and "worthy but remote from brilliant". In June 1839 the LMS directors accepted Livingstone and agreed to his request to continue studying with Cecil at Ongar until the end of the year, then have LMS support for medical studies in London.

To gain necessary clinical training he continued his medical studies at the Charing Cross Hospital Medical School, with his courses covering medical practice, midwifery, and botany.He qualified as a licentiate of the Faculty (now Royal College) of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow