An exposition of the case of the assistant-surgeons of the Royal Navy / By a naval medical officer [i.e. J.O. McWilliam].

Date:
1850
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Credit: An exposition of the case of the assistant-surgeons of the Royal Navy / By a naval medical officer [i.e. J.O. McWilliam]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    AN EXPOSITION OF THE CASE OF THE ASSISTANT-SURGEONS OF THE ROYAL NAVY. BY A NAVAL MEDICAL OFFICER. “ It is what this honorable and patriotic class are thus debarred of doing of themselves, that we address ourselves on the present occasion to do for them, with the full conviction that so simple and inexpensive a remedy will not be long with¬ held from so palpable and serious an evil. “- that such remedy should be applied without delay, is what we think our readers will unanimously allow, after perusing a plain statement of the case.”—Times : Leading Article on the Grievances of the Assistant-Surgeons of Her Majesty's Navy, July 4th, 1848. “ The youths from our schools of medicine are hesitating to enter the naval medical service, while the College of Surgeons of London, Edinburgh, Dublin, and Glasgow, have petitioned the two houses of Parliament on the subject of the grievances of the medical officers of the navy. The government must now adopt one of two alternatives—it must be content to receive as medical officers for its fleets the refuse of the medical schools, or it must abolish injustice and exclusion.”—Summary of Claims of Medical Officers, 8fc. Lancet, Sept. 22, 1849. “ The assistant-surgeons in the navy are denied the decencies due to their social standing.”—Professor Walshe’s Introductory Lecture to the Principles and Practice of Medicine; delivered at the London University, Oct. 1, 1849, THIRD EDITION-FIFTH THOUSAND. LONDON: JOHN CHURCHILL, PRINCES STREET, SOHO. 1850.