Testimonials in favour of Aeneas Munro, M.D., C.M. ... : candidate for the Chair of Medical Jurisprudence in the Andersonian University.

Date:
1872
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    TO THE MANAGERS AND TRUSTEES—THE PATRONS OF THE ANDERSONIAN UNIVERSITY. Gentlemen, I beg most respectfully to offer myself as a Candidate for the Chair of MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE, vacant by the resignation of Dr. P. A. Simpson. While Medical Jurisprudence has reference to all the different departments of Medical Science, the fact appears to be well known to the Patrons that more than one-half of its literature and real work is intimately associated with Insanity and Midwifery, or questions relating to these branches. To each of these I have devoted special atten- tion. In addition to an extended course of study at College, to which I do not refer, I attended Professor Laycock’s Course of Lectures on Medical Psychology and Mental Diseases, and enjoyed the privilege of accompanying him weekly to Clinical Demonstrations at an Asylum. Besides, I was Resident Physician in two different Asylums for four months. I was Resident Surgeon in the Royal Maternity Hospital of Edinburgh during the usual term ; and while there I obtained extensive experience of a varied nature, both in the Hospital and its Out-door practice. I held the appointment of Class-Assistant to the late distinguished Sir J. Y. Simpson, Bart., and had charge of his large and excellent Museum,—a matter of no little moment. After passing some time on the Continent visiting many of its schools—I was while abroad asked