Remarks on the ineffective state of the practice of physic in Great Britain; with proposals for its future regulation and improvement, and the resolutions of the members of the Benevolent Medical Society of Lincolnshire / [Edward Harrison].

  • Harrison, Edward, 1759-1838
Date:
1806
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Credit: Remarks on the ineffective state of the practice of physic in Great Britain; with proposals for its future regulation and improvement, and the resolutions of the members of the Benevolent Medical Society of Lincolnshire / [Edward Harrison]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ( ) Certain restrictions have been imposed upon authorized practitioners, in London, in conse- quence of which, the practice of medicine is better conducted, in the metropolis, than in the country. In provincial situations, it is well known, that no inquiries are ever made, from authority, into the education, or professional acquirements, of any practitioners. Each takes the title, and fills the situation, which is most suitable to his inclination, or advantage. From this unaccountable supineness, or inattention, there is great reason to believe, that, in Lin- colnshire, persons have assumed the highest rank in physic, without having obtained a me- dical degree, or having attended lectures, in any university. Where the professional dig- nity, and concomitant privileges of a physician, are so easily assumed, it will not occasion much surprise, if other persons should have intruded themselves into subordinate departments, with slender, or very inadequate pretensions. Since therefore, an undertaking, of so much importance to the community at large, is not likely to originate in the capital, for the reasons already given, the Lincolnshire Faculty hope, that they shall not be thought -to arrogate too much, in venturing to'recommend a medical reform, to the serious attention of their bre- 2 • thren.