Historical sketch of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh : being an address delivered on 19th January 1860, at a conversazione in the hall of the college : with notes and documents / by John Gairdner, M.D.

  • Gairdner, John, 1790-1876.
Date:
1860
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    disobedient to the calling and who is incarcerat therefore, and in pleading and acting against the liberties and friedomes of the calling, and in being disobedient and refractory to the deacon and calling, and persists contumaciously therin : Therefore the said deacon, masters and brethren of the said Incorporatione, ordains the said David Pringle to be incarcerat within the Tolbuith of Edinburgh for the caussis forsaid, therin to remaine ay and while he give the calling satisfaction. June 1678. John Rainald fined L.20 for bloodletting etc. before his admission as a surgeon. (C. p. 9.)—The Crisis of 1657. Extracts from Records of the Town Council. 1st June 1657. Appoints Thesr of the Counsell formerly nominat to continue of new again with the apothecars and Chirurgeons for assisting of them in their just right before the Councill of state against the passing of the patent for the erection of the Colledge of Medicines (qu. Medicinars ?) 19th June 1657. Compeared Patrick Hepburne, Samuel Hunter, Thomas Kincaid, David Kennedie and with others of the apothecars and Chirurgeon apothecars, and gave in the supplication under- written desyring the samen to be insert in the Counsell books and to have the Counsell's approbation thereof and some of the Counsell appoynted for concurrence conforme to the bill which the Counsell thought reasonable and ordained the samen to be insert, whereof the tennor follows Unto the Rt Hon1 the Provost Baillies and Counsell of the Burgh of Edinburgh the petitioun of the apothecars and Chirur- geon apothecars there humbly sheweth That where it has pleased your ws [worships] to imploy the Lord Provost your ws commissioner at London in defence of our just right and priviledge graunted and established be your ws for our favors whereby we have found the reall effects of his Lops paines for all which we acknowledge ourselfis bound in dewty to give you and his Lop heartie thanks and in con- science to maintain the said right in every poynt to the outmost of our power, and seeing we have to do with a strong pairtie who will labour to subvert our right so that it will be requisite to have the countenance of your ws assistance both in word and work as former- lie without whose advyce and counsell we can not move our humble desyre to your ws is to appoynt some of your ws number to con- curre and assist us for the maintenance of our right befor his Highness Counsell where it now lyes seeing your Lops is so much concerned therein and our privilidges aforesaid aimed to be sub-