Concord!, or, Medical men and manners of the nineteenth century / by Atithasseutos.

  • Atithasseutos.
Date:
1879
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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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    comon artific’s as smythes wevers and women boldely and cus- tumably take upon them grete curis and thyngys of grete diffi- cultie in the which they partely use socery and which crafte partely applie such medycyus unto the disease as be verey noyous and nothyng metely therefore to the high displeasoure of God great infamye to the faculties and the grevous hurte damage and distruccion of many of the Kyngf liege people most spally of them that cannot descerne the uncunyng from the cunnyng; be it therfore to the suertie and comfort of all kind people by the auctoritie of thys pteent Parliament enacted that noo p>son within the citie of London nor within vij myles of the same take upon hym to exc’cise and occupie as a phisicion [or surgion] except he be first examined approved and admitted by the bisshop of London or by the dean of Poules for the tyme beyng callyng to hym or them iiij doctours of phisyk [and for surg’ie other expt psones in that facultie] and for the first examynacion such as they shall thynk convenient; and aft’warcl alway iiij of them that have been soo approved upon the payn of forfeytour for ev’y moneth that they doo occupie as phisicions [or surgeons] not admitted nor examined after the tenour of thys Acte of Vii* to be employed the oon half therof to th’use of our sov’aign lord the Kyng and the other half therof to any pson that will sue for it by accion of dette in which no wageour of lawe nor pteccion shalbe allowed. And ov’ thys that noo pson out of the seid citie and pcincte of vij myles of the same except he have been as is said before approved in the same take upon hym to ex’cise and occupie as a phisicion [or surgeon] in any diocesse within thys royalme but if he be first examined and approved by the bisshop of the same diocesse or he beyng out of the diocesse by bys vicar gen’all either of them callyng to them such expert psons in the said faculties as there discrecion shall thynk convenyent and gyffing ther lett’s testimonials under ther sealle to hym that they shall soo approve upon like payn to them that occupie the cont’arie to thys Acte as is above seid to be levyed and employed after the fourme before expssed. Provided alway that thys Acte nor any thyng therin conteyned be pjudiciall to the univ’sities of Oxford and Cante- brigge or either of them or to any privilegys g’anted to them.” The Royal College of Physicians, London, was thus founded ; and it is yet the only corporation in Great Britain and Ireland that by a single diploma can confer on its possessor the power to practise all branches of the profession, namely, medicine, surgery, and midwifery. For to the Act just quoted is attached a small schedule containing this clause : “ Memorand that sourgeons be comprised in this Acte like as * Penalty £5 a month on unqualified practitioners on passing of this Act 2