The Medical Reading Society, Bristol / by L.M. Griffiths.

  • Griffiths, L. M. (Lemuel Matthews)
Date:
[1907]
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Credit: The Medical Reading Society, Bristol / by L.M. Griffiths. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    William Mortimer. Robert Lax. Benjamin Gustavus Burroughs, Apothecary, Portland Place, Clifton. Joseph Maurice, Apothecary and Man-Midwife, Upper Maudlin Lane. William Hetling, Surgeon, 18 Orchard Street. Nathaniel Smith, Surgeon, 34 College Green. John Bishop Estlin. The members were to meet at one another’s houses once a month 1 at half-past six o’clock. When the names were called over at seven, anyone then absent was to be fined one shilling. The fine for retaining a book longer than the time allowed was fixed at threepence each day. At the end of the year the books out of circulation were to be sold by auction, and any work not realising more than half its cost was to be taken at that price by the member who proposed it. It was considered necessary to insert in the rules that no druggist should be admitted into the Society, and it was laid down that no one should be elected a member except by a unanimous vote. One rule stated that “ Each member shall keep an account of the books received by him and to whom forwarded, which account shall be regularly sent to the monthly meetings at or before seven o’clock.” school at St. Michae s Hill, is not in the professional list of the 1807 Directory, but appears in that for 1809, when his residence is given as 2 Unity Street. Burroughs seems also to have had a branch establishment, for there is an entry in 1807 of “ Yeo and Burroughs, Apothecaries, Granby House, Hotwells, nd Portland Place, Clifton.” Jermyn was one of the Surgeons at St. Peter’s Hospital ; Spencer and Smith were two of the three “ Extra Men-Midwifes ” of the Dispensary. On May 15th, 1807, Bowles, one of the surgeons at the Infirmary, died. On the following morning the Bristol Mirror contained the applications of ten surgeons for the vacancy, amongst whom were Jermyn, Daniel, Edgell, Lax, Hetling, and Smith. Apparently only three of the ten persisted in their candidature, and Hetling was elected with 395 votes, Lowe coming second with 167, and Smith third with 74. Another vacancy occurred shortly after, and Lowe was elected in July; Daniel, Smith, and Edgell were among the unsuccessful candidates. The day has varied from time to time.