Froggatt P
Queen's University Belfast.
Ulster Med J. 1996 Nov;65(2):152-61.
Thomas Ferrar was the second professor of surgery in the short-lived (1835-1849) medical school of the Royal Belfast Academical Institution. Appointed on 5 July 1836 he failed to turn up for the winter session and was accordingly discharged on 29 November. He died in Sligo in the following June aged 39. Nothing has been written about Ferrar who survives as a mere foot-note in Belfast medical history. The events leading to his dismissal are, however, unusual, equivocal, and worth recounting. The facts suggest that the Institution was clearly justified in its action but that Ferrar emerges with some credit for a certain if misplaced high-mindedness though overshadowed by his patent derelictions.
托马斯·费拉尔是皇家贝尔法斯特学术机构昙花一现（1835 - 1849年）的医学院的第二任外科教授。他于1836年7月5日被任命，但冬季学期未能到岗，因此于11月29日被解雇。次年6月，他在斯莱戈去世，享年39岁。关于费拉尔几乎没有什么记载，他在贝尔法斯特医学史上只是一个脚注。然而，导致他被解雇的事件不同寻常、含糊不清，值得一叙。事实表明，该机构的行动显然有正当理由，但费拉尔虽有明显失职行为，却因某种虽有失偏颇但高尚的情操而多少赢得了一些赞誉。
