Proceedings at the opening of the new surgical hospital of the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, on Tuesday, 21st May, 1861.

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1861
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    established felt that it was wisely and humanely managed, and in a way calculated to achieve the object for which it had been erected. (Applause.) He concluded by again moving the resolution, and expressing the obligations the public were under to the managers, and he begged to couple with it, in the most especial manner, the name of the Lord Provost, who was always anxious to promote everything good and praiseworthy among us, and who had taken the warmest interest in the prosperity of this institution. (Applause.) The LoED Provost returned thanks for the honour which had been conferred upon the Directors of the institution and himself The services to which Sheriff Bell had alluded in such eloquent terms were no common services, but were of a very arduous character, and had been performed with a spirit which had rarely been equalled. He had seen the management of several institutions in this city, and he hesi- tated not to say that, not to one of them would he yield the palm, for anxiety on the part of the managers to carry forward their own work as managers, and also the grand object of the institution, that the relief of the distressed and the healing of disease might be carried forward as fully and effectually as possible. (Applause.) But he believed it was not the present management who could alone claim this; for they could look back to times gone past, and see that the institution had all along been conducted with prudence and ability. They now saw what the present Committee of Management had done. The erection of this Hospital had for some time been under consideration, and whilst the present management deserved some little credit, he would not detract from those who 70 years ago had selected so healthy a site for an institution so noble in its objects, and so grand in its architectural merits. He appeared before them as ex ojficio chairman of the institution—^he did not claim any merit in the getting up of this Hospital. There were gentlemen present most of whom had laboured hard in the getting up of this addition to the Infirmary, and he thought he would best consult the wishes of the meeting if he requested Mr. David Smith, who had exerted every energy in promoting the present erection, to make a few remarks to the meeting. (Applause.) Mr. David Smith said, that as Chairman of the Building
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