| Collection | GB 0817 Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society |
| Level | Item |
| Ref No | AMCS/4/10/1 |
| Title | Letter written by Dr. Kilgour |
| Date | 30 July 1860 |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Source | The letter was given to the Society by Dr. William Todd, the grandson of Mr. Watt, Minister of Strathdon. |
| Description | Letter written by Dr. Alexander Kilgour (possibly addressed to Mr. Watt, Minister of Strathdon).
'My Dear Parson,
Don't for any sake send any more of your "parishioners" to me with notes of introduction. They don't pay. Country people when they get a note from their minister make it serve in a genteel sort of a way the purpose of an Infirmary Recommendation - that is to say, they call at our houses and think they are entitled to our advice there on the same terms as at the Infirmary. We are up to the dodge from experience. Your three parishioners acted on the principle. Give them Infirmary Recommendations or Nothing. And if they are too fine to go there, they then know that they have no right to trouble us at our own houses'. He goes on to recount the actions of a Strathdon man who had taken bed and board at the hospital whilst he settled a business matter in Aberdeen. |
| Access Status | Restricted |
| Access Conditions | Please note that although the catalogue is available via the Special Collections website, the papers are held by the Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society at its offices in the Medical School building, Foresterhill, Aberdeen. Please contact the Society directly to arrange access to the records: Tel. 01224 437104; Email: medchilibrarian@abdn.ac.uk. |