A brief account of facts with regard to certain researches on the heart, in reply to statements in a memoir of Dr. Hope.

  • Williams, Charles J. B. (Charles James Blasius), 1805-1889.
Date:
1842
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Credit: A brief account of facts with regard to certain researches on the heart, in reply to statements in a memoir of Dr. Hope. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    lished in May, I did not see until August of that year. These statements, both by their matter and by their tone, destroyed, in my mind, all hope of reconciliation, and excited me to publish a reply, the warmth of which I now regret, although I cannot deviate from its substance. But I can sincerely affirm, that my resentment was of short duration ; and for many months before Dr. Hope’s death, I declared to several persons who were aware of the dispute, (some of them his own relatives), that although I believed he was under misapprehensions with regard to my conduct, I retained no feeling of animosity towards him. In conclusion, after reading the “ Memoir,” I can only lament, (and in saying this I blame myself) that the bond of peace was not more earnestly sought and openly displayed between those who professed to be followers of Him who is the Prince of Peace. May the history of this controversy be a warning to those who are ready to dispute lor points of scientific or literary reputation. Of what value is any credit arising out of these experiments, in comparison with friendship, peace of mind, and Christian consistency which may have been compromised in the dispute ? P.S. I think it is due to the institution with which I am connected, to correct the following statement: “ He (Dr. Hope) was told by the late Dr. Birkbeck, a leading member of the council of Lniversity College, that on Dr. Elliotson’s resignation, the chair of the Practice of Physic would be offered to him. p. 1 < 4. Dr. Birkbeck had ceased to be a member of the council several years before Dr. Elliotson’s resignation ; and i Dr. Birkbeck made any such intimation to Dr. Hope, it was without the sanction of the Council. BIC-HARDS, PRINTER, ICO, ST. MARTIN’S LANE.