A narrative of facts in a letter to a medical friend on the rejection of certain resolutions relating to the qualifications of medical officers at the Salop Infirmary / by W. Clement.

  • Clement, William.
Date:
1814
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Credit: A narrative of facts in a letter to a medical friend on the rejection of certain resolutions relating to the qualifications of medical officers at the Salop Infirmary / by W. Clement. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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

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    Darwin's Letter had been read, complying with the solicitations of the Directors, by not withdrawing his services from the Infir- mary, the notice for a Special Meeting of the Trustees was then moved, and most respect- ably seconded. The Board divided: four were for the question, and three against it.—- One gentleman declined voting, and the wor- thy Chairman had no occasion to vote at all. That I had a personal share in these transac- tions, in pursuing my duty as a Director and Trustee, and in conformity too with my gene- ral sentiments, I do not deny. Rather I re- joice in having made an endeavour to support the respectability of the profession, of which I am but an humble Member, and to rescue the Institution from degradation. But it will^ be evident to you, that the act of calling the Trustees together was an act of the Weekly Board of Directors; and not, as was pe- remptorily affirmed by one of the Speakers at the General Meeting, the “ resolutions of Mr. Clement.” Some days previous to the Meeting, a Cir^ cular Letter was sent to the Trustees, which, with my Answer to the same, I beg to introduce without any comment :—■