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decentific observation, and
will, deserve, any advice, countenance
and
acd
apon may
to afford hine.
Wich
le
disposed
od with
every good
Believe me,
(signed) Rr. Owen,
ye
Rutherford Alcock Esq. . .-C. B.
Professor dwle to Sir John Bowring
(Copy)
F8 170
British Museum,
September 22 1858.
Dear Sir John,
I take the liberty to
introduce to
you
Dr John Falconer,
an accomplished and scientific
medical man, and for whose
personal
as well as professional
character I have the highest
esteem. Dr Falconer gained when Hunterian Professor in
charge of the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of London the Anatomical Studentships, after
severe
competition
and