Description Of Item | From the papers of Richard Poole. Includes letter from Richard Poole to William Renny concerning stamp duty on licences; extract from the minutes of the Royal College of Surgeons, 12th April 1831 with letters from John Gairdner and William Scott, the latter on research done for Poole; statement by Dr Thomson on the future of the Chair of Pathology; questions to Mr Lawrence and others with answers relative to pathology; memorial of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Town Council of Edinburgh to Lord John Russell regarding Professorship of Pathology, c1836; copy of a letter to Sir John Campell by Poole on stamp duty on licences with his response; letter from G A Borthwick returning a proof; letter from D Cameron enclosing minutes; and letters from Thomas Spens querying minutes and expressing concern at the possible expense of proposed resolutions on the benevolent association. |