PROFESSOR J. Y. SIMPSON", OF EDINBURGH. We have been addressed by
one
of our subscribers in
Bengal?
Graduate of Edinburgh?regarding the honor lately conferred He is anxious that Dr. Simpon Professor J. Y. Simpson. a
son's former pupils,
in India, should combine and send him, congratulatory letter on the occasion of his being created a Baronet. We have been requested to ventilate the subject in our columns. We do so with pleasure. The following letter, which we have drafted, might perhaps be
as soon as
possible,
now a
appropriate. It is proposed that the Address be
engraved
on
vellum and
ease,?the expenses to be shared by those whose signatures shall be appended We shall be glad to receive the names of all the disciples of the distinguished Edinburgh Professor, who are interested in the public recognition of his great talent as a man of Science. sent in a silver
70
THE INDIAN MEDICAL GAZETTE.
To simplify matters, it would be well if each gentleman addressing us would send his name, rank, and title, in full, on a slip of paper, four inches by two, noting at the same time the year or years of former pupilage. We subjoin the proposed
Address. If any subscribers should wish to make any modifications or additions, we shall be very happy to take them into consideration. To
Siu James Y.
Simpson, Bart., M.D., F.R.S.E.,
Professor of Midwifery in the University of Edinburgh, &c-, Sfc., SfC. Sir,?We the undersigned having, In past years, at the University of Edinburgh, enjoyed the great advantage and honor of tuition under your professional guidance, cannot allow the present occasion to pass, when Her Most Gracious Majesty has been pleased to confer upon you the dignity of a Baronetcy in the United Kingdom, without testifying to you our warmest congratulations on the occasion of your services in the cause of Science being thus publicly recognized. Considerable as may be esteemed the honor of a we
Baronetcy, faintly reprealready occupy
cannot but feel that even such a distinction but
sents the
dignity
of that
position
which you
amongst living philosophers,?a dignity which
must
for
ever
be
the recollection that you were the first who effected the application of that priceless enhanced in the eyes of the world
by
discovery, whereby physical suffering, under operation, effectually counteracted. It is our fervent hope that it may please Almighty God to preserve your health and intellectual power, that the University and the public may still further enjoy the benefits of your genius, With the assurance of hearty sympathy, good-will, and respect we, your former pupils at the University of Edinburgh?now in different and distant parts of India?still watching with undiminished interest the exalted position you hold in regard to progressive Medical Science, beg to subscribe ourselves : Mcdical
has been
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one
of our subscribers in
Bengal?
Graduate of Edinburgh?regarding the honor lately conferred He is anxious that Dr. Simpon Professor J. Y. Simpson. a
son's former pupils,
in India, should combine and send him, congratulatory letter on the occasion of his being created a Baronet. We have been requested to ventilate the subject in our columns. We do so with pleasure. The following letter, which we have drafted, might perhaps be
as soon as
possible,
now a
appropriate. It is proposed that the Address be
engraved
on
vellum and
ease,?the expenses to be shared by those whose signatures shall be appended We shall be glad to receive the names of all the disciples of the distinguished Edinburgh Professor, who are interested in the public recognition of his great talent as a man of Science. sent in a silver
70
THE INDIAN MEDICAL GAZETTE.
To simplify matters, it would be well if each gentleman addressing us would send his name, rank, and title, in full, on a slip of paper, four inches by two, noting at the same time the year or years of former pupilage. We subjoin the proposed
Address. If any subscribers should wish to make any modifications or additions, we shall be very happy to take them into consideration. To
Siu James Y.
Simpson, Bart., M.D., F.R.S.E.,
Professor of Midwifery in the University of Edinburgh, &c-, Sfc., SfC. Sir,?We the undersigned having, In past years, at the University of Edinburgh, enjoyed the great advantage and honor of tuition under your professional guidance, cannot allow the present occasion to pass, when Her Most Gracious Majesty has been pleased to confer upon you the dignity of a Baronetcy in the United Kingdom, without testifying to you our warmest congratulations on the occasion of your services in the cause of Science being thus publicly recognized. Considerable as may be esteemed the honor of a we
Baronetcy, faintly reprealready occupy
cannot but feel that even such a distinction but
sents the
dignity
of that
position
which you
amongst living philosophers,?a dignity which
must
for
ever
be
the recollection that you were the first who effected the application of that priceless enhanced in the eyes of the world
by
discovery, whereby physical suffering, under operation, effectually counteracted. It is our fervent hope that it may please Almighty God to preserve your health and intellectual power, that the University and the public may still further enjoy the benefits of your genius, With the assurance of hearty sympathy, good-will, and respect we, your former pupils at the University of Edinburgh?now in different and distant parts of India?still watching with undiminished interest the exalted position you hold in regard to progressive Medical Science, beg to subscribe ourselves : Mcdical
has been
[Maech 1,
1S6C
