University
of
Bristol.
The Memorial and Arrowsmith Towers Grounds of the University. Seen
from
the
Physics Laboratory.
with
the
Ube Bristol
fll>ebico==Cbtrurotcal Journal "
Scire est nescire,
nisi
id
mc
Scire alms scicrit."
UNIVERSITY
OF
BRISTOL.
1Ro\?al ?pcntncj of tbc IRcw jBiiUMngs.
June 9th
Pistol
their
to open
Majesties the King and Queen will the new buildings of the University.
?ccasion
will be
and the
University.
CVi
U
one
in the annals of the
The
City
It is nearly three centuries since Dr. Dell, Cromwell's ?
Uaplain,
d
a
most notable
visit
made the first
niversity in
?utside
Bristol.
of Oxford and
suggestion that there should be His plan for provincial universities Cambridge met with no favour and
long been forgotten. Higher learning met
with
no
encouragement
in Bristol
llntil the decay of the Barber Surgeons Company in the
Garly
eighteenth century stimulated some of men on the Infirmary staff to give anatomical other lectures for the benefit of their surgical pupils. In 1816 Dr. James Cowles Prichard conceived the project part of the
^le medical
^
founding
n"rmary,
a
"
an
"Opportunities vol. ^LII.
Medical
School
in
connection
institution which furnishes for
Mo. 156.
so
with
the
many valuable
professional improvement."
By 1830
UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL.
74
independent courses of lectures had been combined The School to form two recognised medical schools, viz. of Anatomy and Medicine" in Limekiln Lane (recognised by the Apothecaries' Hall), and The Bristol Medical and Surgical School (recognised by the Royal College of Surgeons)A letter of Dr. Henry Clark's shows that in 1833 these two schools (or Anatomical Classes) were amalgamated to form various
"
"
The Bristol Medical School."
inaugural address at the opening of this School on October 14th, 1833, and remarked at his conclusion that it appeared most desirable that a School of. Medicine should form an integral part of the Bristol CollegeThis idea seems never entirely to have been lost sight of Dr. Carrick delivered the
by
When at
the teachers in the Bristol Medical School.
last the
University College the Medical
lecturers in
corporation of teaching
was
founded in
School
1877
advocated
the School with the
College
new
of
teachers who
supervision,
a
low standard, and there
were so
reluctant to be
of the
complete
in the Medical School had been for
previously
some
;
but the
some
opposition
was
in-
yealb from
critical amalgamation
under any
brought
that the vote in favour of
autonomous with a mere "affiliation" to University College until 1892when it was formerly incorporated in the College. Even after this incorporation the clinical part of the curriculum the was managed independently of University College, and V students' fees for clinical instruction were paid direct defeated.
was
The Medical School remained "
"
"
"
Royal Infirmary and General Hospitalthe King granted a charter to found and University of Bristol, whereby the University College the Merchant Venturers' Technical College were meige^ to the staffs of the
In 1909
into
a
School
new was
Edward VII.
University.
The
incorporation
not even then made
of the curriculum
was
complete
still in fact
a
of the
Medical
pa1"*school proprietary ;
the
clinical
ROYAL OPENING OF THE NEW BUILDINGS.
75
the hands of the staffs of the two medical institutions.
!n
This partial autonomy of the Medical School
unsatisfactory Universities
and
was
unfavourably
Grants Committee of the
however,
was,
commented
Treasury,
on so
by
the
that in
1922 the teachers of clinical subjects in the Medical Faculty surrendered to the the
whole
medical
proprietary rights and came under University
their
curriculum
Thus the Bristol Medical School with its
management.
J?ng
University
and honourable tradition continues
Vigorous Faculties in the
had
so
xts
filial
actively
University
contributed,
affection
and
even
as one
of the most
to whose foundation it
if at times it has dissembled
pride
by
a
certain
degree
of
^dependence. ^
^
^
Now that
incorporation has been effectually carried out, and the seal of Royal approval is about to be set on the ^ and the new buildings which the munificence niversity ?f the Wills family has called into being, it will not be inaPpropriate to review the opportunities and advantages vvhich the medical student can enjoy to-day in Bristol. The preliminary studies of Chemistry, Biology and
Physics
are
carried
on
in
some
of the newest and most
uP-to-date laboratories in the kingdom.
Nving
The
Chemical
built in 1911, and leaves little University be desired in the way of housing and equipment. The new Physics wing, built and endowed by the late Mr. H. H. Wills, of the
was
ls
nearing completion close by the Royal Fort in Tyndall's Park. The intermediate subjects of Anatomy and Physiology have found quarters that would astonish the students of
*he old University College days. The dissecting room occupies the former Great Hall of the College facing the Grammar
School an
of
Bristol.
