The medical institutions of Glasgow : a handbook prepared for the annual meeting of the British Medical Association, held in Glasgow, August, 1888 / compiled and edited at the request of the local committee by James Christie.

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[1889]
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Credit: The medical institutions of Glasgow : a handbook prepared for the annual meeting of the British Medical Association, held in Glasgow, August, 1888 / compiled and edited at the request of the local committee by James Christie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    scheme, the proposal fell through, and it was not till 18G4 that the venerable pile passed into the hands of the City of Glasgow Union Kailway Company. Thus has it come to pa^s that on the spot where James Watt perfected his improve- ments on the steam engine, the shriek of the steam whistle and the bustle of commerce have replaced the quietness and seclusion of the home that gave them birth. The funds at the disposal of the University to carry out the scheme of removal consisted of-(l) The produce of the sale of the old College and grounds, £100,000; (2) A sum of £17,500, consisting of the principal sum of £10,000, obtained by the University as compensation from the Monklands Junction Company, for non-fulfilment of their agreement, with interest since the time of payment; and (3) A sum of £21,400, promised by Her Majesty's Government in aid of the scheme of removal, conditionally on a further sum of £24,000 being raised by public subscription for the erection of a sick hospital in connection Math the new University buildings. With these funds at their disposal, buildings might have been erected sufficient for the transaction of the ordinary business of instruction in the same manner as heretofore, and for the accommodation of the Library and Museum ; but they must have been of the plainest design, and on a scale quite inadequate to provide for the future extension of the University. In these circumstances, the Senate resolved to make an earnest appeal for aid to the Government and to the public. This appeal was responded to in the most generous and grati- fying manner. In a short time a sum of nearly £100,000 was subscribed, chiefly in the city of Glasgow; and the Government, appreciating the importance of the work, and the public interest it had excited, announced their intention to ask Parliament for the sum of £120,000, in six annual