A letter to Sir Francis Milman, Bart. M.D. President of the Royal College of Physicians, on the subject of the proposed reform in the condition of the apothecary and surgeon-apothecary, with an appendix containing the correspondence between the general committee and the three corporate medical bodies, by one of the committee.

Date:
1813
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Credit: A letter to Sir Francis Milman, Bart. M.D. President of the Royal College of Physicians, on the subject of the proposed reform in the condition of the apothecary and surgeon-apothecary, with an appendix containing the correspondence between the general committee and the three corporate medical bodies, by one of the committee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    lion of the Legislature, he is generally adequate to all that is required of him: for, in cases of great danger or difficulty, even here the as- sistance of the Physician is demanded. To the poorer class, again, he is the sole Physician ; and it is not, surely, going beyond the truth to assert, that of the entire population of the jeountry, the health of seven tenths of it is alto- gether submitted to his care. A very consider- able proportion of the ailments of that class, also, which more commonly employs the Phy- sician, are solely entrusted to him ; and his serv ices cannot with propriety be dispensed with^ even when the Physician is in attendance. I am aware that it hiis been the fashion of lato years, with some Physicians, to wave consult- ations altogether with the attending Apothecary; and, by requesting their prescriptions to be made up by a Druggist, to imply the inutility of an Apothecary when a Physician is employed. In staling this fact, I wish to be understood as not nraking any general reflection on the character of the Physician ; on the contrary, as a member of the Profession, deeply interested for ks ho- nour, I feel proud in asserting that Medicine can boast of men of the most profound and extensive ' erudition, of unbounded benevolence, candour, and liberality of sentiment, whose manners and professional skill equally adorn the gentleman