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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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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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    PREFACE. I hare carefully perused the following pages, and I have made two ver- bal alterations ; but as regards the facts and statements, I have nothing to add—nothing to retract. Whilst writing this narrative I entertained some fears that my strictures would be thought too severe, but I am pleased to find such is not the case.* If there be individuals who con- sider them so, in justification, they are referred to the occasion which called them forth, and to the opinion of Lord Bacon, who says, Men can- not contend coldly, and without affection, about things which they hold dear and precious. Previous to the appearance of the first edition, there were all kinds of exaggerated statements abroad, chiefly circulated by the party who had committed the injustice; but now all is quiet, and with the exception of a paragraph which appeared in the Hampshire Telegraph, to be presently referred to, I have not heard the slightest . adverse whisper, not even an insinuation against the truth of the facts recorded, or the justice of the reflections indulged in. Soft and easy touch a nettle, And it stings you for your pains; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. Till the documents contained in this pamphlet were published, the I large majority of individuals were not at all aware of the real merits of 1 the question. The position taken up by the medical gentlemen had been first so shamefully misrepresented, and then, these misrepresenta- * I am informed on the best authority that the great Sir F. Thesiger has been consulted respecting an action upon the contents of the narrative. Parturiunt monies naacetur ridicultcs mus.