A letter to Andrew Duncan, senior, M.D. ... regarding the establishment of a new infirmary / by Richard Poole.

  • Poole, Richard, 1780?-1870.
Date:
1825
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Credit: A letter to Andrew Duncan, senior, M.D. ... regarding the establishment of a new infirmary / by Richard Poole. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    fectly satisfied, too, that the Surgeons of that establishment, the most responsible and efficient, more especially, ought, equally with the Physi- cians, to receive salaries, which they do not,—and, moreover, it seems to me right and proper for those, whether Physicians or Surgeons, who, pe- riodically or statedly, deliver the Clinical Lec- tures, which you justly commend, to receive fees, as theij do, from Students—fees over and above, be it remembered, what are paid for the privilege of attending in the Infirmary and witnessing the practice carried on in it. I am quite satisfied with the principle of such consideration and ac- knowledgment. I would conceive the exemplifi- cation of it, in the case of the Royal Infirmary, might serve very properly so far as a model for the promoters and directors of a new rival In- firmary. They would appear to me fully war- ranted, in short, in endeavouring, even on such points, to maintain what you condemn, but what I conceive to be conducive to excellence, ho- nourable rivalry and wholesome competition. Such, therefore, being my sentiments on pock- eting, I, as one individual, am no way loath to take my share, both of the odium, and the more ponderable stuff, which you so liberally promise to the medical projectors and supporters of the highly favoured rival. I tell you honestly, that, were I thought qualified for office in it—did I perform the duties committed to me, in a manner