A short answer to a sett [sic] of queries, annex'd to a pamphlet lately publish'd [by W. Baylies] pretending to be an historical account of the rise, progress, and management of the General Hospital, or Infirmary in the City of Bath / By a Governor of the said charity [i.e. the Hon. B. Bathurst].

  • Bathurst, Benjamin, 1711-1767
Date:
1759
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A short answer to a sett [sic] of queries, annex'd to a pamphlet lately publish'd [by W. Baylies] pretending to be an historical account of the rise, progress, and management of the General Hospital, or Infirmary in the City of Bath / By a Governor of the said charity [i.e. the Hon. B. Bathurst]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    any government at all, or care of the patients, and what is (fill worfe, they may labour as many months under their mifmanagement. The ad of parliament therefore intends that a general court (hall be called at any time, and, in this general court, gives a power to the governors to remove at their will and pleafure any perfon fo eleded, and requires fourteen days notice to be given of fuch general court fo called; for the general court held on the firft of May, being the day fixed by the ad of parliament, is of public notoriety, and does not require any fuch notice. The gover¬ nors have therefore done right in cal¬ ling general courts from time to time for the eledion of phylicians, on any death or refignation, and in my opi¬ nion have not only erred in not do¬ ing the fame for the eledion of gover¬ nors, but have fuffered the hofpital to be many months without the affif- tance