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tplentritme, and it sometimes fails altogether for several
•s Bat It is of the utmost importance that it should be
regular, and cheap. The number of young men who
411 lat aansiliy to London for the pitrossee of at tidying carditine and
eargery, may be about a thowoind.• Their expeturs are necessarily
C "'tree, •sidepalie sidle in town ; they have already paid a large sum
rI -aewatair pin the country. The eireumitances of country
ta; :rot ji itenceid, cat but ill afford permuted expenses for
etatiegillais Istedan few of them stay a month longer than the time
• pisselhell by tha College of Surgeons. But the short period they
• apsailr•Lentlei Is the only time they have fa acquiring the,
ktuwlidgsaf tbate profession. If they misspend these precious
halm . employing them pripeity be desieal them,
• etre oar • teens
ignorant for life. After they leave
tontine Ithrlllehr amens of dissecting. AVe Isere seen that
• VW,
_iterallll4l4fiate drat they raw make themselves acquainted
• gm ON the prisiqpiee of their art ; that without it they cannot
as attpl of the opriortuultia of improvement
y offer. not, without the highest temerity,
• . We have seen that occasions suddenly
• the prompt perfomiance of imiportant and
. .
• WOO BM seen that unless such operations are
L .11 with the utmost skill, 61: is ineritahly
' ..t6ll/ • 7. OW no time to send for newt assistance.
Italie*" tesi most of these young men go to the
thimble of doing what is proper to be done.
it amain. We put it to
met eadet to
•=ll:l4l;:rispippi area ingenuous puny man ust be who
111011111104111111 ought to do, but who is conscious that gla
Islielent M antbeeie him to attempt to pertain
it, ontisho sees his palest die beeps him, when he know, diet
he might be saved, and thigh wield have been in his own power
es torte kiln, had • n preps* placated. We put it to the MS-
• tern sonceire what ha ego essetions would be, were an ignorant
with a raglans • wee fatal than his criminal modesty of
tAwblelw, to antlertalacaninipottant operation. Soppose it were
a NAV Nicb tamed
.be bete aneurism ; suppose it were a
bash, tinsllllllliiiit the inigestric artery line divided. Ot
tbMs~iheelf seanded ; esppeee it were hi• mother, his wife,
hie Amy' Ws thild, whom he thus sew perish before his eyes.
what midi fMßwwsder tiers think of chic prejudice uhich with.
• halisfroas that information withent vhkh thepraetks
thansiners of the College of Surgeon' remainal
f thy surgical diplomas cenificates that they have
gerairlitellodlthe Inast tiro MOWS of dissections; the Examinant
at laalikedieelef Hall do not require such certificates; The conse-
' quesdi is, tliat many young men content themselves with attending
keens, end with pealing their exatitinations at Apothecaries'
,tad do not apple for a diploma at the College of Sitrgeols.
• This single fact is sufficient to demonstrate to the public, that
stead of throwing obstacles in the way of dissection, it is a duty
which they owe to themselves to afford every possible facility to
vs practice. and to hold out to every member of the pmfessiedthe
most powerful indneements to engage In it, by retarding with Nam
faience those who cultivate anatomy, by making excellence le
anatomy indispensable to all dikes in' Dispenaaries and llospi•alse
and by thus rendering it impossible for any one who is ignorant et
anatomy to obtain Tonkin his profession. When a candidar
cents himself fat a diploma in Denria4.-, inhis tint trial be is put
Into a room with a 'object, a ease of instruments, and a m
dem, and infonned that he is to display the anatomy of the facie
and neck; or that of the upper extremity, or that of tin, lower ex-
tremity :ghat by the anatomy is to be undernood the blood.
-xessels.daa, sad rusweleo; and that as won as he has accom- •
plished his teak, the Professors will attend Ida summons. to judge sit
'Us attalrfments. These Professors are the true Exatniners
We shell have entered into the discussion of this subject to little
purpose, if we have not produced in the minds of our readers a
altifiction that anatomy ought to form nn essential part of
~aoineal•edueatian; that anatomy cannot be studied without the
,'3t,,prt:e'er of dissection ; that dissection cannot be practised without r
elm:Wens.; and that the manner in which that aupply is
ob aced in Lagleasd is dinestabht, and ought unnwdiately to he
eitangett. It might be changed easily. , We agree with Mr.
