Volume 1

A letter to Sir Astley Cooper ... on certain proceedings connected with the establishment of an anatomical and surgical school at Guy's Hospital / [Joseph Henry Green].

  • Green, Joseph Henry, 1791-1863.
Date:
1825
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Credit: A letter to Sir Astley Cooper ... on certain proceedings connected with the establishment of an anatomical and surgical school at Guy's Hospital / [Joseph Henry Green]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Anatomical School, designed to be established at Guys Hospital. But, as a part of the intended arrangement, it was necessary that the new school should be provided with a Museum, and with this view you addressed to me a letter, dated 21st March, 1825, in which you say: “It is my inten- “ tion to take my half of the Museum.” On my objecting to this that I was “ quite at a loss to un- “ derstand your claim to a removal of any part of “ the preparations,” you stated to me, in reply, “ I “ have now given my property in the Museum to “ the President and Governor of Guy’s Hospital, “ and to their proper officer I must now refer you, “ in order that the same maybe carried into effect.”* I then commenced a correspondence with Mr. Freshfield, on the part of Guy’s Hospital, and to my last letter, dated September 9th, 1825, received no answer. The correspondence having thus terminated, a printed Memorial, signed by Mr. Key and Mr. B. Copper, was circulated among the Members of the Committee of St. Thomas’s Hospital. This Memorial had for its ostensible purpose the procuring the interference of the Committee, on the ground that I refused to fulfil an alleged agreement, which was made the condition of your resignation, that your share of the Museum should become the property of your Nephews. Mr. Key