Via medica : a treatise on the laws and customs of the medical profession in relation especially to principals and assistants ; with suggestions and advice to students on preliminary education.

  • Langley, John Baxter, 1819-1892.
Date:
1871
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Via medica : a treatise on the laws and customs of the medical profession in relation especially to principals and assistants ; with suggestions and advice to students on preliminary education. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION. The want of a Student's Guide, and the absence of any treatise on the laws and customs afifecting the relations between Medical Practitioners and their Assistants. The peculiarity of the mores medici. CHAPTER I.-—Principals. The gradations of the Medical Profession. Who require and who do not require Assistants. The Physician; the Surgeon pure; the General Practi- tioner. The Apothecary pure. The Open Surgery. The Surgeon's retail. CHAPTER II.—Assistants. The Pupil with Indentures; the Apprentice-; the Dispenser; the Un- qualified Assistant. The Indoor and the Outdoor Assistant. Prospects of unqualified men. Irish and Scotch Assistants—^their diflB- culties. The present educational position of young men. Qualified Assistants. Dispensing. Dangers and temptations of Assistants. Marriage. Drunkenness. How to make the best of an appointment. The Locum tenens. CHAPTER III,—The Legal Relations of the Parties. How a legal engagement is made. Assistants and Partners. What con- stitutes a Partnership. Notice to leave, and leaving without notice. Liabilities of Assistants. Dismissal. Liabilities of Principals. Appren- ticeship. Maintenance. Indoor Assistants: Outdoor Assistants. Formal agreements and bonds not to practice. Death of Employer. Mutual liabilities of the parties. Testimonials and references. Libels, &c.