Report of proceedings at the public dinner in honour of Sir Robert Christison, Bart. on Friday, February 23, 1872 being the fiftieth anniversary of his induction as a professor in the University of Edinburgh.

Date:
1872
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Credit: Report of proceedings at the public dinner in honour of Sir Robert Christison, Bart. on Friday, February 23, 1872 being the fiftieth anniversary of his induction as a professor in the University of Edinburgh. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    THE DINNER. At half-past six o’clock a company, numbering about two hundred and fifty gentlemen, sat down to dinner in the Douglas Hotel (Slaney’s). The tables were admirably laid out, a fine collection of greenhouse plants placed at intervals along the tables adding considerably to the agreeable effect of the scene. It may here be mentioned that, after the dinner was concluded, Misses Marion and Harriette Christison, Sir Robert Christison’s grandchildren, and other ladies of the family, occupied places in the gallery; and that during the evening the proceedings were much enlivened by the excellent singing of a choir party, con- sisting of the following gentlemen :—Dr. Maclagan, Dr. D. Christison, Mr. Finlay, Mr. John Christison, Mr. D. D. Maclagan, and Herr Kiichler. The Right Hon. John Inglis, Lord Justice-General, Chan- cellor of the University of Edinburgh, occupied the chair; and the croupiers were—Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, Bart., Rector Edinburgh University; Sir Alexander Grant, Bart., Principal Edinburgh University; Robert Paterson, Esq., M.D., Presi- dent Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh ; William Walker, Esq., President Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh ; J. G. Fleming, Esq., M.D., President of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow. Among others present, besides Sir Robert Christison, were—David Christison, Esq., M.D., and John Chris- tison, Esq., W.S. (Sir Robert Christison’s sons) ; the Rev. Alexander Christison of Foulden (Sir Robert Christison’s twin brother), and the Rev. John Christison of Biggar (Sir Robert Christison’s cousin); the Lord Provost; the Lord Justice-Clerk; Sir William Gibson-Craig, Bart. ; Lord Deas, Lord Ardmillan, Lord Mackenzie, Sir David Baxter, Bart. ; Sir George Harvey, President Royal Scottish Academy; Sir William Thomson, A