A few words on the claims of the medical profession upon the public / by Dr. John Robinson.

  • Robinson, John Bridger, 1953-
Date:
[between 1800 and 1899]
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Credit: A few words on the claims of the medical profession upon the public / by Dr. John Robinson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    these arduous and deserving services have met with the due requital. First, with respect to the distinction of title, the Medical profession cannot be said to have come in for its due share. It is true it can enumerate, in its numbers, five or six individuals raised to the Ba- ronetcy, and a few Knights ; but, in the name of goodness, what can be the reason, why an elevation to the Peerage should not be the reward of Medical at- tainment, when we see that distinction frequently conferred on indifferent Generals and second-rate Lawyers ? Leaving, however, out of consideration the dis- tinction of rank, of which, by the way, there is no class of men more unambitious, their services seem nowhere to meet with that encouraging liberality, which is often shown to others of a less important nature. Let the following fact be stated as a proof of this :— In the Lunatic Asylum of the first manufacturing county of England, the salary of the Physician is £100 a year, while the salary of the Chaplain is £300. Now, without underrating or undervaluing the services of the Religious Officer, in this instance, to any one who views the matter as he ought, the Physician should have the greater salary, as his services to an Institution of the kind are all-impor- tant ; while the attachment of a Chaplaincy, in the establishment alluded to, seems a matter of very