcoming advertise- ment. As the matter was of grave importance, amounting indeed to the recognition of a partner in the chair, and as the gentleman proposed was not present at the conference, and had entered into no engagements whatever respecting the terms of his admission, my answer was, as might be expected, —“No, not yet; on my return from the conti- nent I will come to an arrangement.” This answer met with a complete acquiescence on the part of Mr.
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