Application for the post of Additional Examiner in Clinical Surgery in Edinburgh University by Alfred A. Young, M.A., M.B., C.M., Assistant Surgeon, Western Infirmary.

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[1907]
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Credit: Application for the post of Additional Examiner in Clinical Surgery in Edinburgh University by Alfred A. Young, M.A., M.B., C.M., Assistant Surgeon, Western Infirmary. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TO THE MEMBERS OE THE UNIVERSITY COURT, EDINBURGH. My Lords and Gentlemen, I beg leave to offer myself as a candidate for the position of additional examiner in Clinical Surgery in the University of Edinburgh, and to submit for your consideration the accompanying testimonials. I am a Master of Arts of Glasgow University, and graduated M.B. and C.M. with commendation at the same University in 1892. Since then, in addition to studying for a year in London, and paying repeated visits to the clinics of distinguished surgeons on the continent and in America, I have filled the positions of Demonstrator of Anatomy at Glasgow University and Demonstrator of Operative Surgery in Anderson’s College Medical School. In 1896 I was appointed Dispensary Surgeon to the Western Infirmary of Glasgow, and in 1900 was promoted to be Assistant Surgeon to the hospital, a position which I still hold. During all these years I have been in close touch with the surgical work done there, and for the last seven years have had charge of surgical wards for three or four months each year. Since 1900 I have acted as University Assistant to Sir Hector C. Cameron, Professor of Clinical Surgery in Glasgow, and in that capacity have had experience in teaching and examining students clinically. In 1899 I was appointed extra surgeon to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, and for nearly five years have acted as surgeon in charge of its Country Branch.