Ulniversit? College, Bristol. FACULTY OF MEDICINE.
Fry, Chairman of the Council of the Bristol Univers on October 20th at a meeting held in the Theatre the Museum and Library, when the Right Honourable Sir Fry, LL.D., F.R.S., distributed the prizes to the successful students the Medical School, which is now incorporated with the College. Mr. Albert
College, presided
J *
Ed^'a^ 1
The Dean of the Faculty (Dr. Markham Skerritt) reau report and list of prizes. The report contained the following:?-
th?
re.c?T.f.eit
of Medicine have much pleasure in making special which have occurred during the past year, which are, in opinion, of great importance to the medical department of the College. j-c One is the pu destined to have a marked influence upon its future. ^ opening of the long-needed new buildings on the 18th of last Novembe ^ Sir Andrew Clark, president of the Royal College of Physicians. vjofl handsome structure now at their disposal the Faculty have ample prov1 5 for carrying on with efficiency the work of the department in its In addition to the portion more especially devoted to teac -j aspects. Co t purposes, a large hall has been provided for use as a library, and the have made arrangements for the centralisation here of all the more imp0 ^ medical libraries at present in existence in the neighbourhood. consequently already in possession of a most extensive collection of 0 comprising not only the medical library of the College, but also those ^ Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Society, the Bristol Royal Infirmary, an fre Bristol General Hospital; while the medical works formerly belonging Bristol Museum and will also be transferred to the Medical L1 The
Faculty
^
two events
vaILjj)g
Library
^g
of the College. There will thus be formed an extensive reference library' value of which, not only to the students of this College, but also members of the medical profession of the West of England, cannot be 1 ne eauuiaLcu. estimated. made 1 tejic The ueen xuckjseconu second event which reierence reference has nas been event to to wmcn of the with the Bristol Medical School incorporation College. In since 1828, the Medical School was affiliated to the College at the of the ^ ^ ^ of the latter, continuing O to have a governing -"'"O body independent O ; 11/3(76 C of the College. As it was the opinion of both the Council of the Colie8e o> of the Medical School that a closer union would be a sou the
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.
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f?u^i ullcil
Faculty ^ strength to both institutions, negotiations were entered into whereby ?^e 12th April of the present year the Bristol Medical School ceased to n3^ 0' independent existence, and became merged in the College as its Facu jegg, Medicine. The Faculty have to congratulate themselves, and their on the appointment of a Professor of Anatomy who is prepared to a whole time to the work of teaching. Dr. Edward Fawcett has distinguished himself in the teaching of Anatomy at the Yorkshirec0 and he has entered on his duties at Bristol with every prospect of success.
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After some observations addressed to the successful and ful students respectively, in the course of which he observed tn
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FACULTY OF MEDICINE.
267
accurate *? P"zes by cSaC-ty P^city to succeed in life, Sir Edward Fry said w*n
was
no means an
measure
of the
:
the
confess that I never take part in gatherings of this description ?U* a cer"tain amount of hesitation and doubt. I am fully alive to
capacity of rapidly acquiring a great mass of it in a clear and concise form, which is reproducing pr0 rri?ted by competitive examinations; and I know that the extension of
Va^l?e ^fo rrna-ti?n
the and of
has been coincident with great advance in edu.SllC^ exaininations in this country in almost all branches of learning, and not leas^tlon^ose which connected with medical science. But thgigg11 :?s I feel incident to competitive strongly the evils which a
never-
are
are
artlinations
]{j. y some mysterious quality of our nature the object with which is ?wledge is acquired affects the knowledge itself: the purpose which on the intellect; so that on the Sen*- *n the will operates in some way Soni?ne hand, information acquired for the purpose of being used on
occasion is wont to vanish from the mind so soon as on the other hand, knowledge acquired :',s ?wn sake?for the sake of really knowing is fixed into the mind Were by a mordant. So?n as the looked-for examination is over, the mind is apt to
that6 Particular
f0 .occasion is passed; and
_
sUf}p? oCcar.
