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A letter on the origin, nature, and dignity of the degrees of doctor, more particularly in physick, conferred in universities / [Anon].

  • De Coetlogon, Dennis, -1749
Date:
1736
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Credit: A letter on the origin, nature, and dignity of the degrees of doctor, more particularly in physick, conferred in universities / [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Cuftoms of the ancient Romans any more than as all Religions whatfoever have ftill been, more or lefs, tainted with thofe (as well as that of the Nations) they defcend from, or border upon. Now if the fame Ec- clefiaftical or Papal Power, fhould even alfo pretend to Authorife, Tutor, Approve, and confequently Dignify, or give Degrees alfo to fuch as ftudied the Romany or other Laws of each Country, intermix’d with the Ro¬ man ; or even if more or lefs blended with Gothic, Feudetary, or Municipal Laws ; ef- pecially having fome Mixture of Canon or Ecclefiaftical Law, ftill, in fome Meafure, interfering, or fome way thus made depen¬ dent on this faid Jurifdidion, or fo pretend¬ ed to, need not feem greatly ftrange to us. But, in the Name of Wonder, and thehigheft Admiration! how Medicine, or Phyfick, fhould alfo be here included into thefe Semi¬ naries, or Colleges (Hofpitals, furely, being much the more proper place for fuch, and hardly known to the former) is a Thing X cannot fo well comprehend; unlefs it were, as the Story is told, That in thofe, or fome fuch illiterate Monkifh Times, None fhould he made Bijhops but fuch as could read. So poffibly, it might then alfo be thought Ne- ceffary, by the forefaid Authority, that thofe likewife applying to Medicine, fhould not only be able to read, but alfo to learn the Roman Tongue (the Greek being but little, or not ufedj i