On my 22nd birthday I decided to obtain the diploma of the Royal College of Surgeons - I had then been engaged in six years in studying medicine and surgery, and had attended all the lectures required for qualifying myself for examination - At last the evening arrived when I appeared before the Council of 10 - no sooner was I called in, and a question put to me by one of the examiners tworads who I had turned, than the president interfered, and said I was to look at him, so I roused myself and spoke out loudly. when a deaf old man Sir William Blizard called out how very distinctly that young man speaks, I can hear every word he says - I answered every question satisfactorily except the last, which was on the treatment or errysipelas (?) I was unwilling to express an opinion, as I knew there were two opposite modes of treatment, so the examiner gave me his view as to how it should be treated - I then retired from the Chamber and on the 25 May 1835 was elected a Member of the College .
Many persons are very nervous on undergoing such a test of their qualifications -but knowing that I had studied hard, and whatever the result it was useless to anticipate it, I went to the theatre on the evening before the examination.
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