Answer to a pamphlet entitled The medical school of Edinburgh.

Date:
1819
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Answer to a pamphlet entitled The medical school of Edinburgh. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tyy their names razed out of their books, their acts of admission torn, and be de¬ prived of all privileges as freemen of their corporation. And if any apprentice be found at this practice, they shall forfeit their indentures, and be dismissed their service with disgrace What does our pamphleteer say to this ? Not a word ; but wants to make us believe* that our Medical Schools cannot exist unless they have liberty to ransack all the church¬ yards of the country for subjects. This idea is most ridiculous ; and I am sure every surgeon in Edinburgh will side with me, at least all of any respectability: and for the rest, I care little about,' for their deeds will find them some day or other to their cost. In the next place,- our pamphleteer be¬ gins with a high encomium on Provost Drummond; which I do not mean to con¬ demn, as Provost Drummond was an ex¬ cellent man, and made such wise regula¬ tions for the town, that I am sure no