Requisitions for graduation in the various medical colleges; and requisitions for license to practice physic and surgery, in the various states and territories of the Union.

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[1832]
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Credit: Requisitions for graduation in the various medical colleges; and requisitions for license to practice physic and surgery, in the various states and territories of the Union. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    such a number of physicians (chosen by a board of the Con- necticut Medical Society, styled the President and Fellows,) as with the president of the society, shall equal the number of the professors of the College.”—Dr. Tully. The present number of examiners is 12. New-Jersey.—The Medical Society of the state of New* Jersey, which is a chartered body, is empowered to examine students and to grant licenses to practise physic or surgery or both, within the state.- Three or more Censors (four is the actual number appointed by the state societ}') are to be ap- pointed from each of three districts ; four of whom, at least, shall examine the applicant or applicants carefully and im- partially on the subjects of Materia Medica, Pharmacy, Chem- istry, Anatomy, Surgery and the Practice of Physic, and three approving signatures shall be necessary to render their certifi- cate of recommendation valid. No person to be deemed quali- fied for an examination, unless he has studied under a regular practitioner in New-Jersey, four years, and attended at least one course of medical lectures, but if he shall have obtained a diploma from any college, then three years study, including a course of lectures, shall be sufficient. He must also give satisfactory evidence of being 21 years of age. Any person coming from another state with the aforesaid certificate and qualifications, may be examined and licensed by the Censors. A certificate of the commencement of the time of study to be filed with the secretary of the state society, or one of the district secretaries, and the day of filing the same is to be the commencement of the time of study. No person shall commence the practice of physic or surge- ry within this state, until he shall have passed an examination and received a diploma as above, (unless he was a respecta- ble practitioner previous to the passage of the act of February 15, 1816,) under a penalty of twenty-five dollars for every prescription. “ It is hereby made the duty of the district so- ciety, in any county where such penalty shall be incurred, to prosecute for the same.” Further“ Any person practising