| Description Of Item | From the collection of Alexander Watson. Printed invitation with the following papers included: proposal of two optional classes, 25th June 1829; proposal of a 2nd conscript surgeon or military surgeon, July 1829; an objection to the handling of motions by the College with an inserted paper protesting against students being obliged to attend a second course of lectures on surgery with the alternative of attending military surgery; an objection to students attending 'so small a hospital' (hospital not specified); one paper with 'regarding the election of a Professor of Surgery' at the front and 'regarding the college classroom' at the rear, 1829; invitation to a meeting of the College, 25th May 1830 with a note on voting procedures on the reverse; notes on 'the abuses of the charity' (possibly the Public Dispensary) chiefly unqualified assistants prescribing for patients and the problem of staffing. |