| Description Of Item | He lists the medical subjects he studied 1844-1845: Dr Handyside's anatomy; Dr Fyfe's chemistry; Dr Clarke's anatomy and physiology; Professor Cumming's chemistry; Dr Fisher's materia medica; Professor Henshaw's botany; and Professor Haviland's practice of physic and pathology. He had also attended clinics at a hospital in Cambridge and the Edinburgh Infirmary and practiced pharmacy at the Old Town Dispensary. He was either asking Alison for a testimonial or applying for a post. |