Letter to the ladies and gentlemen contributors to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.

Date:
1821
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Letter to the ladies and gentlemen contributors to the Royal Infirmary 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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    LETTER TO THE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN CONTRIBUTORS - »r •* ■ » r •*, ^ ’ * 1 ■ TO THE ROYAL INFIRMARY EDINBURGH. Edinburgh, 15lh Dec. 1821, A. . . ' f. • • . • LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ; ;Y ' - 4pf I HAVE been frequently, and am almost daily ap- plied to for surgical advice or assistance by per- sons who have been patients in th6 Royal Infir- mary \ and I have never scrupled td take such per- sons under my charge as freely as any other pa- tients. 7 This proceeding on my part, it appears, has given offence to the surgeons of that Institu- tion, and some of their number, at least, have ac- cused me of decoying or enticing the patients of the Hospital to leave the house, and put them- selves under my care. Such accusations having