Ala:kerne that Legislative interference is necessary ; we are antis.
thar.hothLig will be dotain England without it. The yea
wren Mr. Mdekencie suggests is ,is 'Whew: :-1. That the clause
or our criminal no-he, by which the-disseetion of the dead holy is
rr ase cart of the punishment for murder, be repealed. 2. That the
exhumation of dead bodies be punishable- ss Inmost. 3. That no
diploma in medicine or singer, be panted by any faculty, college,
or university, except to those persons who shall prixlitee un-
dsuOted eidetic* of their having carefully dissected at least tire
human bodies. 4. That in each of the hospitals, indrataries.
wank oases, poor-houses, foundling-houses, houses of correction,
asylums, and prisons of London, Ediuburgli, Glasgow,
and Dublin, and, if need be. of ill other towns in (treat Britain
and Ireland. an apartment be appointed for the reception of the
bodies of all persons dying in the said hospitals, infirmaries..
wo.k.ltouses, poor-houses, foundling -hams, houses of correction.
posers, unclaimed by immediate relatives, or whose relatives de-
eitne detmy the expenses sit interment. S. That the bodies of
eat persons dying in these towns. and, if need be, in all other towns,
and also in country parietal, untlsitnsble by immediate relatives,
or whasereistimes decline to defray the expenses of interment shall
be conveyed to a nowt-house appointed in the said towns for their
tecerfoti: 6 That no deed bodies shall be delivered from any I.
hospital. infirmary, work-house, poor-house, foundling•house,
house of eorrectiou, prison, or mort.house for anatomical pur-
pose. except upon the requisition of a member of the Royal Col-
lege of Physicians or of Surgeons, of London, Edinburgh.
or °Alin., co of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of
Glasgow, and upon rho payment of twenty shilling% into the hands
of f•e treasurer of the hospital, Infirmary, work-house, poor.j
house, foundling-house, house of correction, prison, or other otfi.
ears appointed to receive the same. (This is too large a swill 7.
That no dead body shall be conveyed from a hospital, infirmary,
wink.houte, poor•house, foundling-house, house of correction.
prison, er mort.boine, to a school of anatomy, except in a covered
hat, and between the hours of four and six in the morning. 8.
l'hat idler the expiration sit twenty.eight days, an officer appointed
for this purpose, in each of the four towns above.mcntinited, shall
caul* the remains of the dead to be placed in a coffin, removed
from the school of anatomy. where the dined body hiss been can.,
mmed, to the wort-house of the town, and decently buried. U.
That the expellers attending the execution of these regulations. be
Betrayed out of Ins paid by teachers and students of ana:omy, on
:renew/ dead bodies from the hospital*, infirmaries, work-house%
PoJr.houses, foundling-betties, houses of correction, prisons, and
mor.hotts
If any courts• inn and co-operatio.. on the part of the public,
that for
gt,at polo,- object is to be expected. and without concession
and coilperation ricthing. can be stone, it hi not eafty to corceive of
Lie plan aleck requires less public concession, or implies less
nolaoun of public feeling. In point of fact it would put no in-
dignity, it would inflict no injury on the poor ; it is the rejection
of o otat would really and practically be unjust and cruel. The
question is, whether the surgeon shall be allowed to gain know.
Inlet by operating on the bodies of the dead, or Jthen to obtain
1/ Ly otatsising ors the Ladies of the lining. If the dead bodies of
Poor ate nut sppropriate4o this use, their /icing bodies will
esti must be. The rich will always have It in their power tonlect,
I.:t ton p( 4111 1r:4.. of an operation, the surgeon who has already,
himself by success : but that surgeon. if he have not ob.'
fled the thitterity which ensures success, by iliss-eting ant
'"xretine or the ,Mad, must have acquired it by making experi.
Tea o. the limn( hods's of the roc. 'nett no no other enceats

• 'nit OF TUE DEAD TO TAW LIVING. Ib7 which bite es Wendy hi
Leery m eammes who ri
An article under this title, ils fbe third number of the ttlweemb do Male* *hid
vomits/ter Review, in its notice of a work entitled An, Ito bliell_elela Plooo boa
he Necessity Me
Apra/ to the Public and the Legislature, on t csassdablall_66 °ALS ase _
of afeticint Deed Belies to the school qf Anatomy, by ~,,.,,,,,.. dr...., ..., j
g ;Skill Smocloseent, by William Zasckengie, Glasgow, i apogee on go-r; larva ;
1 Wel ; coecleelcee moat seimatett and masterly view orate I =obi and ineebohle ,mated
selgoet* with the tollovrtifircarks--se hit+ offer Oil apogee i thon *lib vial a
fund for reticetioe, and- , from their extreme Imre. ' Sielibb it lo lioadriell
lane. cannbt be Me attentively circulated:— s s=pmedselly 10
•la Great 8 dolga stio law to*apt the practice of extommobs Nee ;rejig the
ie petallowod to derehor. Thai may be other mom WM. Mine aliss at addr=so
alt how our kseseleigot but we hove aecortalsod that theme lwe sba
per
hula:ctions kr Zergiaad aloes" draft the bast poor. Vim h.e.i.
