We submit these observations to the calm and serious consideration of
our countrymen. We address them especially to the members of our
legislature. Upon the attention of the latter we would particularly urge
this further consideration, the importance of which they well know how
to estimate. In consequence of the difficulty of procuring subjects in
England, every medical student in Great Britain who can possibly afford
the time now goes to Paris to perfect himself in anatomy. Accordingly
the number of English students in Paris is already immense: that number
increases rapidly every year: it increases by the desertion of the
schools in Edinburgh and London. The consequence is obvious, and will be
surely and deeply felt in a few years. Anatomy will be neglected in
England, and for this indispensable branch of knowledge England will
become entirely dependent on France. There cannot be a doubt that there
is good sense enough among the people of England to submit to whatever
regulations may be necessary to prevent evils so serious and so fatal,
provided such regulations are framed in a proper spirit, and observed
with a due regard to decorum, and it is certain that those persons who
co-operate to establish these regulations will ultimately receive, as
they will deserve, the gratitude of their country.
FINIS.
T. C. Hansard, Pater-noster-row Press.
FOOTNOTE:
[A] A winter never passes without proving fatal to several students who
die from injuries received in dissection.
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