A letter to Sir Astley Cooper, Bart., F.R.S., surgeon to the King, &c. &c., on certain procedures connected with the establishment of an anatomical and surgical school, at Guy's hospital / By J.H. Green.

  • Green, Joseph Henry, 1791-1863.
Date:
1825
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Credit: A letter to Sir Astley Cooper, Bart., F.R.S., surgeon to the King, &c. &c., on certain procedures connected with the establishment of an anatomical and surgical school, at Guy's hospital / By J.H. Green. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Green 1,000/. for the moiety of the Museum. At another part:— The only person who has derived any pecuniary advan- tage from the transfer of the property is Mr. Cline, who has rc- ceived 2,000/. The true statement is, that Sir Astley Cooper, and not Mr, Cline, received 1,000/. from me for the moiety of the Museum. Mr. Cline, senior, did, indeed, receive 1,000/. from Sir Astley Cooper at the same time, but it was, as the executor of Mr. Cline, junior, according to articles of agreement. It is upon this transaction that the misrepresentation is founded, that Mr. Cline, senior, received 2,000/.; the fact being, that he received the last mentioned 1,000/., only as an executor: and, according to the terms of the same agreement, Sir Astley Cooper is now entitled to receive 1,000/. from me. This being paid, Sir Astley Cooper, in- deed, will have received 2,000/. but Mr. Cline, senior, in his own right, only 1,000/. Quot. 3rd.— He (Sir Astley Cooper) brought the whole of his own private collection. Sir Astley Cooper, according to an article of the agreement be- tween Mr. Henry Cline and himself, could not form a private col- lection. It is therein specified, that all preparations made by either party shall be considered a joint property. It is to be observed, also, that Sir Astley Cooper's preparations had been already in- corporated with the original collection when I became a partner, and Sir Astley Cooper, in consideration of 1,000/. put me into possession of a moiety of the whole, without reserve. Suot. 4th. The collection of preparations, at the period when Sir Astley Cooper was admitted a partner, was very limited. It has since increased two-fold, chiefly by the individual exertions of Sir Astley Cooper. I am willing to admit that Sir Astley Cooper has augmented the collection of preparations. But the Memorialists ought like- wise to have distinctly stated, that numerous other additions had been made, especially by Mr. Henry Cline, whose labours, during twenty years, greatly enriched the collection, and increased the number of preparations ; till his rising reputation, unfortunately for the profession of Surgery, was arrested by a premature death.