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.

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    AN EXPOSITION OF THE LAWS, ETC. THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. The charter of incorporation of the College of Physicians bears date September 23rd, in the tenth year of the reign of Henry the Eighth (1519). There were some Acts of Parliament passed before that period for the punishment of unqualified prac- titioners, both male and female. The first of which we know anything is that of the 9th of Henry V- This Act imposes a penalty of £40, and long imprisonment, on any one who practises physic without Letters Testimonial from one of the two English universities in which he had taken his degree; and the sheriffs of England were to give notice to all those who practised within their several jurisdictions that they might resort to either of the universities, at which they would be examined, and, if approved, admitted to their degree, &c. This Act continued in force legally, if not practically, until the 3rd of Henry VIII. The Act of 3rd Henry VIII. is important in one respect especially, namely, inasmuch as it declares the science and cunning of physic and surgery (to the perfect knowledge whereof be requisite both great learning and ripe experience) to be one and the same. The two departments, accord- ing to common sense, ought never to have been B