A narrative of the proceedings relative to the appointment of the medical officers to the Portsmouth, Portsea, and Gosport Hospital / by W.C. Engledue.

  • Engledue, W. C. (William Collins), 1814-1859.
Date:
[1849]
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Credit: A narrative of the proceedings relative to the appointment of the medical officers to the Portsmouth, Portsea, and Gosport Hospital / by W.C. Engledue. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    sional bretliren and myself, unless we were disposed to sacrifice a principle for which we had contended, would be excluded, I certainly should have refrained from as- sisting with my mite to promote a scheme to be con- ducted on such selfish and unjust principles. The first intimation I received, which convinced me that the spirit and manifest intention of the third resolution would not be carried out without an opposition, was at a committee meeting, a few days after the large meet- ing at the Beneficial Society's Hall. I do not think it necessary to repeat here the language uttered; it is suj93.cient to remark that an incidental conversation elicited opinions from two gentlemen, which convinced me that although they had not opposed the resolutions at the public meeting, they fully intended to prevent, if possible, the same being carried out. In fact, they fell back on their original grounds of opposition, al- though resolutions had been passed for the express purpose of preventing the question being raised again, and they had assisted in passing them, for they were present and they were passed unanwiously. The chair- man of the committee, Mr. W. Grant, interfered, and said, the point raised was settled at the public meeting by the thi/rd resolution. I took the opportunity of ex- pressing my feelings strongly on the subject, and im- mediately made up my mind as to the course to be pursued. I reported the conversation to my medical brethren, and pointed out to them the possibility of good faith not being kept with them. Recent proceed- ings have demonstrated that my conclusions were correct.