| Description Of Item | The writer of the report puts the case for the full evidence being made available. 'It is therefore the duty of the College [Royal College of Surgeons] and for its own sake as well as of him who is accused to make a full inquiry into all the circumstances of the case, that if innocent he may obtain the protection of the College; or if culpable in order that the College may proceed as may be thought most expedient for the protection of its own dignity and respectability'. Also includes notes on the activities of Burke and Hare and Paterson. |