.
.
on particular collapse, and this occurs not only but often affects the whole habit of the intellect; and thus the schools, so soon as tj* ^en who have had a conspicuous success in if aji6^ have come to the end of their educational curriculum, feel as live thereafter as men With rn?tive for learning were withdrawn, and or no real thirst for knowledge. to little with curiosity satisfy, too late the fact that they have put the desire for success 'H of ^ ^'nations, which is a temporary and limited motive, into the place and infinite motive for the desire to which is a a
severe
Sl?ns,
The'0?
know,
therpfain ?re
aware
that
permanent
examinations
are
imposed
upon you, and I
allude to these incidental evils in the hope that you may be ?uard aSainst them, and may cultivate as far as possible that
y
^ger
them ss tor truth for its own sake which will go far to counteract Y* to live in a period of marked and raPid?U Jlave the great good fortuneleast in the biological sciences with in science, and not Miichadvance has been this advance, so are So
great chiefly concerned. tK?u and research, that you are efeh -6 extension of the means of enquiry ejiP?sed to the dangers and the embarrassment of an excess of
TV
I will is another difficulty which lies in your way to which allude, and in doing which I shall, I believe, have the conNw6 ?f many who are sitting near me, and who are far more ent to deal with the subject than I can be. Of medica say Ne f 1 AV'iU not sav anything; but of some scientific writing (Ithat 1 know that there are say great exceptions) I will dareInto the first to me to be justly open to much criticism. S ^e t?rs I e Productions to which I refer are devoid of style?by which not are that they are wanting in rhetoric, but that they deliberate effort at clearness and li Plicit ^vlthout any serious and I know that it is often a wearisome task to put order and ; but it is a statement of complicated and subtle facts; \vhi the reader has, in my humble opinion, a right to demand Writer. Instead of an orderly marshalling of facts and masses of s' how often do we get presented to us amorphous
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J, aPDP?r
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Fry, Chairman of the Council of the Bristol Univers on October 20th at a meeting held in the Theatre the Museum and Library, when the Right Honourable Sir Fry, LL.D., F.R.S., distributed the prizes to the successful students the Medical School, which is now incorporated with the College. Mr. Albert
College, presided
J *
Ed^'a^ 1
The Dean of the Faculty (Dr. Markham Skerritt) reau report and list of prizes. The report contained the following:?-
th?
re.c?T.f.eit
of Medicine have much pleasure in making special which have occurred during the past year, which are, in opinion, of great importance to the medical department of the College. j-c One is the pu destined to have a marked influence upon its future. ^ opening of the long-needed new buildings on the 18th of last Novembe ^ Sir Andrew Clark, president of the Royal College of Physicians. vjofl handsome structure now at their disposal the Faculty have ample prov1 5 for carrying on with efficiency the work of the department in its In addition to the portion more especially devoted to teac -j aspects. Co t purposes, a large hall has been provided for use as a library, and the have made arrangements for the centralisation here of all the more imp0 ^ medical libraries at present in existence in the neighbourhood. consequently already in possession of a most extensive collection of 0 comprising not only the medical library of the College, but also those ^ Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Society, the Bristol Royal Infirmary, an fre Bristol General Hospital; while the medical works formerly belonging Bristol Museum and will also be transferred to the Medical L1 The
Faculty
^
two events
vaILjj)g
Library
^g
of the College. There will thus be formed an extensive reference library' value of which, not only to the students of this College, but also members of the medical profession of the West of England, cannot be 1 ne eauuiaLcu. estimated. made 1 tejic The ueen xuckjseconu second event which reierence reference has nas been event to to wmcn of the with the Bristol Medical School incorporation College. In since 1828, the Medical School was affiliated to the College at the of the ^ ^ ^ of the latter, continuing O to have a governing -"'"O body independent O ; 11/3(76 C of the College. As it was the opinion of both the Council of the Colie8e o> of the Medical School that a closer union would be a sou the
0^
.
