A testimony of veneration for the memory of Dr. Mathew Baillie, of London : read at the forty-fourth annivaersary festival of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh, on the 12th of April 1825 / by Andrew Duncan sen. M. D. & P. (First Physician to the King for Scotland, President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, &c.

  • Duncan, Andrew, 1744-1828.
Date:
MDCCCXXV. [1825]
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Credit: A testimony of veneration for the memory of Dr. Mathew Baillie, of London : read at the forty-fourth annivaersary festival of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh, on the 12th of April 1825 / by Andrew Duncan sen. M. D. & P. (First Physician to the King for Scotland, President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    every country in Europe. But those upon wliich he put the highest value, were medical honours. Thus, although it is well known, that he declined the dignity of being created a Baronet, he accepted, with cheerfulness, the rank of being an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. It has been the practice of the College of Physicians of Edinburgh from its commencement, to increase the dignity ojF„AWr,ftateniity, by adopting, as Socii. Honorarii^ a-very few of the most eminent Physicians in other countries. Ac- cordingly, LiNN^us in Sweden, Van Swieten in Vienna, Zimmerman in Hanover, and Vic d'AzvR in Paris, have added respectability to our Honorary List. Into our list of Socii Honorarii, one has in general been elected from Lon- don, and the names of the celebrated Dr Arbuthnot, of Sir Hans Sloane, and of Sir George Baker, have, in succes- sion, given dignity to our College. Upon the death of Sir George Baker, there was no Phy- sician in London, whose name could do greater honour to us than that of Dr Baillie, and, in his election as one of our Honorary Fellows, I am proud to say that I took an active part. With this distinction he was highly gratified, and, in return, he was the means of conferring upon me an honorary title which I had little reason to expect. When I happened to be accidentally in London in 1815, and when I was a wel- come guest at his hospitable table, he voluntarily offered to procure for me, by his interest at Court, the tide of Physician Extraordinary to the King. Without pretending to conceal