That a Deputation from Convocation should wait on the Lords of the
Admiralty to remonstrate on the subordinate position allotted to
Surgeons on board Her Majesty’s Ships, and to demand that the Medical
Officer should at all times (except when the immediate conduct of the
ship is in question) takes precedence of the Captain as Commander.
A similar motion was made by Dr. Turniquet for a deputation to the
Horse Guards on behalf of the Army Surgeons, and was, like all the
preceding motions, adopted unanimously.