| Description | Under the Will of Sir Patrick Dun a King's Professor of Physic in the City of Dublin was established in the College to be paid for out of the trust funds. By the 1740s it became clear that the estate was producing more money than was expected and a private act was passed to vacate the position of King's Professor, which was then replaced by three professors of Physic, Surgery and Midwifery and Pharmacy and Materia Medica. In 1785 the Professorships were changed again to the Institutes of Medicine, Practice of Medicine, Materia Medica and Pharmacy and Natural History, the last never being filled. Each professor was to be paid £100 per annum, and became part of the School of Physic with the Professors of Trinity College. Under the 1800 School of Physic Act the Professor of Natural History was removed, and provision was made for a Professor of Midwifery when funds would allow, it was finally established in 1827. All the King's Professors were required under the Act to give clinical lectures at the newly established Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital. This section contains papers relating to the King's Professorship including applications, correspondence and legal cases. It also contains a small number of items relating to the School of Physic more generally. |