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logical anatomy might be taught in those col- 

 leges, and our illustrated catalogues, aided by 

 special show-days for those selects of the profes- 

 sion, be becomingly appointed in our museum, 

 under such able demonstrators as yourself. I 

 look forward to a different arrangement of the 

 College lectures, and a far more appropriate 

 selection of subjects after we have discharged 

 the long-neglected obligations imposed upon us 

 by the nation (the Catalogues of the Hunterian 

 Collections), and much of this depends on you, 

 to whom both present and future glory must be 

 given. 



' Come to me as often as you please, with 

 openness and confidence, and I will use my best 

 endeavours to promote your welfare in the College 

 and out of it. 



' My dear Sir, truly yours, 



' An. Carlisle.' 



Richard Owen, Esq. 



Owen evidently felt that he was able to fulfil 

 the duties which belonged to both institutions, and 

 when his Catalogue of Hunterian Preparations 

 appeared it certainly justified his position. 



We have a glimpse of him as Professor of Com- 

 parative Anatomy at St. Bartholomew's in an ac- 

 count given by Miss Clift in her diary for May 

 1835 °f a P r i ze day at the hospital. 



c May 13. — Went with R. O. and my mother 

 to St. Bartholomew's Hospital to see the prizes 



