An exposition of the laws which relate to the medical profession in England : containing a brief account of the various ordinances, charters, and Acts of Parliament, under which the practice of medicine in England has been governed from the earliest period of its history down to the present time : with an appendix, containing an ample analysis of Sir James Graham's Bill for the better regulation of medical practice throughout the United Kingdom / by John Davies.

  • Davies, John, 1796-1872.
Date:
1844
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Credit: An exposition of the laws which relate to the medical profession in England : containing a brief account of the various ordinances, charters, and Acts of Parliament, under which the practice of medicine in England has been governed from the earliest period of its history down to the present time : with an appendix, containing an ample analysis of Sir James Graham's Bill for the better regulation of medical practice throughout the United Kingdom / by John Davies. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    PREFACE. At the present juncture, when Government is intending to bring about some essential alterations in the Laws which regulate the Practice of Medi- cine, the Author thought that it might be interesting to Medical Men in general, as well as to the Mem- bers of the Legislature, to be made acquainted with the nature of the various Charters and Acts of Parliament proposed to be repealed, or altered. The comparative advantages derived from the present Laws, and those that would be likely to accrue from Sir James Graham's Bill, cannot, of course, be properly estimated without a knowledge of both. Some part of the Exposition, as far as relates to the Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons, ap- peared about two years ago, in the Lancet, in a series of Letters, signed Scrutator. The facts there published, stand the same still; but all those facts, as well as the remarks founded upon them,