The Memorial and Arrowsmith Towers Grounds of the University. Seen
from
the
Physics Laboratory.
with
the
Ube Bristol
fll>ebico==Cbtrurotcal Journal "
Scire est nescire,
nisi
id
mc
Scire alms scicrit."
UNIVERSITY
OF
BRISTOL.
1Ro\?al ?pcntncj of tbc IRcw jBiiUMngs.
June 9th
Pistol
their
to open
Majesties the King and Queen will the new buildings of the University.
?ccasion
will be
and the
University.
CVi
U
one
in the annals of the
The
City
It is nearly three centuries since Dr. Dell, Cromwell's ?
Uaplain,
d
a
most notable
visit
made the first
niversity in
?utside
Bristol.
of Oxford and
suggestion that there should be His plan for provincial universities Cambridge met with no favour and
long been forgotten. Higher learning met
with
no
encouragement
in Bristol
llntil the decay of the Barber Surgeons Company in the
Garly
eighteenth century stimulated some of men on the Infirmary staff to give anatomical other lectures for the benefit of their surgical pupils. In 1816 Dr. James Cowles Prichard conceived the project part of the
^le medical
^
founding
n"rmary,
a
"
an
"Opportunities vol. ^LII.
Medical
School
in
connection
institution which furnishes for
Mo. 156.
so
with
the
many valuable
professional improvement."
By 1830
UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL.
74
independent courses of lectures had been combined The School to form two recognised medical schools, viz. of Anatomy and Medicine" in Limekiln Lane (recognised by the Apothecaries' Hall), and The Bristol Medical and Surgical School (recognised by the Royal College of Surgeons)A letter of Dr. Henry Clark's shows that in 1833 these two schools (or Anatomical Classes) were amalgamated to form various
"
"
The Bristol Medical School."
inaugural address at the opening of this School on October 14th, 1833, and remarked at his conclusion that it appeared most desirable that a School of. Medicine should form an integral part of the Bristol CollegeThis idea seems never entirely to have been lost sight of Dr. Carrick delivered the
by
When at
the teachers in the Bristol Medical School.
last the
University College the Medical
lecturers in
corporation of teaching
was
founded in
School
1877
advocated
the School with the
College
new
of
teachers who
supervision,
a
low standard, and there
were so
reluctant to be
of the
complete
in the Medical School had been for
previously
some
;
but the
some
opposition
was
in-
yealb from
critical amalgamation
under any
brought
that the vote in favour of
autonomous with a mere "affiliation" to University College until 1892when it was formerly incorporated in the College. Even after this incorporation the clinical part of the curriculum the was managed independently of University College, and V students' fees for clinical instruction were paid direct defeated.
was
The Medical School remained "
"
"
"
Royal Infirmary and General Hospitalthe King granted a charter to found and University of Bristol, whereby the University College the Merchant Venturers' Technical College were meige^ to the staffs of the
In 1909
into
a
School
new was
Edward VII.
University.
The
incorporation
not even then made
of the curriculum
was
complete
still in fact
a
of the
Medical
pa1"*school proprietary ;
the
clinical
ROYAL OPENING OF THE NEW BUILDINGS.
75
the hands of the staffs of the two medical institutions.
!n
This partial autonomy of the Medical School
unsatisfactory Universities
and
was
unfavourably
Grants Committee of the
however,
was,
commented
Treasury,
on so
by
the
that in
1922 the teachers of clinical subjects in the Medical Faculty surrendered to the the
whole
medical
proprietary rights and came under University
their
curriculum
Thus the Bristol Medical School with its
management.
J?ng
University
and honourable tradition continues
Vigorous Faculties in the
had
so
xts
filial
actively
University
contributed,
affection
and
even
as one
of the most
to whose foundation it
if at times it has dissembled
pride
by
a
certain
degree
of
^dependence. ^
^
^
Now that
incorporation has been effectually carried out, and the seal of Royal approval is about to be set on the ^ and the new buildings which the munificence niversity ?f the Wills family has called into being, it will not be inaPpropriate to review the opportunities and advantages vvhich the medical student can enjoy to-day in Bristol. The preliminary studies of Chemistry, Biology and
Physics
are
carried
on
in
some
of the newest and most
uP-to-date laboratories in the kingdom.
Nving
The
Chemical
built in 1911, and leaves little University be desired in the way of housing and equipment. The new Physics wing, built and endowed by the late Mr. H. H. Wills, of the
was
ls
nearing completion close by the Royal Fort in Tyndall's Park. The intermediate subjects of Anatomy and Physiology have found quarters that would astonish the students of
*he old University College days. The dissecting room occupies the former Great Hall of the College facing the Grammar
School an
