The resignation of Robert Little from the chair of midwifery at inst.

Several authors1-3 have referred to the resignation, in May 1840, of Robert Little from the chair of midwifery and diseases of women and children at Inst: seemingly he had disagreed with the faculty and joint boards (of managers and visitors) over the requirements for the diploma which he issued to his students. Since this was the only whiff of serious discord between Inst and one of its medical staff if we overlook some petty acrimony with Andrews at the time of his resignation from the chair of chemistry in May 1848 and throws some additional light on Inst's attitude to medical education, 'the facts are worth chronicling briefly. In what follows unreferenced details are in my previous articles on the Inst medical school (1835-1849).4,5