...IXIII2
poli hews tom imprisenueset for mimes perish, teem '''ss as si'Vs
ftsti eggs of =weint. 2'he Sam he general an hoary. cob. what I. no ~,
dad* *poverty. of the sattethers. Mace the resift et ON, olds thls ssiia
rilerT Act, it has base the minevon practice to commit hnspieal was as NI as it is
those elte to bred labour Ise mimes periods. Very Imely. two mum. oat the 1,....ba.,.
Atm of Wsethos. wee swat to the Tread Mil, la Ths wad sans-Tares ;
ceed onds i pee of whim died is see month she his NO. the „.„.....1 .IA.. ...m.
al*Mit. ig
69
WMtost 4111:6"Zer 240 ialVoParantSti‘hnrir operate
*.ls.edyt Isto calM the prics Of potergila-ria,callial
own it
44ligill• Ira die. that they eon have ao ithee,„. Imam. At sees it west
. mhollesileh WI the 004 method. tg ego" of doing and desperate sl
yika=likie=tte• be peeeseejli bst eshieets for is put. 1 lite the public mind t slit
re,........, the thediMoMm what they may. will pukhee would he saaed_t
t Jimmie 'OM de*, lIMMeiIIOO IMO be preowned, mimeos with its 'iodation
i" most
1<
deemed, astelenoy must be smdied, aissee. i we have stated thin di,
~,,w: go on. Maio some other ..Mass for affording • supply Droved io efficacy. It we
~ whateellebt a lower the popular feeling, neither um-' burgh more than a century
jaddle,.net •jerlea, WM, Of ail put an entire &;o? j.t- o tis recorded. that all 1
•.1"'"-^ It Silas which, hem the absolute necessity of the litte,t,„tto,,, or in the st
t, v-.C., le allorod. . What is the conestectoce ? So long as Me i whirl rat Surgeons, to on
3 ."4-.- 7" Ilihtlf•111••11••••iiiiVICS. a race of men must be trained is the prote,a„ of An,
- A **he. Those moo most go nut in company for the , excited so opposition on ti
.
' .„,,H :dip pleader, Mid pleader of the most ohms kind, awered toe desired object.
lee or and Soh .eleeseei moms to beuti!*/ the none are supplied with si
. 1 1111.0" e war *g log geollileot worthy of • , manner, We have obtair
:. • who is at the head of the
thing that the bathers of anatomy sbottld be following account of the n
. i
...4...„50na with slob
_Met) that they should be obliged . are supplied. It is oat,
• 4.... wear- that thy shade even be in their power. which parts is authorised to tsk
•Af it dittos,. lilt *4 are obliged to bolo with lb* ' sons, and front the depots
; • 444" ihiwg Illififimitlt• Alt the doeinse_s_ again" i salary for tearlinig unite
• i filt abr .4.ed 00 this.t_
_eagr2rcill W ; is given to the attendants
.'s w‘srlC AO of their own"- "in.. Pre- • epee the foundation by t
.. •• . Olt obligedlo Pet_ *web um,• wen toldth, the statutes of the
• ..m _ ,fillt all at oto ono= NI for the sehooh c
"*"." - - - 4.ollPers h irtssilbser-p• and that since this
in doh demands. Is gemosi any di of police, have tat
thereene, woo of them art thieree, others an ' t,citief of the aoa
.......1.
•ui • • old absents ef• thieves. Almost all or them are mods a carriage daily to t
'.• )IMothese. When opmetteettsd for she Wean in ques. I tee necessary number of
- 'the iseieuretemetevee see obliged to pay the exPeoele of amounted to MO per sun
sedie their families whin they are in prison ;1 tog those used nut/ in L
Ma h assoriated. in (item men'. minds, . general attention which t
•
• '' itedelpg eheladen elle Ism ; and when they do haren to. incur lite anatomy, numbers of
i. saarreagarly
.17 find that' they and their tallith" arc I tory hospitals, and that t
. !..dggseggidset meet qua comet to them is the shape of a re. ior 129 U. h. That. beside
• "Viiid 10 OW tat their offence. The operation of such '
p:garCal
rine, and those pursued i
sleds -MOW uf•the individuals themselves is rowed- 1 tomy „e opened in ail di
•-a liallt twit a little dangerous to the counnunit. 1 establishments ; that in
..r gosrmm,* flee method of exhumation the atiNly. alter all, is ; taught, and that pupils h
teggagyir it tower adequate to the wen's of the *11•;•tvsla ; it is of, be desired. 6. That the p