eXl*Ltjo*1
~
'
*"w
w
f?u^i ullcil
Faculty ^ strength to both institutions, negotiations were entered into whereby ?^e 12th April of the present year the Bristol Medical School ceased to n3^ 0' independent existence, and became merged in the College as its Facu jegg, Medicine. The Faculty have to congratulate themselves, and their on the appointment of a Professor of Anatomy who is prepared to a whole time to the work of teaching. Dr. Edward Fawcett has distinguished himself in the teaching of Anatomy at the Yorkshirec0 and he has entered on his duties at Bristol with every prospect of success.
rC$
After some observations addressed to the successful and ful students respectively, in the course of which he observed tn
unS^at tbe
FACULTY OF MEDICINE.
267
accurate *? P"zes by cSaC-ty P^city to succeed in life, Sir Edward Fry said w*n
was
no means an
measure
of the
:
the
confess that I never take part in gatherings of this description ?U* a cer"tain amount of hesitation and doubt. I am fully alive to
capacity of rapidly acquiring a great mass of it in a clear and concise form, which is reproducing pr0 rri?ted by competitive examinations; and I know that the extension of
Va^l?e ^fo rrna-ti?n
the and of
has been coincident with great advance in edu.SllC^ exaininations in this country in almost all branches of learning, and not leas^tlon^ose which connected with medical science. But thgigg11 :?s I feel incident to competitive strongly the evils which a
never-
are
are
artlinations
]{j. y some mysterious quality of our nature the object with which is ?wledge is acquired affects the knowledge itself: the purpose which on the intellect; so that on the Sen*- *n the will operates in some way Soni?ne hand, information acquired for the purpose of being used on
occasion is wont to vanish from the mind so soon as on the other hand, knowledge acquired :',s ?wn sake?for the sake of really knowing is fixed into the mind Were by a mordant. So?n as the looked-for examination is over, the mind is apt to
that6 Particular
f0 .occasion is passed; and
_
sUf}p? oCcar.
.
.
on particular collapse, and this occurs not only but often affects the whole habit of the intellect; and thus the schools, so soon as tj* ^en who have had a conspicuous success in if aji6^ have come to the end of their educational curriculum, feel as live thereafter as men With rn?tive for learning were withdrawn, and or no real thirst for knowledge. to little with curiosity satisfy, too late the fact that they have put the desire for success 'H of ^ ^'nations, which is a temporary and limited motive, into the place and infinite motive for the desire to which is a a
severe
Sl?ns,
The'0?
know,
therpfain ?re
aware
that
permanent
examinations
are
imposed
upon you, and I
allude to these incidental evils in the hope that you may be ?uard aSainst them, and may cultivate as far as possible that
y
^ger
them ss tor truth for its own sake which will go far to counteract Y* to live in a period of marked and raPid?U Jlave the great good fortuneleast in the biological sciences with in science, and not Miichadvance has been this advance, so are So
great chiefly concerned. tK?u and research, that you are efeh -6 extension of the means of enquiry ejiP?sed to the dangers and the embarrassment of an excess of
TV
I will is another difficulty which lies in your way to which allude, and in doing which I shall, I believe, have the conNw6 ?f many who are sitting near me, and who are far more ent to deal with the subject than I can be. Of medica say Ne f 1 AV'iU not sav anything; but of some scientific writing (Ithat 1 know that there are say great exceptions) I will dareInto the first to me to be justly open to much criticism. S ^e t?rs I e Productions to which I refer are devoid of style?by which not are that they are wanting in rhetoric, but that they deliberate effort at clearness and li Plicit ^vlthout any serious and I know that it is often a wearisome task to put order and ; but it is a statement of complicated and subtle facts; \vhi the reader has, in my humble opinion, a right to demand Writer. Instead of an orderly marshalling of facts and masses of s' how often do we get presented to us amorphous
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J, aPDP?r
??
