Statement, testimonials, and other documents, submitted in favour of Dr. Evory Kennedy, Master of the Dublin Lying-in Hospital, candidate for the Chair of Midwifery in the University of Edinburgh : with a descriptive catalogue of Dr. Kennedy's Museum [illustrative of his lectures on midwifery] / [Evory Kennedy].

  • Kennedy, Evory, 1806-1886
Date:
1840
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Credit: Statement, testimonials, and other documents, submitted in favour of Dr. Evory Kennedy, Master of the Dublin Lying-in Hospital, candidate for the Chair of Midwifery in the University of Edinburgh : with a descriptive catalogue of Dr. Kennedy's Museum [illustrative of his lectures on midwifery] / [Evory Kennedy]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LI. From Robert Christison, M. D., President of the Royal Col- lege of Physicians ; Professor of Materia Medica in the Univer- sity of Edinburgh, &c. Flaving been recently asked by the Edinburgh friends of Dr Evory Kennedy, whether I had any objection to ex- press my opinion of his qualifications as a Candidate for the vacant Professorship of Midwifery in this University ? I beg to state, that so long as Dr Lee was also a candidate, I should have felt it impossible to express any other senti- ments than those of gratification, that two professional men of such eminence, and so fully qualified to fill the Chair with credit to the University, were competitors for the office. But, considering that Dr Lee has withdrawn, and looking anxiously to the present state of the University, as well as my own interest in its prosperity, I have now no hesita- tion in declaring my opinion, that Dr Kennedy,—-whose character as an Obstetrical Practitioner and Author, has for some years stood very high in every part of Britain, and whose popularity as a Lecturer in Dublin is known to every one acquainted with the School of that metropolis, —will prove a highly valuable acquisition to the Univer- sity of Edinburgh, for securing its stability, and extending its reputation. As it appears to me a part of a Professor’s duty, on every occasion like the present, not to allow any use to be made of his opinion, unless satisfied that it is given in favour of him who is not merely qualified, but likewise the best qua- lified, of all who are likely to enter upon the field of compe- tition,—I must add, that such is my opinion in the present case. I have not the pleasure of being personally acquainted