On the present state of the medical profession in England : being the annual oration delivered before the members of the British Medical Association, on the 21st October, 1841 / by Robert E. Grant.

  • Grant, Robert Edmond, 1793-1874.
Date:
1841
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Credit: On the present state of the medical profession in England : being the annual oration delivered before the members of the British Medical Association, on the 21st October, 1841 / by Robert E. Grant. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ma as Surgeon, flattering him with the belief of being eminently qualified to practise the art of Surgery, (ad artem Chirurgicam exercendam quam maxime paratus.) This Diploma qualifies in Scot- land, (where there is no Apothecaries’ Company) to practise both as Surgeon and Apothecary. It was and is usual with practitioners at Edin- burgh, to be provided with the diplomas both of Surgeon and Physician, although not intending to practise both departments: the medical studies there, being thus practically conducted on the desirable principle of One Medical Faculty, al- though the examinations and diplomas are framed on the multipartite system. After the usual fre- quent written and oral examinations, therefore, conducted entirely in Latin, before the Medical Faculty of the University of Edinburgh, and after publishing and defending, in Latin, his Inaugural Dissertation, he obtained the Diploma of M.D. of that University, on the 24th of June, 1814. This document was still more promising and liberal than the former, and conceded to him the most ample power of cultivating, teaching and practising Medicine everywhere, (amplissimam potestatem Medi- cinam ubique gentium legendi, docendi et faciendij. Having discharged the duties of President of the Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh for twelve months, he started for the continent, and studied from 1815 to 1820 in Germany, Italy, and France. He commenced private practice as a Physician at Edinburgh in 1820, was one of the founders of the present Medico-Chirurgical Society of that city,